The Republic of Serbia
The Truth About NATO http://www.jar2.com/Topics/NATO.html
International Crimes of the US/NATO/Israel/Saudi Arabia - Empire http://www.jar2.com/Topics/US_International_Crimes.html
Srebrenica: You Have Never Heard About the First Srebrenica http://www.jar2.com/Topics/Srebrenica.html
Today 3/24 We Remember the NATO Attack on Yugoslavia
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Dr Živadin Jovanović Last Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia NATO bombing of Yugoslavia: Peace vs. Interventionism and Imperialism NATO Eastward, Building 'Roman Empire' in Europe Ukraine Part of US/NATO Expansion to Russia The US, NATO and the West Use Economics to Enslave Countries http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Zivadin_Jovanovic.html
Stephen Karganovic President of Srebrenica Historical Project Srebrenica: 19-Year-Blueprint for US Intervention Hague Case Against Ailing General Mladic Failed US Orchestrated Color Revolution Coming Soon to a Country Near You US Regime Change Attempt Underway in Republika Srpska Color revolution infection? Tell the West: Get out!
http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Stephen_Karganovic.html Dr. Edward Herman Srebrenica Massacre Gigantic Political Fraud http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Edward_Herman.html
Alexander Konuzin Russian Ambassador to Serbia Regarding Russian Aid to Serbia http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Alexander_Konuzin.html
Danijel Simic
Dr. Emil Vlajki Vice President of Republika Srpska Pres Putin Made the World Multi-Polar http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Emil_Vlajki.html
Boris Malagurski Serbian Filmmaker Russia saving lives amid catastrophe in Serbia http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Boris_Malagurski.html
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Operations Chief of the Serbian National Organization #1389 http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Source_Serbia_1389.html
Elena Svachich Human Rights Worker in Serbia http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Elena_Svachich.html
Srdja Trifkovic Crimean Referendum Observer http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Srdja_Trifkovic.html
Dragan Vasiljkovic Serbian Political Activist http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Dragan_Vasiljkovic.html
Doctor Jovan Deretic President of the Free Serbia Movement EU Made Serbia a Colony http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Jovan_Deretic.html
Dragan Antakovic Author of Survival Option/founder of the People’s Response in Kosovo. Solution for Survival of Serbia http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Dragan_Antakovic.html
Slobodan Eric Editor-in-Chief of Serbian Geopolitika The West is convinced that Serbians are always wrong. http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Slobodan_Eric.html
Professor Viseslav Simic http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Viseslav_Simic.html
Danijel Simic Writer, Activist, Commentator and Founder of frontal.rs http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Danijel_Simic.html
Aleksandar Pavic Political Analyst at the Strategic Culture Foundation http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Aleksandar_Pavic.html
Jelisaveta Pavlovic: Serbians do not want to lose Kosovo or be a part of the EU http://www.jar2.com/Interviews/Jelisaveta_Pavlovic.html
John Robles II There are Parallels Between the Genocide on American Indians and the Genocide of the Serbs Including in the Massacre of Serbs at Srebrenica: Serbs Must Fight Fire With Fire Срби, са ватром се борите ватром http://www.geopolitika.rs/index.php/sr/intervju/566-2013-07-16-07-10-17
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NATO bombing of Yugoslavia: Peace vs. Interventionism and Imperialism The Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals, the Serbian Host Society, the Club of Generals and Admirals of Serbia and Veterans Association of Serbia (SUBNOR), in coordination with the World Peace Council, on 22 and 23 March 2014 held the International Conference "Global Peace vs. Global Interventionism and Imperialism". The Conference was held on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of NATO’s armed aggression against Serbia and Montenegro (the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). The motto of the Conference was "Not to Forget". The following is the closing statement of the forum which was submitted to the Voice of Russia by the Former Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia Živadin Jovanović .
More than 500 scientists, experts and public persons from the areas of the international relations and security, from 50 countries of Europe and the world took part in the work of the Conference.
