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KOSMET: BOLLETTINO DI GUERRA GENNAIO-FEBBRAIO 2003

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=== GENNAIO: ASSASSINATO ZEMAJ, TESTIMONE-CHIAVE CRIMINI UCK ===


Former ethnic Albanian guerilla commander shot dead in Kosovo

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, Jan 4 (AFP) - A former ethnic
Albanian guerrilla commander and two other persons
were shot dead in Kosovo's western town of Pec on
Saturday, a UN spokesman said.
"There was a drive-by shooting in Pec this afternoon.
Two persons died on the scene and one died later at
the hospital," a spokesman for the UN mission in
Kosovo Christian Lindmeier said.
The incident was believed to be politically motivated,
but there has been no official confirmation of this.
Police said no arrests had been made after the
shooting.
Lindmeier said one of the victims was Tahir Zemaj, who
had fought with the ethnic Albanian guerrillas of the
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
In the latter part of the 1998-99 Kosovo conflict
Zemaj commanded the troops known as the Armed Forces
of the Kosovo Republic (FARK), an ethnic Albanian
guerrilla group and a rival of the KLA.
During the war with Belgrade security troops of former
president Slobodan Milosevic, Zemaj and his troops
were active in the western Kosovo region, Dukagjini,
controlled at the time by Ramush Haradinaj, a former
KLA commander who turned politician after the
conflict.
Last month, Haradinaj's brother Daut and four other
former rebels were convicted for the murder of four
fellow ethnic Albanians, members of the FARK,
commanded by Zemaj.
Zemaj was a witness for the prosecution during the trial.
Earlier last year Zemaj narrowly escaped an attempt on
his life when an unknown assailant threw a rocket
propelled grenade at him.
Albanian dominated Kosovo has been under UN and NATO
control since June 1999.

KEY WITNESS AGAINST DUKAGJINI GROUP KILLED

PEC, Jan. 4 (Beta) - Former commander of the officially disbanded
Kosovo Liberation Army and the so-called Armed Forces of Kosovo (FARK)
Tahir Zemaj and two other Kosovo Albanians were killed in Pec, western
Kosovo late on Jan. 4. In addition to Zemaj, his son and cousin were
also killed in the attack, a regional human rights board in Pec
reports.
UNMIK spokesman Derek Chapel told BETA that the culprits and motives
of the attack were unknown.
Tahir Zemaj was a key witness in the trial of five former KLA and
Kosovo Protection Corps members, known as the Dukagjini group,
sentenced in December for the kidnapping, harassment, and murder of
four Kosovo Albanians in 1999.
Zemaj was a KLA commander and high-ranking FARK officer, an armed
group created by the former Kosovo government in exile headed by Bujar
Bukoshi, close to incumbent Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova.
The Zemaj murder is the latest in a series of attacks on associates,
sympathizers and persons close to Rugova.

KOSOVO PRESIDENT SAYS ZEMAJ MURDER TERRORIST ACT

PRISTINA, Jan. 5 (Beta) - Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova called on
Jan. 5 that the murder of former KLA commander Col. Tahir Zemaj, his
son Enis and cousin Hasan Zemaj, a terrorist act.
"This is a terrorist act directed against progress and Kosovo's
independence, against our children's future. We call on the police,
judiciary and UNMIK to bring these criminals to justice as soon as
possible. Our society must isolate criminals working against a free
and independent Kosovo, against Kosovo's wellbeing," Rugova said in a
statement.
Rugova sent a letter expressing his condolences to the Zemaj family,
in which he said that Tahir Zemaj "will be remembered as a great man,
a freedom fighter, and hero."

Ponedeljak, 06.01.2003.
Glas javnosti
Dnevnici na albanskom o ubistvu lidera OVK

Tahir Zemaj bio kljuèni svedok?

PRISTINA (Beta) - Na naslovnim stranicama juèerasnjih izdanja,
pristinska stampa veliku pa?nju posveæuje ubistvu bivseg komandanta
rasformirane Oslobodilaèke vojske Kosova i takozvanih Oru?anih snaga
republike Kosova Tahira Zemaja, njegovog sina i roðaka.
Preksinoænje ubistvo u Peæi bilo je glavna vest i u svim elektronskim
medijima na albanskom jeziku na Kosovu.
"Enigmatièna ubistva u Peæi nemaju kraja. Ubijen Tahir Zemaj zajedno
sa dva èlana porodice", naslov je uvodnog teksta pristinskog
nezavisnog dnevnika "Koha Ditore".
Prema pisanju tog lista, Tahir Zemaj, njegov sin Enis i roðak Hasan
ubijeni su u Peæi kada je iz dva vozila u pokretu otvorena vatra na
vozilo Zemaja. On je pogoðen sa vise hitaca, a napadaèi su pobegli.
"Koha Ditore" podseæa da je Zemajev poslednji javni nastup bio povodom
nedavnog suðenje u Okru?nom sudu u Pristini, kada je svedoèio protiv
petorice èlanova "grupe Dukaðini", koje je sudsko veæe Okru?nog suda u
Pristini zbog otmice, zlostavljanja i ubistva èetvorice pripadnika OVK
i FARK-a, 13. decembra osudilo na visegodisnje zatvorske kazne.
Dnevnik "Bota Sot", za koji se smatra da je blizak DSK Ibrahima
Rugove, pise da su sinoænja ubistva duboko potresla graðane Peæi,
posebno opstine Deèani, odakle su ?rtve, ali i celog Kosova.
List navodi da je "Zemaj 1999. uspesno vodio rat protiv srpskih snaga
u Lo?anima kod Peæi i Gornjoj Luci kod Deèana, kao i da je spasio vise
hiljada stanovnika podruèja Dukaðina na jugozapadu Kosova".

Uz Rugovu
Tahir Zemaj bio je vatreni pristalica DSK i predsednika Kosova
Ibrahima Rugove, dok je njegov roðak Hasan Zemaj bio istaknuti
aktivista DSK u Deèanima. Ova ubistva su, kako pise "Bota Sot",
pojaèala tenzije na Kosovu i stvorila nesigurnost u Peæi.

http://www.glas-javnosti.co.yu


=== ATTENTATO CONTRO IL CENTRO DI COORDINAMENTO ONU ===


ATTACK ON KOSOVO COORDINATION CENTRE IS TERRORIST ACT - IVANOVIC

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Jan. 6 (Tanjug) - The attack on the building in
Kosovska Mitrovica, in which the Kosovo coordination centre premises
are situated, represents a terrorist act, member of the Kosovo-
Metohija parliament presidency Oliver Ivanovic told Tanjug on Monday.
Ivanovic pointed out that KFOR had made a serious mistake by removing
a check-point located close to the building which had been fired at
late on Sunday. Ivanovic also said that the removal of KFOR
check-points and the reduction of international forces in
Kosovo-Metohija had to be followed be a gradual stabilization of the
situation in the area.


=== VARIE NEFANDEZZE ===


MINISTRO DEGLI ESTERI DELL'ALBANIA: DOPO L'INDIPENDENZA DEL KOSOVO I
CONFINI ANDRANNO RIDISCUSSI

http://www.makfax.com.mk/news1-a.asp?br=28286

Makfax (Macedonia) January 9, 2003

Albania: Milo says Balkan borders could be redrawn if
Kosovo becomes independent

The Balkans borders could be redrawn once Kosovo
acquires independence, said the former Minister of
Foreign Affairs Paskal Milo in an interview with Radio
Deutsche Welle. Milo reckons that Kosovo could
integrate into Europe through integration of Albania,
Serbia and Macedonia. "This means integration of a
separate territory not an integration through Serbia,"
said Milo.
Albania's former Foreign Minister made it clear that
Kosovo independence should not be considered as taboo
theme. He proposes an international conference same as
the one in Dayton.
Makfax news agency quotes Milo as saying the Kosovo
issue has a lot in common with the Cyprus issue.
Cyprus will be integrated to the European Union as a
separate state regardless of the interim division of
the island, dating from 1974.

KOSOVO: SOLDATO USA TROVATO MORTO IN CASERMA

(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 14 GEN - Un soldato del contingente americano della
Kfor (forza di pace a guida Nato) e' stato trovato morto oggi nel suo
alloggio all'interno della base militare di Magrath, vicino alla
citta' di Vitina, nel Kosovo orientale. La notizia e' stata confermata
in un comunicato diffuso dal comando Usa a Bondsteel nel quale si
precisa che ''la polizia militare ha in corso un'investigazione
sull'incidente''. Secondo fonti informate non ufficiali, il militare,
del quale non e' stato reso noto il nome, si sarebbe suicidato.
Circa 3.000 soldati americani fanno parte attualmente della Kfor, che
conta complessivamente 30.000 uomini, tra cui 4.100 italiani. (ANSA).
BLL 14/01/2003 18:18
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/kosovo.shtml

U.S. Peacekeeper Found Dead in Kosovo
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030114_340.html

U.S. Peacekeeper Serving in Kosovo Found Dead in His
Room at a Military Base
ABC News
The Associated Press, January 14, 2003
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia Jan. 14 - A U.S. peacekeeper serving in Kosovo
was found dead in his room at a military base, a statement from the
main U.S. Camp Bondsteel said Tuesday.
The soldier was discovered Monday in the Camp Magrath near the town of
Vitina, some 30 miles east of the province's capital Pristina. He was
serving in the 1st Infantry Division, deployed with NATO peacekeepers
in this southern Yugoslav province.
The name was not released pending notification of the next of kin. The
statement did not give a cause of death.
"Military police are conducting an investigation of the incident," a
statement said.
About 3,000 U.S. troops are serving as peacekeepers in Kosovo, which
came under NATO and U.N. control after the alliance launched an air
war in 1999 to stop former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic from
cracking down on ethnic Albanians.
Many soldiers spend six months or longer on duty in the Balkans.

+++ KFOR-SOLDAT TOT VORGEFUNDEN. VITINA. Ein toter KFOR-Soldat wurde
Gestern im KFOR-Stützpunkt "Megrat" bei Vitina, in Kosovo und
Metochien, gefunden. Dies wurde in dem Nato-Komandostützpunkt
"Bondsteel" bekannt gegeben. In der Bekanntmachung steht, dass der
Soldat im Rang eines Feldwebels zu der ersten Division der
multinationalen Brigade Osten in Kosovo und Metochien gehörte. Seine
Identität wurde nicht bekannt gegeben, da die Untersuchung durch die
Militärpolizei der KFOR-Truppen noch nicht beendet ist. INET.NEWS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 15. Januar 2003 - http://www.amselfeld.com

DISCRIMINAZIONE AI DANNI DELLA STAMPA SERBA

+++ SERBISCHE MEDIEN WERDEN DISKRIMINIERT. PRISTINA. Die Serben in
Kosovo und Metochien leben auch weiter in einer gleichgeschalteten
Medienwelt. Die serbischen Radio- und Fernsehanstalten und Zeitungen
werden diskriminiert und sind in einer schweren materiellen Lage,
sagte Zarko Joksimovic, der Koordinator der Wiederangemeldeten
Vereinigung der Journalisten in Serbien von Kosovo und Metochien.
Zarko Joksimovic ist Journalist der Radio- und Fernsehanstalt Pristina
und Korrespondent der Radio- und Fernsehanstalt von Serbien (RTS).
INET.NEWS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 15. Januar 2003 - http://www.amselfeld.com

"DEPUTATI" SERBI FUORI DAL "PARLAMENTO" KOSOVARO

SERBIAN MPs WILL NOT RETURN TO KOSOVO ASSEMBLY MITROVICA, Jan. 15
(Beta) - Party whip of the Serbian Return coalition in the Kosovo
assembly, Dragisa Krstovic on Jan. 15 confirmed that Serbian MPs and
UNMIK Chief Michael Steiner failed to reach an agreement on the return
of the Serbian delegates to the assembly. Asked whether the MPs will
meet with Steiner again, Krstovic replied: "We have not considered the
possibility of meeting with him again." After meeting with Steiner,
member of the Kosovo assembly's presidency, Oliver Ivanovic said,
however, that the Serbian MPs will decide whether to return to the
assembly or not in a few days. "The decision returning does not depend
only on us," Ivanovic told the press. The Serbian National Council of
Kosovo, led by Bishop Artemije, has made an appeal to Serbian MPs not
to return to the Kosovo assembly.

NOVICKI: IN KOSOVO NON C'E' LEGGE

RULE OF LAW MAJOR PROBLEM IN KOSOVO PRISTINA, Jan 15 (Tanjug) - Kosovo
ombudsman Marek Anthoni Nowicki said in Pristina Wednesday that a
major problem in Kosovo and Metohija relates to the rule of law.
Nowicki, following a meeting with Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova,
said that he and Rugova "agreed that cooperation between Kosovo
institutions was important for democratization and the future of the
region." Talking about the three murders committed in Pec on December
4, Nowicki said that there are many murders as well as other crimes in
Kosovo, because the perpetrators for the greatest part go unpunished.
He assessed that the return of displaced persons was very small and
that it was a complicate problem. Nowicki said he would have to see
concrete arguments for his stand on the issue to be more optimistic.


=== MANOVRE MILITARI DELLA NATO, RAFFORZATA PRESENZA USA ===


NATO MILITARY MANEUVER IN KOSOVO PRISTINA, Jan. 15 (Beta) - A one
month NATO military maneuver called Rapid Guardian 2003 started in
Kosovo on Jan. 15, announced KFOR representative Anthony Adams. The
aim of the maneuver, which will last until Feb. 15, is to confirm
NATO's determination to secure peace in Kosovo and the Balkan region.
Part of KFOR's Southwest sector troops will participate in the
maneuver.

http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2003/01-january/e0115a.htm
NATO Online January 15, 2003

Exercise Rapid Guardian 2003
From 15 January to 15 February, Reserve forces are
putting into practice a new operational concept that
will enable them to deploy more rapidly and deal with
any military contingency in Kosovo and the region.
The Operational Rehearsal, Rapid Guardian 2003 (RG 03)
is taking place in Kosovo and involves a newly
organised pool of forces committed by NATO and
Partnership for Peace countries. These forces, which
comprise Operational Reserve Forces (ORF) and
Strategic Reserve Forces (SRF), are dedicated to the
Balkans.
RG 03 is one of a continuing series of training events
to ensure that units assigned to the SRF and other
Reserve Forces designated for operations in Kosovo and
Bosnia and Herzegovina, are ready for action at any
time in the KFOR area of responsibility. KFOR is also
participating in the exercise to demonstrate its
commitment and improve its ability to conduct
cross-sector combined operations.
The exercise comprises sea, air and land operations
and demonstrates NATO's resolve and capability to
maintain stability in the Balkans. It is directed by
the Commander of KFOR and coordinated by the Joint
Force Commander within the NATO HQ responsible for the
Balkans Operations (CINSOUTH). Both are under the
supervision of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe
(SACEUR).