Participants of the Conference paid tribute to victims of the 78-day bombardment and laid wreaths on memorials. They honored all the victims of the illegal NATO aggression against Serbia and Montenegro and expressed their deep respect for former Yugoslav Popular Army, Federal Government, President Slobodan Milosevic and all heroic resistant fighters. We also must remember the victims of the NATO aggression subsequent to 1999, ongoing persecution of those political and military leaders who defended the country and who were sent to illegal Hague Tribunal including president Milosevic and others, who died there. Considering this Tribunal as illegal as a tool of NATO propaganda and political blackmailing, the participants demand its dissolution.
The debate unfolded in a constructive and tolerant dialogue regarding most important aspects and problems concerning the international peace and security. The presentations mainly focused on how to preserve global peace and find the ways to stop global interventionism, destabilization of certain countries and provoking the crises all over the world, which undermine the international legal and political world order and pushes the world to the edge of a major confrontation.
The participants analyzed the causes and consequences of NATO aggression in 1999, not only for Serbia and the Balkans but also its global consequences for peace and security in Europe and the world. Further to this, participants of the Conference have agreed as follows:
- NATO aggression against Serbia and Montenegro (the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) of March 1999 was a war imposed against an independent, sovereign European state, in gross violation of the fundamental principles of the international law, most notably, the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act. This was the aggression committed without consent the UN Security Council. Hence it is a crime against peace and humanity, and the turning point towards the global interventionism, the practice of gross violation of the international legal order, and the negation of role of the UN. Subsequently it has been used as the model of interventionism in a number of other cases such as in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali and others.
- The leading Western powers, the USA, the UK, France, Germany, followed by the rest of NATO Members, 19 in all, devised a whole new arsenal of euphemisms in a bid to attribute any possible shred of legitimacy to this crime against peace and humanity. So-called "humanitarian intervention" was a cover for indiscriminate killings of civilians in Serbia including children, disabled and senior citizens, for the destruction of the economy, infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, passenger trains and houses. Use of missiles with depleted uranium has contaminated natural environment thus triggering grave and far-reaching consequences for the health of current and future generations.
- Since this is a crime against peace and humanity and a gross violation of the basic provisions of the international law, NATO Member States bear full legal responsibility for the aggression, including liability for the inflicted damage on the order of more than USD 100 billion, as well as responsibility for the use of weapons with depleted uranium and other illicit ordnances of mass destruction. Serbia has the right to initiate the proceedings before the competent international forums against NATO Alliance and all of its member states participating in the aggression, for the purpose of exercising the right to war damage compensation to Serbia and Montenegro as well as to individuals who suffered from aggression.
- Armed aggression has continued by employing other, non-military means. This was reflected in the violent change of power in the October 5, 2000 coup, which was initiated, funded and supported by NATO Member States; in all kind of blackmails and threats aimed at making Serbia denounce its state sovereignty in Kosovo and Metohija as its historical, cultural and civilization heartland; in ignoring UN Security Council Resolution 1244 guaranteeing sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia. Eventually, this led to unlawful and unconstitutional unilateral separation of Kosovo and Metohija in 2008 which was followed by formal recognition by most NATO member countries. The 1999 US NATO aggression grossly violated the UN Charter, 1970 Declaration on principles of International law, Helsinki Final Act, Paris Charter for a New Europe, five Security Council resolutions in 1998-2008, including resolutions 1244 and 1785.
- Immediately after the end of the aggression, a large USA military base has been established in Kosovo and Metohija, "Camp Bondsteel", the first and crucial ring in the chain of the new USA bases in Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, and other Easter European countries. NATO aggression against Yugoslavia actually accelerated the arms race and militarization of Europe and implementation of US/NATO/EU strategy of "Eastern expansion".
- Aggression against Serbia and Montenegro (FRY) launched in March 1999 has been serving as a blueprint for global USA/NATO/EU interventionism. In practice, this translates the USA, NATO and the West discretion to intervene militarily or otherwise, as they choose to suite their economic or strategic interests. Toppling legally elected governments and replacing them by hand-picked, pawn regimes, has become part and parcel of so called "democratization process".