B92, January 15, 2003

US seeks military foothold in Yugoslavia
BELGRADE -- Wednesday - The US Administration has made
a bid to establish military bases in Yugoslavia.
Radio Free Europe reports today that Washington is
seeking 99-year leases on Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo,
the Yugoslav Army radar base on Mt Kopaonik, the
military airport near Sjenica and accompanying
facilities on the Pester plateau.
According to Radio Free Europe?s sources, the US
Adminsitration has told Belgrade it is keen to
establish direct cooperation between the US and
Yugoslav Army, particularly in Kosovo and South Serbia.
The initial proposal concerned only Camp Bondsteel,
which is the headquarters of the US KFOR contingent in
Kosovo, but the scheme has now been expanded to
include other sites of strategic military significance.
Sources in Brussels say that the US plans to keep army
bases in Kosovo and the Balkans, ostensibly to provide
support for its European allies in KFOR and SFOR until
the situation in the region is stabilised.

Makfax (Macedonia), January 15, 2003

FRY/Kosovo: Exercise Rapid Guardian 2003 in Kosovo
The objective of the one-month military exercise,
dubbed Rapid Guardian 2003, is to demonstrate NATO?s
commitment to peace and stability in the Balkans, says
the press release by KFOR Information Center. The
exercise will begin on January 15 and it will last
till February 15.
NATO and KFOR are fully committed to peace and
stability in Kosovo and the Balkans. NATO and KFOR
will continue to upgrade and improve the operational
capabilities. The Alliance?s forces have developed a
new operational concept that makes them much more
rapid and capable of conducting any military
intervention in the region.


=== SEGUE, GENNAIO 2003... ===


DELEGAZIONE DA KOSTUNICA: SITUAZIONE DIFFICILE PER I SERBI IN KOSOVO

KOSTUNICA: SERBS IN CERNICA, NEAR GNJILANE, IN DIFFICULT SITUATION
BELGRADE, Jan. 16 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica met
on Thursday in the Federation Palace with a delegation of Serbs from
the village of Cernica, near Gnjilane, who informed him about the
difficult position of Serbs living in this village. Cernica is one of
the four mixed villages in Kosovo-Metohija.
The delegation underscored the lack of basic safety, the justified
fear of the remaining Serbs, especially following the recent murder of
Trajan Trifunovic, the closure of the local police station and the
financial difficulties of the Serb families. Kostunica expressed
concern and understanding for the grave position of the Cernica Serbs.
He said that in contacts with UNMIK and the other representatives of
the international community he would underscore the need for their
more decisive engagement in the protection of the remaining Serb
population and the creation of the elementary conditions for their
survival and the return of the displaced to that village. Kostunica
also said that the Coordination Centre for Kosovo-Metohija would be
specially engaged in the resolution of their daily living problems,
primarily the sending of aid.

ATTACCO TERRORISTICO CONTRO POLIZIA ONU

UN police building attacked in western Kosovo
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, Jan 22 (AFP) - An unspecified
explosive device was launched at the UN police
regional headquarters in western Kosovo late
Wednesday, a UN official said.
"The device hit the second floor of the UN police
building in central Pec, causing material damage, but
no injuries," Andrea Angeli, spokeswoman for the UN
mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), told AFP.
The device was thrown at the building from a close
range, Angeli said.
Unofficial sources said an anti-tank missile was used
in the blast.
There was no immediate confirmation from international
officials as to the motive behind the attack.
Police opened an investigation and no arrests have
thus far been made.
Some 4,000 UN policemen serve alongside the local
police force in the UN-administered province of Kosovo.
Earlier this month in Pec, a town 85 kilometers (57
miles) west of the provincial capital Pristina,
unknown assailants gunned down a former rebel
commander during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war.
The slaying of Tahir Zemaj, his son Enis, and a close
relative caused a wave of peaceful protests by
Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, who demanded the police do
more to find the assailants.
Zemaj was considered close to Ibrahim Rugova, the
leader of the moderate League of Democratic Kosovo
(LDK) who became Kosovo's president after the war.
Several LDK members have been murdered since the
province came under UN and NATO control in June 1999
and the LDK blames rival political groups for their deaths.

KOSOVO: MISSILE ANTICARRO CONTRO COMANDO POLIZIA ONU

(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 22 GEN - Un missile anticarro e' stato esploso
questa sera contro il comando regionale della polizia delle Nazioni
Unite a Pec, nel Kosovo occidentale. Al momento dell'attentato si
trovavano negli uffici anche due agenti della polizia italiana che
sono pero' rimasti illesi, come il resto del personale.
L'esplosione, avvenuta poco dopo le 19:30 (ora locale e italiana) ha
provocato solo danni materiali. L'attentato e' stato confermato
all'Ansa da Andrea Angeli, portavoce della missione delle Nazioni
Unite (Unmik). La zona e' tuttora circondata dalle forze di sicurezza.
Secondo le prime testimonianze il missile anticarro da 76 millimetri
e' stato esploso da una distanza di circa 150 metri. Per il momento
non si ha notizia di arresti. (ANSA). BLL 22/01/2003 20:21
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/kosovo.shtml

GRANATE CONTRO CASA DI SERBI

http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2003/January_22/8.html
Albanian extremists throw two hand grenades at Serb house near Obilic

ERP January 22nd 2003
Two grenades thrown this morning by Albanian extremists at the house
of Slavisa Vukadinovic caused material damage and brought unrest to
the remaining Serbs in Obilic
GRACANICA - In the early morning hours at approximately 01,00 Albanian
extremists threw two hand grenades at the house of Slavisa Vukadinovic
in the village of Janjine Vode, five kilometers west of Obilic. At the
moment of attack there were seven family members in the Vukadinovic
house including four minors. Even though no one was hurt the attack
caused material damage.
This latest attack in the village of Janjine Vode is one of a series
of armed attacks whose goal is the expulsion of the remaining Serbs
from the villages west of Obilic. The Serb population in this region
is visibly disturbed by this attack and the fact that no one can
protect them any longer from the terror of
Albanian extremists.
The Diocese of Raska and Prizren most strongly condemns this terrorist
attack and appeals to UNMIK officials and to KFOR to find the
perpetrators and bring them to justice.

SITUAZIONE DISPERATA PER GLI ESULI ROM

Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 21:57:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Rick Rozoff
Subject: Ethnically Cleansed Roma Fear Forced Return To 'Independent
Kosovo'

http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/ar/Qbalkans-gypsies-kosovo.REG__DJS.html

[Agence France-Presse goes out of its way not to
mention the salient aspect of the twenty Roma
organizations' concern: That should Kosovo remain the
crime-ridden, ethnically ghettoized entity it is, and
far worse should it become independent, that Roma and
other minorities purged from the province since NATO
and its KLA auxilliaries entered it in June of 1999
would be forcibly repatriated to NATO-administered
apartheid...and death.]

Roma refugees oppose forced return to Kosovo

SARAJEVO, Jan 28 (AFP) - Roma refugees in the Balkans
Tuesday said they opposed any forced return to the
UN-administered Serbian province of Kosovo, warning
they would not change their minds until a solution to
the province's final status is reached.
"We are particularly worried about the announcement of
the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Serbia, Montenegro) and of other main asylum-giving
countries that it would be possible to begin
large-scale returns of ethnic minorities to Kosovo in
spring 2003," the representatives of a grouping of
some twenty Roma associations said in a statement.
"We are against any kind of forced return of refugees
originating from Kosovo and other Balkans countries
... until the final status of Kosovo as a factor of
stability in the Balkans is resolved," they said.
The associations were gathered at a round-table
conference on Roma refugees in the Balkans organized
in Sarajevo by the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Stressing that the long-term displacement of a large
number of Roma from Kosovo will continue, they
demanded the host countries provide the refugees with
"possibilities for local integration."
Kosovo came under UN and NATO control in June 1999
after the alliance bombed Yugoslavia, ending former
Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic's crackdown on
independence-seeking ethnic Albanians.

DOPO VARIE AGGRESSIONI, INCENDIATA LA FATTORIA

+++ ALBANER ZÜNDEN STALL AN
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA. Im Dorf Svinjare bei Kosovska Mitrovica zündeten
gestern abend um etwa 20 Uhr mehrere Albaner den Stall von Vladimir
Mihajlovic an. Mihajlovic war schon früher körperlich angegriffen
worden. Albanische Nachbarn stahlen ihm zudem auch ein Pferd und zwei
Kühe. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 31. Januar 2003 - http://www.amselfeld.com

FURTI

+++ ALBANISCHE RÄUBERBANDEN AKTIV
PODUJEVO. Vertreter des tschechischen Kfor-Kontingents berichteten
heute, daß sich in letzter Zeit Plünderungen durch bewaffnete
Albaner-gruppen im Nordosten des Kosmet häufen, und zwar besonders in
der Gegend um Podujevo. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 31. Januar 2003 - http://www.amselfeld.com

ESPROPRIAZIONI A DANNO DEI SERBI

+++ UN: SERBISCHES EIGENTUM AN ALBANER
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA. Heute haben Vertreter der UNMIK offiziell drei
serbische Betriebe im Kosmet an die dort einst arbeitenden Albaner
übergeben. Bei den Betrieben handelt es sich um Tochtergesellschaften
serbischer Unternehmen im Kosmet. Diese Enteignungen serbischer
Unternehmen werden von den im Kosmet verbliebenen Serben
als ein weiterer Schritt zu ihrer endgültigen Vertreibung aus ihrer
Heimat gewertet. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 31. Januar 2003 - http://www.amselfeld.com

IDENTIFICATE ALCUNE VITTIME UCK - TRA 32 CADAVERI - GRAZIE AGLI
EFFETTI PERSONALI

FIRST PERSONAL POSSESSIONS OF PRIZREN VICTIMS IDENTIFIED
MERDARE, Feb 1 (Tanjug) - In the Kfor base near Merdare, among the
personal possessions of the 32 victims whose bodies have been exhumed
from the Orthodox cemetery in Prizren, sisters Zagorka and Smiljana
on Saturday recognised those belonging to their parents Jezdimir and
Djurdjija Nesic, who were butchered in their home in Prizren in
August 1999.
"I recognized Father's shirt, socks, pants, Mother's dressing gown,
cloth for drying dishes other objects I know belonged to them,"
Smiljana Mihajlovic told Tanjug. The two sisters previously gave DNA
blood samples which were used for the identification of the remains.
Serafim Stojanovic also recognized the personal identity cards of his
parents Zivka and Milorad who remained in their home in Prizren after
the arrival of KFOR in 1999. The head of the UNMIK missing persons
and forensics office, Jose Pablo Baraybar, confirmed that the 32
exhumed bodies were killed in "a monstrous manner." He said that this
is based on "the specific injuries and bone fractures," and added
that so far 134 victims had been identified in Kosovo. The head of
the Coordination Centre for Kosovo exhumation and identification
department, Prof Dr Slavisa Dobricanin, said that in question is the
evidence of "the most monstrous crimes on victims so far exhumed in
Kosovo."

COMMENTO DELLA PRAVDA: CAOS

http://english.pravda.ru/main/2003/02/03/42943.html
Pravda.RU:Top Stories:More in detail 23:43 2003-02-03

Kosovo: Chaos
Albanian gangs are causing havoc in Kosovo to such an extent that the
UNO has called for the protection of the
minority Serb population to be stepped up.

The UN Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report refers to widespread
and acute discrimination, marginalization, restricted freedom of
movement, destruction of property, physical harassment, grenade
attacks, drive-by shootings, arson and attacks with mines and
booby-traps.
These crimes are perpetrated by the Kosovar Albanian gangs which NATO
in general and the United States in particular did so much to protect
in 1999.
Their true mettle is now seen, while Slobodan Milosevic, who sent his
armed forces into this part of Yugoslavia to protect the Serb
populations, is the one in the dock...and the International Court at
The Hague calls itself a court of "Justice"?
Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY - PRAVDA.Ru

ANCORA DICHIARAZIONI DI "INDIPENDENZA" DAI PARTITINI KOSOVARO-ALBANESI
FILO-NATO

GROUP OF KOSOVO MP'S PROPOSE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PRISTINA,
Feb 3 (Tanjug) - Alliance for Kosovo's Future whip Bujar Dugoli told
Tanjug Monday that 42 Kosovo parliament MP's have signed an initiative
for adopting a declaration on Kosovo's independence, which lays the
legal basis for a parliamentary debate on that issue. This declaration
would be a direct answer to Belgrade and the Serbia-Montenegro
Constitutional Charter, he said. Citing the Article 4, Para 4 of the
parliamentary rules of procedure, which states that one third of the
MP's must support an agenda point, Dugoli expressed hope that Speaker
Nexhad Daci would convene a special session for February 15. There are
two options - to confront UNMIK or the (Albanian) people of Kosovo,
and the MP's decided to support the people and adopt a declaration of
independence, Dugoli said, expressing his conviction that UNMIK would
not dissolve the parliament after the declaration is adopted. If he
dissolves the interim institutions, UNMIK chief Michael Steiner must
know this will cause displeasure, even unrest, among the people,
Dugoli said. UNMIK officials have not reacted so far to the announced
adoption of the declaration, while Serb member of the Kosovo
parliament presidency Oliver Ivanovic expressed hope that Steiner will
firmly prevent even a debate on independence in the parliament.

SERBO TROVATO CADAVERE

BODY OF MURDERED SERB FOUND IN NORTHERN KOSOVO ZUBIN POTOK, Feb 3
(Tanjug) - International police on Monday found a male corpse in the
northern Kosovo-Metohija town of Zubin Potok, and Tanjug learned from
unofficial sources that it is the body of a Serb from the municipality
of Zubin Potok. International police have confirmed for Tanjug that
the man was shot to death and was presumably murdered, as no firearms
were found on or near his person. They have not released the identity
of the victim. The investigation continues.

EX-SINDACO SERBO CONDANNATO AD OTTO ANNI "PER CRIMINI DI GUERRA"

KOSOVO SERB SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR WAR CRIMES PRIZREN,
Feb. 3 (Beta) - On Feb. 3, the International trial chamber of the
Prizren District Court sentenced the former Orahovac mayor, Andjelko
Kolasinac, to eight years in prison for war crimes, defense attorney
Zivojin Jokanovic told BETA. Jokanovic said he would lodge an appeal
against the sentence to the Kosovo Supreme Court, because he believes
that the International trial chamber was under pressure from the local
Albanian environment handing down the sentence. Kolasinac was the
Orahovac mayor until the end of war in 1999, and he has been
imprisoned in Kosovska Mitrovica for three and a half years.