- NATO has always operated as an aggressive military alliance, serving expansion and of imperialistic and neo-colonial objectives of the leading Western powers. The entire experience so far indicates that NATO strategy of global interventionism leaves behind a chaos in international relations, gigantic human casualties, divisions, and long-lasting misery and anguish in all countries and regions which have become immediate victims of such policy.
- NATO is responsible for devastation of the international legal order, for the degradation of the UN, instigating a new arms race, militarization of Europe, destabilization and inducing crises in individual countries and regions all over the world. Therefore, NATO strategy goes against the goals of peace and security, contravenes the democratic and civilization values, and violates the fundamental human rights. Such an Alliance is not a place for peaceful countries who see their interests in compliance of the international law and the UN system. This is why participants of the Conference pleaded for the dissolution of NATO as a relic of the Cold War, for disengaging in policy of free interventionism, and for the respect of freedom, independence and equality of all countries and nations.
- Exporting democracy and dictating cultural and civilization patterns has become a common approach of all Western powers, primarily of the USA, in their aspiring to govern the world pursuant to their own standards and in line with their self-serving interests. The imposition of such cultural and civilization patterns is an act of violence against reality that almost invariably results in conflicts, internal disorders, and deeper fragmentations and divisions; over time, this is prone to undermine the peace in the world, and presents a perfect excuse for external military interference. This model has created the so-called "colored revolutions" in Georgia, Venezuela and Ukraine and high jacked "Arab Spring revolution", which managed to devastate and turn the clock back for several decades, such as: Libya, Egypt and Syria.
- The strategy of interventionism involves several motives and purposes. These include the control over natural and developmental resources, reallocation of resources, and geopolitical reconfiguration of the world, against and at the expense of the predetermined key geopolitical adversary. This is how the USA/NATO/EU staged the crisis in Ukraine, whose end is still nowhere in sight. One can say that the Ukrainian crisis is the single most dangerous threat to the peace since the end of the Cold War. Instead of acknowledging Ukraine as a natural connection between Russia and Europe, the West chose to interfere, by artificially dislocating it from its natural cultural, civilization, and geopolitical environment and drawing it westwards. In doing so, the West paid no attention at all that the action could lead to internal conflict within Ukraine and that it would put at risk Russia’s vital interests. This dangerous geopolitical game played by America, NATO and the EU against Russia, as a proxy war at the expense of Ukraine under a "fine" but fake excuse of being waged for the benefit of the Ukrainians and their democratic social structure, has completely disregarded the effects of such policy against the interests of Ukraine, its people, the peace, and security in Europe and the world. Participants of the Conference advocated for a peaceful political solution free of interference and external pressures, that is, a solution that will guarantee its peoples will, and respect its role of a bridge between the East and the West. Such solution implies abandonment of the pernicious "Eastern expansion" which has already produced destabilization in Europe. Participants expressed satisfaction that the people of Crimea have used their right of self-determination which resulted in reunification with Russia.
- Participants of the Conference expressed their full support to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia, including the resolution of the issue of Kosovo and Metohija in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1244. They supported the following requests: free, safe and dignified return of 250,000 expelled Serbs and other non-Albanians to their homes in Kosovo and Metohija; restitution of the usurped private, church, state and socially-owned property; reconstruction of 150 destroyed churches and monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church, of hundreds of desecrated and obliterated Serbian graveyards and thousands of burnt Serbian homes; conducting effective investigation of trafficking in human organs; determining the fate of all abducted and missing Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija; and identifying and bringing to justice the perpetrators of all other crimes committed against the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija for which, so far, nobody has been found responsible, let alone convicted.