KOSOVO: DEPUTATI CHIEDONO, PARLAMENTO PROCLAMI INDIPENDENZA

(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 3 FEB - Un gruppo di 42 deputati albanesi del
Kosovo (su un totale di 120) ha presentato oggi richiesta ufficiale
per una convocazione straordinaria del parlamento affinche' la
provincia venga proclamata ''Stato sovrano e indipendente''. I
deputati hanno chiesto che il parlamento si riunisca a tale scopo il
prossimo 13 febbraio.
Secondo i firmatari del documento ''la mancata definizione dello
statuto del Kosovo costituisce un ostacolo per la pace e la
stabilita', per lo sviluppo della democrazia e della sicurezza, il
tutto aggravato - aggiungono - dalla recente approvazione della
costituzione dell'Unione Serbia-Montenegro che includerebbe anche il
territorio del Kosovo''. La presidenza del parlamento non ha ancora
fatto sapere se accogliera' la domanda. La richiesta giunge a poche
ore dalla lettera inviata alla Nato dal premier serbo Zoran Gjingjic
con la quale si sollecita il rientro in Kosovo delle forze di
sicurezza serbe.(ANSA) BLL 03-FEB-03 19:54 NNNN 03/02/2003 19:57
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/kosovo.shtml

ASSASSINIO A BUJANOVAC (SERBIA) COMMESSO DA TERRORISTI ALBANESI

Murder in Bujanovac terrorist act by ethnic Albanian extremists, says
Covic
BELGRADE, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Serbian Deputy Premier Nebojsa Covic said
on Wednesday that the murder of policeman Selver Fazliju of the
Security Information Agency (BIA) in Bujanovac last night was a
terrorist act by ethnic Albanian extremist groups and that the
investigation would be followed with an adequate legal united action.
Allegations that it was an act committed by representatives of the
Serb national community are incorrect, Covic told a press conference
at the Serbian government.
The authorized state services have reports that an ethnic Albanian
extremist group is trying to misinform the public with statementsto
the effect that ethnic Albanians in southern Serbia allegedly do not
want to live normally and to become integrated, but is in fact
attacking and pressuring them so as to thwart the progress achieved in
that region, Covic said.

TROVATO CARICO DI ARMI UCK

KFOR seizes large quantity of arms
SUVA REKA, Feb. 5 (Tanjug) - While controlling traffic at a
checkpoint near Suva Reka, southeast Kosovo late on Tuesday, KFOR
troops and UNMIK police found a large quantity of arms and ammunition
in a vehicle.
UNMIK spokesman Andrea Angelli told Tanjug that 80 anti-tank times,
four automatic rifles, two sniper guns, two hand-held grenade
launchers and 160 bullet clips had been found.
Two local ethnic Albanians who were transporting the arms were
arrested and Tanjug's sources said that one of them was formerly a
KLA commander.

KOSOVO: QUATTRO SERBI FERITI DA BOMBA A MANO

(ANSA-AFP) - PRISTINA, 8 FEB - Quattro serbi sono stati feriti in
serata nel Kosovo orientale dall'esplosione di una bomba a mano
lanciata contro un negozio. Lo ha riferito oggi Andrea Angeli,
portavoce della missione Onu in Kosovo (Unmik), aggiungendo che e'
stato subito arrestato un albanese di 26 anni, sospettato di aver
lanciato l'ordigno.
L'incidente e' avvenuto verso le 20:00 (locali ed italiane) di ieri
nel villaggio di Moglia, 40 chilometri a sud di Pristina, capoluogo
della provincia della Serbia meridionale. Due dei feriti,
rispettivamente di 30 e 32 anni, sono stati trasferiti nell'ospedale
di Vranje, nella Serbia meridionale, mentre gli altri due sono stati
dimessi subito dopo essere stati curati per ferite di lieve entita'.
Sempre ieri sera, l'esplosione di una bomba a mano ha danneggiato il
tetto della casa di un albanese - senza fare vittime - a Kosovska
Mitrovica, nel nord del Kosovo. (ANSA-AFP). GGI 08/02/2003 16:38
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/kosovo.shtml

KOSOVO: EX UCK E POLIZIOTTI A GIUDIZIO PER STRAGE GLLOGOVAC

(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 8 FEB - Un procuratore internazionale del tribunale
di Pristina ha ordinato oggi il rinvio a giudizio di 11
kosovaro-albanesi accusati di essere gli autori della strage avvenuta
in un villaggio vicino a Gllogovac nel maggio del 2001, quando i
membri di un'intera famiglia albanese (marito, moglie e tre figli)
vennero uccisi perche' ritenuti ''collaborazionisti'' dei serbi. Tra i
rinviati a giudizio ci sono quattro ex membri della guerriglia (Uck)
che al momento dell'arresto, avvenuto nel luglio dello scorso anno,
prestavano servizio presso il Tmk, la struttura di protezione civile
del Kosovo. A giudizio andranno anche quattro agenti del Kps, il nuovo
corpo di polizia costituito dopo la fine della guerra. ''Dei quattro
agenti solo uno e' in stato di arresto - ha detto all'Ansa Andrea
Angeli, portavoce della missione delle Nazioni Unite - e per loro
l'accusa e' di favoreggiamento''. La strage della famiglia Hajra fece
molto scalpore in Kosovo. Le prime indagini vennero condotte
dall'ispettore della polizia di Stato italiana Giuseppe Mannino,
inquadrato nelle forze di polizia internazionali. Proprio in seguito a
quell'inchiesta si e' giunti all'arresto dei presunti responsabili e
al loro rinvio a giudizio. Il processo, che sara' presieduto da
giudici internazionali, e' previsto per prima dell'estate. (ANSA) BLL
08/02/2003 13:59
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/kosovo.shtml

QUATTRO SERBO FERITI IN UN ATTACCO A SFONDO RAZZISTA

Four Serbs injured in bomb attack in Kosovo village
GNJILANE, Feb 8 (Tanjug) - Four Serbs were injured Friday night in a
bomb attack on a shop in the Mogila village near Gnjilane,
Kosovo-Metohija, the international police said. Two of the victims who
were inside the shop were seriously injured and taken to hospital.
UNMIK police have arrested the owner of the vehicle from
which the bomb was thrown, an ethnic Albanian aged 27, spokesman Barry
Fletcher said.
Fletcher described the attack as ethnically motivated and added that
another incident occurred in the northern sector of Kosovska
Mitrovica, where two hand grenades were activated in the vicinity of
three buildings.
There were no casualties but material damage is extensive, he said.
Pristina electronic media reported that the target of that attack was
the home of an ethnic Albanian, and accused an allegedly recently
formed para-military group called United Serbs of being the
perpetrators.
According to the human rights committee from southern Mitrovica, that
attack was a direct retaliation for the bomb attack in Mogila.

BOMBA DISTRUGGE NEGOZIO DI UN SERBO

Blast destroys Serb-owned shop in eastern Kosovo
PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro, Feb 13 (AFP) - A powerful
explosion destroyed a Serb-owned shop in eastern
Kosovo, a UN official said Thursday.
The incident happened late Wednesday in the ethnically
mixed town of Kamenica, some 50 kilometers (about 30
miles) east of the provincial capital Pristina, said
Andrea Angeli, spokesman for the UN mission in Kosovo.
"The explosion destroyed the shop of the Serb owner as
well as his vehicle, " Angeli said.
The blast also damaged a nearby barber shop, but no
injuries were reported, Angeli said.
NATO-led pacekeepers (KFOR) and the UN and local
police cordoned off the area and launched an
investigation into the incident.
No details were made immediately available pending an
investigation.
The blast comes a week after four Serbs were injured
by a hand grenade tossed from a passing vehicle in the
eastern town of Vitina.
Eastern Kosovo is home to almost 4,000 US
peacekeepers, most of them based in the largest
military installation in the region, Camp Bondsteel.
Ethnically motivated crime has dwindled in Kosovo in
recent months but tension between the majority
Albanians and minority Serbs is still high four years
after the end of the Kosovo war.
The Albanian-dominated Serbian province of Kosovo has
been under UN and NATO control since June 1999.