- Participants of the Conference welcomed worthy initiative of the UN General Assembly which proclaimed 2014 to be the international year of solidarity with the people of Palestine. Finding that this initiative deserves strong support of the peaceful forces in the world, the Conference sent requests for an immediate withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from all Palestinian territories, for the establishment of independent state of Palestine, within the borders of July 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital, for the right for the return for the Palestine refugees, based on UN Resolution 194 and the release of all Palestinian prisoners from jail. Fulfillment of these requests is of vital interest for the Palestinian people and for the introduction of a just and durable peace in the Middle East.
- Participants have expressed solidarity with peoples of Latin America in their endeavors to safeguard freedom, independence and sovereignty from aggressive imperial USA strategy. They demanding closing of Guantanamo base and abolishing blockade against Cuba, as well as the release of the five Cuban political prisoners from American jails.
- By dismissing the policies and actions that endanger the peace and security, participants of the Conference denounced plans and actions aimed at destabilizing the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Coordinated violent actions in Caracas and other parts of Venezuela are parts of the strategy employed by the local oligarchs and external actors, intended to disable the functioning of the legitimately elected government and impose political changes of their choice but against the interests of the Venezuelan people, by sabotage, violent provocations and blackmails. In condemning those attempts, participants of the Conference expressed their solidarity with the Venezuelan people and the support for its courageous efforts to preserve the freedom, pride, and sovereignty of Venezuela, and to decide their own future.
- Participants have expressed concern over systematic organized revision of European history of the 20th century, particularly revision of outcome of the First and the Second World War. This may serve imperialist objectives for redrawing international borders causing unforeseen consequences. We condemn the western promoted rehabilitation of fascism and attempts to equate communism with Nazism.
- Participants of the Conference dedicated significant attention to the global economic capitalist crisis which has led not only to an unprecedented social stratification and impoverishment of the global population, but also to an artificially imposed debt crises in a number of formerly economically very prosperous countries, such as Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Cyprus. The global crisis emerged predominantly in countries which had declared themselves to be the centers of global civilization and the most advanced social order, one that will see no need for serous social conflicts and clashes. The key indicators of this crisis include mass-scale unemployment, especially within the youth, high indebtedness of countries, decline in economic activities, etc. We support the genuine popular protests against the above.
- It is obvious that on Europe and the majority of the world were imposed the neo-liberal cultural, political and economical pattern, which does not function. In the search for the way out of this universal deadlock, the most powerful countries are trying to shift the burden of the crisis onto other countries and nations, ones they pejoratively call "the global periphery", while in the meantime struggling to win the battle for the global prestige, and in the process stepping down onto the old civilizations and forcibly toppling the unsympathetic ruling regimes. All the above only add to the conflicting feature of the international arena, and makes it exceptionally prone to outbreaks of all types of conflicts, from internal and regional, to the global ones.
- Participants at the Conference noted with concern that there are still US forward-based infrastructures in Europe like missile defense, tactical nuclear weapons and conventional forces, that destabilize the regional and the global atmosphere.
- The global economic crisis cannot be resolved by the printing of ever new trillions of dollars and the makeshift mends of the existing system. This can be done by abandoning the neo-liberal concept and by developing a new, humane society of social justice, equality and the better life for all people and nations in the planet. The focus of the new system of social relations must be on people and their economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian needs, instead of the profits and self-serving interests of the so-called economical and political elites.
- A part this International Conference was the Youth Forum, which concluded that the global crisis, and globalization and interventionism primarily threaten the rights and perspectives of the young generations. In numerous countries, in Europe and the world, young people below 30 make up some 60% of the total number of unemployed. The youth requests urgent changes in the social relations and internationally, which will ensure active engagement of the young people into economic, political and societal trends, their assuming responsibility for their own future, at the national and international levels. The youth advocates the socially just society and universal human rights, such as the right to employment, free education, social security and health care. Young people advocate the democratization of international relations, the respect for the international law, and denounce the arms race, militarization and neocolonialism.
- Only a world free of dominance of imperialism and militarism will stand a chance to avoid a war cataclysm. The global economic crises and its consequences on popular strata underline the necessity to overcome the system which causes exploitation, wars and the misery. It is absolutely unacceptable and contrary to the international law to have the regional center of power, such as NATO and the European Union be established as a substitute to the United Nations Security Council.
- The only true international community is the United Nations, rather than any self-proclaimed members of any regional groups. We must struggle to ensure the universal character of the international law and to have it equally oblige big and small countries, developed and developing ones. We have to fight even more resolutely to preserve the civilization heritage such as the freedom, ethics and dignity, while determinedly rejecting all surrogates of the corporative capitalism and imperialism, planted by the military-industrial and finance capital.
Participants of the Conference emphasized that the accomplishment of these objectives required active engagement in mobilizing all peace-loving stakeholders, in order to counter and reject any military and conquest ambitions against any given country regardless of its leaders. In parallel, it is necessary to mobilize all forces in developing democratic international relations, based on the principles of the United Nations Charter, the provisions of the international law, and the strict observance of the inviolability and independence of all states and their territorial integrity, and the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs. Such a world would be measured by a human scale, and this grand utopia should be believed in, and persistently fighting for, and this is the key message from the Conference.
Participant in the Conference expressed sincere gratitude to the Serbian side for the excellent performance of the International Conference and for hospitality extended to all participants.
Kosovo is Serbia, NATO is an Atavism says Ambassador Chepurin
2 December, 201401:19 The
Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin recently gave a speech at
the Belgrade Academy for Diplomacy and Security in which he stated that
Serbia joining NATO, an almost unbelievable development, would be a red line
that in no way suits Russia. During his question and answer session with the
students he also mentioned a second red line for Russia, namely that that
nobody should pressure Serbia during EU negotiations and that any form of
integration "must not interfere with the long tradition of cultural,
economic, and political Russo-Serbian ties: because that is primarily in the
interest of Serbia."The Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin
recently gave a speech at the Belgrade Academy for Diplomacy and Security in
which he stated that Serbia joining NATO, an almost unbelievable
development, would be a red line that in no way suits Russia. During his
question and answer session with the students he also mentioned a second red
line for Russia, namely that that nobody should pressure Serbia during EU
negotiations and that any form of integration "must not interfere with the
long tradition of cultural, economic, and political Russo-Serbian ties:
because that is primarily in the interest of Serbia." Media
silence While such
statements and in fact the entire speech should have caused quite a stir in
the world’s media there was almost no coverage nor reaction in the western
press. This is understandable with the current state of information warfare
but further underlines the extent that the western media has been
compromised, annexed and continues to hold an anti-Russian line, this time
by omission. It is
understandable that the West is desperate and will do anything that it can
to stop the spread or development of Russian influence, this is especially
true of US/ NATO, especially in light of the their recent failures in Syria
and Ukraine, and judging from the coverage of the event in the world’s
English language media it would appear that the West is currently winning
the information war, with even Russian media sources apparently "afraid" to
publicize such stories. Serbia a
NATO member? During his
appearance at the Belgrade Academy for Diplomacy and Security, Chepurin
stated that it would be; "utter stupidity if somebody from Serbia were to
crawl over and beg (to join NATO), after the bombing that Serbia incurred
and which caused damage worth US $120 billion. That's the red line that in
no way suits Russia". That is
just one reason why it would be absurd to think of Serbia joining NATO,
there are dozens of others, but the fact that US/NATO have never assisted in
rebuilding what they destroyed, something they regularly do not do, is a key
reason. Another
and perhaps even more monumentally important reason is of course Kosovo
which US/NATO have annexed with the help of local Muslim Albanian forces and
on the territory of which they immediately built the largest US military
base outside of the United States after "recognizing its independence". Yet
another is the International Criminal Court on the Former Yugoslavia which
has been completely biased and uneven in its prosecution of Serbs and has
proven itself by its track record to be an instrument of the West. Chepurin
reiterated the fact that NATO was created as an alliance against the USSR