ANCORA TRAFFICI DI ARMI SCOPERTI IN KOSMET

Large quantity of arms and ammunition discovered by KFOR
GNJILANE, Feb 13 (Tanjug) - Public Affairs officer of the UNMIK
regional police in Gnjilane Jimmy Tegart has described the movement
and regrouping of armed Albanians in the region of Gnjilane as "cases
of people in this region and the entire Kosovo who belong to the
national army of Shiptars (AKSS)".
He did not want to specify their number or to confirm that their
uniforms had been discovered in Gnjilane, but expressed his concern
over the illegal possession of arms and ammunition, underscoring that
a large quantity of arms, explosives and ammunition had been
discovered in a large-scale action by KFOR and police.
The operation of arms confiscation was carried out for specific
reasons, underlined Tegart at a press conference, and asked for
understanding for this operation, because people should understand
that the war is over and appealed to them to go back to their regular
activities.
Tegart also said that all arms and ammunitions need to be collected
from the people. A detail report on the past seven days says that
illegal arms were found in several towns - Kosovska Kamenica,
Urosevac, Gnjilane, Jazinac near Strpci, and there is also mention of
some other criminal acts on the account of which 13 persons had been
arrested.

LANCIATO APPELLO PER "GUERRA DI LIBERAZIONE" PANALBANESE

Albanian Rebel Leader: Conditions Exist for New War for Ethnic
Territories
FoNet - February 17, 2003
Skopje, 16 February: The HQ of the Albanian National Army ANA, AKSh in
Albanian and its division Skenderbeg are based in Macedonia, while the
main seat of the Front for National Albanian Liberation as received is
in Albania with branches in Pristina, Skopje, Presevo, Ulcinj and
Prevez, the deputy chairman as received of the Front for National
Albanian Unification, Valdet Vardari, told Albanian media in
Macedonia.
ANA will carry out its activities on territories inhabited by
Albanians outside Albania and Kosovo-Metohija, Vardari announced.
He said that ANA was not active in Kosovo-Metohija because the Kosovo
Protection Corps exist there as does the Albanian Army in Albania.
"Conditions for the beginning of a new war for Albanian territories
exist since the Albanians achieved nothing more in the past three wars
than what they had in 1990," Vardari said.
He announced a war "against the Serbo-Montenegrin conquerors who are
holding in occupation, slavery and colonization the Albanian land in
Kosovo and ethnic Albania".
SOURCE: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1945 gmt 17 Feb 03
BBC Worldwide Monitoring
Posted For Fair Use Only


=== ARRESTI E PROCESSI PER QUALCUNO DEI TERRORISTI UCK ===


TRIBUNALE "AD HOC" DELL'AIA ORDINA CATTURA DI TRE ELEMENTI UCK DI
SECONDO PIANO

KFOR APPREHENDS THREE PEOPLE BELIEVED TO BE ON ICTY LIST
PRISTINA, Feb. 17 (Beta) - KFOR has apprehended three people, believed
to have been indicted by The Hague-based International War Crimes
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), it was announced at the
NATO Headquarters in Brussels on Feb. 17.
NATO announced that KFOR had arrested Haradin Bala, Isak Musliu and
Agim Murtezi.
NATO stressed that the arrests were carried out in line with the KFOR
mandate and consultations with UNMIK.

NaTO releases names of three arrested ethnic Albanians
BRUSSELS, Feb 18 (Tanjug) - NATO late Monday announced the names of
three ethnic Albanians arrested in Kosovo, former members of the
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), indicted by The Hague international
tribunal for war crimes committed in the province against Serb and
ethnic Albanian civilians from May until July 1998. The arrested men
are Haradin Bala, known as Shala, Isak Musliu, known as Cherkez, and
Agim Murtezi, known as Murizi, the NATO statement said.
The three suspects are in a Kosovo prison, but will soon be
transferred to The Hague and the International Criminal Tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the statement said.

Minister Batic expects indictments of KLA leaders
BELGRADE, Feb 18 (Tanjug) - Serbian Justice Minister Vladan Batic said
on Tuesday he would not give up on his demand that Kosovo Liberation
Army (KLA) leaders Ramush Haradinay, Hashim Thaci and Agim Cheku face
trial.
In a statement for Belgrade-based Radio B92, Batic described as "good
news" reports that three former KLA members were arrested yesterday on
the grounds of indictments by The Hague-based International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
He said he hoped "the founders of Kosovo Albanian terrorism Thaci,
Haradinay and Cheku" would soon be indicted, so that these arrests
will not remain "just cheap cosmetic effects."
"I announced several days ago that the first arrests of ethnic
Albanian war criminals in Kosovo would begin soon, and I hope this is
that beginning," Batic said.
Thaci is currently president of the Democratic Party of Kosovo,
Haradinay is the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, and
Cheku is the commander of the Kosovo Protection Corps.
Local peacekeeping force KFOR troops have arrested Haradin Bala, known
as Shala, Isak Musliu, known as Cherkez, and Agim Murtezi, known as
Murizi, indicted for war crimes committed from May until July 1998
while they were commanders of the Lapusnik Camp near Glogovac.
The three are suspected of murders, illegal arrests, and cruel conduct
to Serb and ethnic Albanian civilians.

il manifesto - 21 Febbraio 2003
NATO/AJA

Uck in fuga
TOMMASO DI FRANCESCO

E'stato alla fine arrestato dalla polizia slovena, e non si è
«costituito» alla polizia austriaca come avevano raccontato le tv
kosovare, il «numero due» del Partito democratico del Kosovo (Pdk)
Fatmir Limaj, incriminato dal Tribunale dell'Aja (Tpi) per il suo
ruolo come «terrorista» e «stragista» contro i civili serbi e gli
albanesi moderati nel 1998 - già, nel 1998, un anno prima della
«guerra umanitaria» della Nato, quando anche gli Usa consideravano
l'Uck una «organizzazione terrorista». Lo ha rivelato il portavoce del
Tpi Florence Hartmann a Radio B-92 di Belgrado. All'epoca, Limaj
dirigeva il famigerato campo di concentramento di Lapusk organizzato
dall'Uck (il disciolto Esercito di liberazione kosovaro, alleato della
Nato). La precisazione dell'Aja evidenzia due fatti importanti: il
primo è che, per pareggiare il conto del «processo dei vincitori»,
come tutta la stampa internazionale ormai definisce l'assise contro
Slobodan Milosevic, il procuratore Carla Del Ponte ha perlomeno
riconosciuto che di criminali in zona ce n'erano parecchi. Ma all'Aja
pende sempre la richiesta di incriminazione dei leader della Nato, per
le vittime civili dei bombardamenti «umanitari» del 1999, presentata
da Amnesty International che, non a caso, si dichiara anche contro la
guerra preventiva all'Iraq proprio richiamando alla memoria le stragi
prodotte dagli «effetti collaterali» di quella guerra.
Secondo, che la Nato, e in particolare il generale italiano Mini che
la comanda in Kosovo, non ha davvero fatto il suo dovere. Limaj
infatti era partito dal Kosovo il 14 febbraio a bordo di un aereo di
linea, in compagnia del «suo» leader, il segretario del Pdk Hasim Taqi
- ex capo dell'Uck di cui si aspetterà invano l'incriminazione -,
nonostante la Nato-Kfor fosse stata avvertita dell'incriminazione due
settimane prima. E' quello che ha denunciato proprio il procuratore
generale dell'Aja Carla Del Ponte. Oltre a Limaj sono stati
incriminati e arrestati altri tre kosovari albanesi, Haradin Bela,
Isak Musliu e Agim Murtezi, ora nel carcere olandese di Sheveningen.
Le incriminazioni hanno provocato reazioni diverse a Belgrado e a
Pristina: cauta quella del «presidente» kosovaro Ibrahim Rugova,
«disponibile a cooperare» con l'Aja, più negativa quella di Adem
Demaqi per il quale la lotta dell'Uck è stata «un sollevamento contro
l'oppressione». In Serbia il ministro serbo della giustizia Vladan
Batic, che giorni fa aveva chiesto l'estradizione a Belgrado degli ex
capi del disciolto Uck, Taqi, Agim Ceku e Ramush Haradinaj, ha
definito la mossa dell'Aja «una buona notizia», ma ha sottolineato il
basso profilo dell'arresto di Limaj, ricordando che insisterà per
portare in giudizio i tre leader kosovari.La partita resta aperta.