and that its function in the modern world is questionable, something much of
the free and independent world have stated since the dissolving of the
Warsaw Pact and which US/NATO officials have also recently all but admitted
to in public statements regarding "attempting to stay relevant". The
ambassador stated: "NATO was created against the Soviet Union, which is long
gone, and it is absolutely unclear what NATO stands against now; or do you
really want to go to war in Iraq, Libya, or Syria? There's no other
advantage there or would you like to fraternize with Turkey, which is a NATO
member." The fact
that NATO needs countries like Serbia, Ukraine and all of the other
countries that it is trying to draw into its alliance more than those
countries need NATO is a fact that should be underlined and the primary
topic of debate but the West completely keeps that matter off the radar. Not
only does NATO need the personnel and the resources of all of the countries
it can get as cannon fodder for its endless wars, but it also needs the
territories of all of the territories which will tolerate its presence to
base its military forces and infrastructure in order to propagate itself and
be an effective tool for the "projection of US force", as the Pentagon
recently stated. The
ambassador made the very astute observation that countries do not have be
members of NATO to be members of the EU, something the West has attempted to
present as a given. He gave the examples of Austria, Sweden and Ireland. Finally
with regard to NATO Chepurin reminded the audience that Russian Defense
Minister Sergei Shoigu was in Belgrade recently, and received confirmation
in all meetings that Serbia will not join NATO." What NATO
is and who controls it were also boldly summed up by the ambassador who said
"NATO represents an atavism from the last century," and with regard to
attempts to tie EU integration to NATO membership: "…. there are madmen who
are trying to make use of that thesis!" Serbia and
the European Union Regarding
Serbia and EU membership the diplomat accepted the fact but made it clear
that such should not damage ties with Russia, nor of future organizations:
"nor should it additionally complicate its ties with the Eurasian Union,
which will be created in 2015, and which considers development of relations
with Serbia as very important." He also said "It is unacceptable for us that
any form of integration should disrupt our relations, for example, our
visa-free regime." Ukraine
According to the website B92 net, one
of the few site reporting on the event: "… on several occasions Chepurin
stated that "everyone has an imagination that is shattered when it meets the
reality," and mentioned Ukraine as an example of a country that "met the
reality when it was supposed to sign the free trade agreement with the EU." "There was
an impression that each year tens of billions of euros would be arriving to
Ukraine from the EU, while in fact it was about one billion over seven
years. The damage from severing the free trade with Russia would have been a
hundred times greater." he said. This
economic reality is of course something the West does not want the world to
know about but it is the reality. The US with an actual debt of over $200
trillion and the European Union, whose countries are still reeling from
economic crisis and is in fact economically questionable, needs more members
to prop up its own house of cards and other than visa free regimes, more
regulation, loss of sovereignty, opening internal markets to external
exploitation and an outdated military bloc seeking to propagate itself into
a worldwide force the EU really has little to offer. Kosovo On the key
question of Kosovo Chepurin stressed that the Russian Federation continues
to offer Serbia "absolute support" when it came to Kosovo, but that he "did
not wish to comment too strongly on some internal issues in Serbia." "There are
several possibilities within international law for the thing to be resolved
in a way in which Serbia is interested to resolve it. An impression is being
created here that everything had fallen through, but this question requires
effort and persistence. You must have faith that you are capable of solving
that issue. The truth is on your side, and much depends on you," said the
Russian ambassador. Chepurin
made it clear in so many words who was really behind the "independence of
Kosovo" and likened those forces to the same ones who are backing and
funding terrorist groups in the Russian Republic of Chechnya.
According to the site Tanjung speaking
about the issue of Chechnya, Chepurin underlined that all secessionist
forces cannot possibly endure without backing from abroad, and concerning
the decision of ethnic Albanians to unilaterally proclaim Kosovo's
independence, he concluded: "friends say: Kosovo is Serbia." Kosovo is
Serbia indeed and for many Serbians, it is their very heart.
Russia's EMERCOM Responds First to Assist Serbian Flood Victims John Robles 2014
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry (EMERCOM) has deployed emergency response forces and equipment to Serbia after a decision was made by the Government of the Russian Federation initiated at the request of the Government of the Republic of Serbiaafter the county was hit by devastating unprecedented flooding reports EMERCOM. According to EMERCOM rescuers with the air search and rescue unit "Centrospas" and from the high risk rescue group "Leader" have been deployed to assist the Serbian people as they struggle to deal with the aftermath and continuing flooding which has seen almost the entire country mercilessly submerged under water.
EMERCOM
EMERCOM reports that an unspecified number of the ministry’s rapid response Ilyushin 76 (IL-76) aircraft took off from the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s airfield in the Moscow region city of Ramenskoye. According to EMERCOM (at the moment of writing) more than 70 of the best-trained rescuers along with high-tech rescue equipment, including wetsuits, diving and special equipment were onboard, although that number will definitely go up.
The rescue teams will also be taking motorboats and are equipped for completely autonomous rescue operations in the flood zone for a period of more than 15 days. Hence constant contact and reinforcement will not be necessary as the rescuers set out on their task to assist as many people as they possible can in a volatile environment where time is of the essence.
Specialists from the Republic of Serbia’s Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center are directly involved in rescue operations. One of the center’s tasks is to eliminate the effects of natural disasters on the territory of Serbia and other Balkan countries. The center has already mobilized with water pumps and mobile power stations in order to assist the flood stricken population.
Russian First Responders First to Respond, thousands evacuated
The Russian Federation has been the first country to respond during the dire time of need of the Serbian people with many Serbians dismayed by the almost complete lack of response from the European Union and other countries. EMERCOM continues to deploy equipment and personnel as the magnitude of the devastation begins to grow clearer.
So far Russian rescuers are credited with saving thousands of lives with one operation seeing almost 400 people rescued including at least 79 children. According to B92 Russian rescuers were immediately deployed to Obrenovac, “… where they were met by Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić, ministers of the interior and defense, Nebojša Stefanović and Bratislav Gašić, and Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin.”
As of this writing close to 8,000 people have had to be evacuated, with those numbers continuing to rise as rains continue drenching the Republic and the region. The unprecedented flooding has affected the entire country and the neighboring states. Videos have already been uploaded to YouTube with pleas for help as the magnitude of the flooding continues to affect millions.
Serbian Government Declares State of Emergency
According to the Serbian news portal B92 a nationwide state of emergency was declared on Thursday by the Serbian government in the entire territory of the republic. According to B92:“… the government sent a letter to the Russian government, the European Commission and the Slovenian government asking for humanitarian and technical help to address the consequences of floods, it was stated after the government's session. The government ordered the Directorate for Commodity Reserves to deliver to the most affected areas a thousand tons of commercial corn needed as feed. The state of emergency in the territory of entire Serbia was declared on the request of the National Emergency Situations Headquarters, which earlier on Thursday conferred to discuss the heavy rainfall and floods.”
Reaction on the Ground
Svetlana Maksovic with the Serbian monthly Geopolitika said that … many Serbian people are upset by the reaction, or lack of reaction thereof, of the European Union especially after EU Foreign Policy Head Catherine Ashton did nothing more than send her condolences.”
Maksovic who is in Belgrade said that the Serbians from across the country and the political spectrum are grateful to Russia for its huge response. She was particularly taken by a friend of hers who used to criticize Russia. She stated: “… But a friend of mine, who used to critisize Russia, saying they helped us only out of interest... sent me a message today saying he withdraws everything bad he has ever said about Russia and Russians and that he is impressed by their huge and quick help!”
Milica Djurdjevic a well-known political activist and the Public Relations Head for Srpski sabor Zavetnici, an organization for patriots of Serbia wrote the following about the situation in Serbia for the Voice of Russia:
"The situation in Serbia is extremely difficult. The material damage is immeasurable, but our main preoccupation now is the number of victims which is still unknown to the public. Floods have caused serial damage in Obrenovac, one of the most populated municipalities in Belgrade. Many inhabitants, especially women, children and older people, are still captured in their houses, without food and eletricity. The evacuation in Obrenovac is still in progress. More than 10 thousand people from all over the country and nearby region came yesterday to the city of Šabac to prevent the flooding of Sava river."