SI CELEBRA PROCESSO CONTRO "REMI"

TRIAL OF ALBANIANS INDICTED FOR WAR CRIMES BEGINS
PRISTINA, Feb. 17 (Beta) - The trial of four Albanians, the former
members of the officially disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA),
indicted for war crimes against Albanian civilians in 1998, and 1999,
began in Pristina on Feb. 17.
The first accused of the so-called "Lab Group," Rustem Mustafa, also
known as Remi, was the KLA commander for the region of Podujevo.
The other accused are Latif Gashi, Nazif Mehmetia, and Naim Kadriu,
who are also the former KLA commanders for the Lab region. The trial
is being held under strong security measures in the Pristina Youth
Sports Hall. The trial chamber is presided by British Judge Timothy
Clayson, and prosecutor is Canadian Gery McCuarge.
A large group of people assembled in front of the sports hall. Protest
rallies were held in Podujevo, where the accused come from, requesting
the release of the suspects.
Rustem "Remi" Mustafa was in charge of the Operative zone in the Lab
region in northern Kosovo. After the introduction of the
international administration and transformation of KLA, Mustafa was
appointed as the commander of the Kosovo Protection Corps Fifth zone,
with headquarters in Gnjilane. However, very soon, he was put on the
U.S. persona non grata list.

KOSOVO: TPI; ALBANESI MANIFESTANO CONTRO ARRESTO 'EROI' UCK

(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 26 FEB - Sono scesi in piazza, a decine di
migliaia, per manifestare contro l'arresto di quattro presunti
criminali di guerrama che la popolazione albanese del Kosovo considera
alla stregua di ''eroi''. Tra 20 e 50mila persone (le stime sono
discordanti) hanno marciato oggi nel centro di Pristina denunciando
come ''illegale'' l'arresto di quattro ex combattenti del disciolto
Esercito di liberazione del Kosovo (Uck) che il tribunale penale
internazionale per i crimini di guerra nell'ex Jugoslavia (Tpi) ha
fatto arrestare la scorsa settimana dalle forze della Kfor. I quattro
sono accusati di aver torturato e ucciso 22 civili (nove dei quali
serbi) imprigionati illegalmente nella primavera del 1998 nel campo di
Lapusnik, nel Kosovo centrale.
E' la prima volta che il Tpi accusa di crimini di guerra esponenti
della guerriglia albanese che fino al 1999 hanno combattuto contro le
forze di sicurezza serbe, affiancando anche la Nato nelle undici
settimane di bombardamenti. Al grido di ''UCk, Uck'' i manifestanti
hanno attraversato le principali vie del centro di Pristina. I negozi
erano chiusi mentre i carabinieri italiani dell'Unita' specializzata
multinazionale (Msu) in tenuta antisommossa circondavano per prudenza
la sede della missione delle Nazioni Unite (Unmik). Non ci sono stati
incidenti, se si esclude una breve sassaiola contro un'autovettura
dell'Onu.
Non e' la prima volta che in Kosovo si manifesta contro l'arresto di
ex esponenti della guerriglia dalle cui ceneri e' nato il Partito
democratico (Pdk) che oggi e' al governo. Da due settimane e' in corso
nel capoluogo un processo contro altri ex combattenti albanesi
anch'essi accusati di crimini di guerra, mentre numerosi altri sono
stati gli arresti ordinati dalle procure locali per reati commessi
nell'immediato dopo-guerra. I quattro ordini di arresto spiccati
dall'Aja potrebbero non essere gli unici. Secondo fonti di stampa
nelle prossime settimane potrebbero essere incriminati anche
importanti leader politici, e la manifestazione di oggi a parere di
osservatori occidentali potrebbe avere avuto come scopo proprio quello
di lanciare un preavviso alle istituzioni internazionali. Nelle ultime
settimane la tensione in Kosovo sta crescendo. Mentre i deputati
albanesi si apprestano a votare una risoluzione per la proclamazione
dell'indipendenza della provincia (formalmente parte dell'Unione
Serbia-Montenegro), i comuni serbi nel nord del Kosovo ieri hanno a
loro volta proclamato un'unificazione riconoscendo la sovranita'
territoriale della Serbia. Entrambe decisioni che la missione Onu si
sforza in ogni modo di annullare.(ANSA). BLL 26/02/2003 19:56
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/kosovo.shtml


=== SEGUE, FEBBRAIO 2003... ===


LE MUNICIPALITA' SERBE SI DICHIARANO "SOVRANE" E FEDELI ALLA UNIONE
SERBOMONTENEGRINA

DECLARATION ON SERBIAN SOVEREIGNTY IN KOSOVO ADOPTED
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Feb. 25 (Beta) - The assembly of Serbian
municipalities and municipal entities in Kosovo adopted unanimously at
a meeting in Kosovska Mitrovica on Feb. 25 a "Declaration on the
Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Serbia and State Union of
Serbia and Montenegro."
Democratic Party of Serbia vice president Marko Jaksic was elected
president of the union of Serbian municipalities and municipal
entities in Kosovo. Three vice presidents were also elected, one from
northern Kosovo, one from central Kosovo and one from the part of
Kosovo around the Morava basin, as well as a 15member executive
committee and a secretary of the assembly.
The declaration adopted on this occasion warns that "should anybody
attempt to establish another Albanian state in the Balkans on the
territory of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, including
Kosovo, the Community of Serbian Municipalities and Municipal Entities
in Kosovo will call on the Serbian Government and the Union Government
bodies to enforce effective sovereignty in the areas where the Serbian
people has lived since time immemorial."
The assembly was attended by Kosovo assembly deputy Rada Trajkovic,
who read out the adopted "guidelines for the survival of Serbs and the
creation of conditions for a large-scale return to Kosovo."

KOSOVO: RUGOVA, IN PARLAMENTO DICHIARAZIONE INDIPENDENZA

(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 27 FEB - ''Cio' che possiamo fare e' porre in
Parlamento una dichiarazione che chieda il riconoscimento
dell'indipendenza del Kosovo: questo e' stato preso in considerazione
ed e' un processo in atto.
Ma deve essere fatto in collaborazione con la comunita'
internazionale, l'Unione Europea e le Nazioni Unite''. Lo ha detto
oggi a Pristina il presidente del Kosovo Ibrahim Rugova, interpellato
sull' iniziativa di un gruppo di parlamentari di porre in Parlamento
la questione della proclamazione della provincia come Stato sovrano e
indipendente. ''Abbiamo proclamato l'indipendenza gia' nel 1991 e
abbiamo lavorato su questo per anni'', ha ricordato Rugova. ''Vorrei
vedere il Kosovo riconosciuto, siamo ora in una nuova fase, in una
nuova era per il Kosovo'', ha concluso. (ANSA). BOR/MO 27/02/2003
16:15
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/kosovo.shtml

il manifesto - 27 Febbraio 2003
«Autonomia» dei serbi rimasti in Kosovo

Nonostante il silenzio, ecco che si riapre il nodo Kosovo, nel pieno
di una nuova guerra annunciata. La minoranza serba rimasta in Kosovo
nonostante la contropulizia etnica, ha formato una unione di città e
zone serbe, con la prospettiva di una completa reintegrazione nella
Serbia, con una iniziativa contestata subito in piazza dalla
maggioranza albanese favorevole all'indipendenza.
E dall'autoproclamato governo del «premier» Bajram Rexhepi fanno
sapere che è un tentativo «inaccettabile di dividere la provincia». In
una riunione svoltasi ieri nella zona nord (serba) a Mitrovica, più di
300 delegati hanno eletto un presidente e un comitato esecutivo di 15
membri, e chiesto l'istituzione di un'entità serba del Kosovo. Che
funzionerebbe «come parte integrante della Serbia», afferma la
risoluzione approvata dall'assemblea, chiedendo il ritorno di reparti
dell'esercito e di forze di polizia serbe, per rendere sicure - dopo
stragi efferate rimaste finora impunite - le zone a maggioranza serba,
come pure a combattere «la criminalità organizzata e il terrorismo».
L'assemblea ha esposto richieste per permettere ai profughi serbi di
ritornare nella provincia come del resto promette e organizza l'Onu.
L'amministratore Onu, Michael Steiner, ha condannato l'Unione delle
municipalità serbe perché «monoetnica», «non avrà rilevanza legale»,
ha detto. Eppure nei mesi scorsi proprio lui aveva proposto la
«costituzione di municipalità serbe». Il suo ufficio ha respinto nei
giorni scorsi la richiesta di Belgrado di consentire il ritorno di
forze serbe in Kosovo. Siamo nell'illegalità internazionale. Infatti
nei giorni scorsi, con la fine della mini-Jugoslavia, l'Unione europea
con l'inviato Javier Solana, ha accettato nella nuova costituzione
della Serbia-Montenegro che il Kosovo è «parte integrante della
Serbia». Un caos da guerra «umanitaria» (t.d.f.)

KOSOVO: ANCHE SOLIDARIETA' A EX UCK TRA TENSIONI

(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 28 FEB - Alle tante tensioni sociali e interetniche
che ancora affliggono la societa' del Kosovo e che le forze di pace
della KFor e l'amministrazione provvisoria guidata dall' Unmik
fronteggiano si sono aggiunte le manifestazioni degli albanesi
svoltasi negli ultimi giorni con i recenti arresti di alcuni ex
combattenti dell' Uck, il disciolto esercito di liberazione del
Kosovo, accusati dal Tribunale penale internazionale dell' Aia di aver
commesso crimini di guerra. Ne ha parlato fra l' altro con una
delegazione veneta guidata dal governatore Galan il comandante della
Kfor, generale Fabio Mini. ''Si tratta di manifestazioni giustificate
e anche legittime -ha detto Mini-, anche se centrate su qualcosa che
non esiste, cioe' sull' impressione che si voglia criminalizzare l'Uck
e il movimento di liberazione. Non e' cosi': qui sono contestati
crimini individuali contro dei civili, non e' l'attivita' dell' Uck ad
essere sotto accusa. Comprendo dunque la solidarieta' manifestata dai
dimostranti albanesi verso dei loro compagni, ma solo nella misura in
cui questa sia pacifica e non si guardi alla comunita' internazionale
come a degli avversari''.
Fra i problemi che devono affrontare le forze di pace ci sono le
azioni svoltesi anche di recente contro i centri di culto serbo
ortodossi, ma la Kfor, e' stato assicurato dai suoi rappresentanti,
non abbandonera' chiese e monasteri della comunita' serba. Un problema
che la comunita' internazionale deve affrontare e' anche
quello del rientro di coloro che, fra i 220 mila serbi che hanno
lasciato il Kosovo, vogliono tornare alle loro case. Una questione su
cui si e' soffermato con la delegazione veneta il rappresentante
diplomatico italiano Pasquale Salzano, sottolineando che si tratta di
organizzare tale rientro attraverso una serie di progetti ''globali''
che prevedano non solo il recupero delle abitazioni perdute, ma anche
la creazione di un ambiente amico agli esuli che rientrano in patria e
un' azione di riconciliazione fra le etnie. Si tratta insomma, ha
sintetizzato Salzano, di politiche complesse che richiedono anche
risorse finanziarie da parte della comunita' internazionale per
rendere tale rientri ''sostenibili''. Quanto all'impegno italiano
nella regione, Salzano ne ha evidenziato la necessita' sia ai fini di
contenere i diffusi fenomeni criminali e cosi' prevenirne la possibile
esportazione anche in Italia, sia per garantire un terreno di
stabilita' e sicurezza per l' iniziativa economica che puo' giungere,
ai fini della ricostruzione del Paese, anche dall' imprenditoria
italiana. (ANSA). BOR 28/02/2003 21:17
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/kosovo.shtml


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Lo scorso 4 giugno sono stati ritrovati ad Obilic i cadaveri di una
coppia di coniugi ottantenni e del loro figlio cinquantatreenne,
uccisi a colpi di accetta e poi dati alle fiamme insieme alla loro
casa (vedi:
http://www.ilmanifesto.it/Quotidiano-archivio/05-Giugno-2003/art30.html)

In seguito a questa ennesima dimostrazione dei reali risultati e
scopi del regime di terrore razzista e di occupazione imperialista
in Kosovo-Metohija, riprendiamo con la cronaca degli avvenimenti
sul campo, che avevamo interrotto da alcuni mesi.

Ricordiamo che gli ultimi numero del "bollettino di guerra" sono
archiviati alle URL:

Kosmet: bollettino di guerra, Maggio-Luglio 2002
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1876

Kosmet: bollettino di guerra, fine luglio 2002
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1900

Kosmet: bollettino di guerra, agosto-settembre 2002
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1962

Kosmet: bollettino di guerra, settembre-ottobre 2002
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/2001
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/2002

Kosmet, bollettino di guerra: fine ottobre 2002
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/2055

Macelleria UCKFOR: bollettino di guerra novembre-dicembre 2002
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/2556

Un grande numero di articoli sui vari aspetti del regime di terrore
instaurato congiuntamente dalle "nostre" truppe occidentali (KFOR) e
dai criminali neonazisti locali (UCK) si puo' trovare sempre nel
nostro archivio:

http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/

Per un inquadramento storico del terrore nazista in Kosovo-Metohija
si veda in particolare:

http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/2521

ed i collegamenti ivi contenuti.

Come al solito, le notizie da noi riportate non sono in alcun modo
esaustive degli avvenimenti nella provincia, e vanno intese solo come
esempi delle informazioni negate alla pubblica opinione.

(a cura di Andrea)