"Unfortunately, many cities in Serbia have not received any kind of emergency help yet. People are starting to panic because the Government does not have enough capacities to ensure immediate assistance to all of them. The local authorities are also not sufficiently organised. In these moments we can see that Serbia does not possess enough military capacities to provide emergency help. However, I am especially grateful to all young people who have shown their unity and provided help and support in all critical areas."
"This tragedy is a chance for the Serbian people to see who are his real friends and allies in Europe and in the rest of the world. Our Government has requested help from the European Commission but for now all we have received from them are just bare words and some issued letters of support. On the other hand we immediatelly received material help from our historical friends and allies from the Russian Federation. According to the information that we possess Russian soldiers have rescued more than 400 people and 79 children. We have also received material help from Slovenia. Meanwhile, many volounters came from Macedonia and Montenegro. I would also like to mention our brothers and sisters from Kosovo and Metohija that came last night to Šabac to help us."
"We are extremely grateful to the Russian Federation which had never let us down! Russian special forces made an extreme effort in Obrenovac. They are using boats to rescue people from the flooded houses, transporting injured, but unfortunately there are also many dead people. We will never forget all the support and help provided to us from Russia!"
"A few days ago we organized the so called “Walking for Russia” on the streets of Belgrade. The reason for this manifestation were the ongoings in Ukraine in the past several months. More than 1000 people gathered on the streets of our capital city to support Russia and to emphasize their historical friendship with our orthodox brothers. They were carrying Serbian and Russian flags and a transparent that said: “Glory to Russia!” We regret that our Government hasn`t shown more understanding for the Russian people in Ukraine and supported the referendums in Lugansk and Donetck region. We pray for peace and freedom of the Russian nation, hoping that they will get united again!"
"Greetings from little Serbia to all of your listeners. In these difficult moments Russia is our only hope!"
Sergey Belous a political observer and a volunteer who helped save the city of Šabac wrote the following opinion of the events he saw:
"When I arrived at the meeting point for the volunteers who were going to Šabac to help fight the flood I was surprised to find an enormous crowd of several thousand people. All of them were unbelievably enthusiastic. The guys were almost trying to 'break into' the overcrowded buses that were going to take them to the location. As if they were escaping from the flood, not going to the place where it was about to happen! Unfortunately, the local authorities were not very organized and there was no active coordination between different people, not enough special equipment (not even shovels) and there were no heads of groups appointed. The Serbs however managed to organize themselves, notwithstanding the mess partly created by local bureaucrats. They worked the whole evening and the whole night in the mud under the torrential rain to save Šabac from the fate of other flooded Serbian towns."
The European Commission's Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC)
On its website the ERCC claims that requests for water pumps and rescue teams was answered positively within a matter of hours but as of this writing no concrete reports confirming active assistance have been received. ERCC: “Serbia's urgent request for high capacity water pumps and operational teams was channeled through the EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) and was answered positively within a matter of hours. Bulgaria, Germany, and Slovenia are currently arranging the deployment of rescue boats, high capacity pumps and operational teams in Serbia. Following the same procedure, Slovenia and Austria responded to the request of Bosnia & Herzegovina, offering a helicopter and a number of motor boats to support the evacuation of residents and transportation water, medicines and food.”
HAARP to Blame for Anomalous Flooding???
Many of my contacts in Serbia have spoken of whispered accusations that the unprecedented flooding and unusual weather patterns in the last few years have something to do with the US’ HAARP system. According to one website: "A Serbian journalist was advised not to write about a HAARP installation near Belgrade. After series of texts regarding HAARP antenna system near Barajevo (Belgrade municipality) and application of this ELF system in Serbia the journalist of newspaper Pravda has received a phone call on Monday evening around 10PM from unlisted phone number. The voice on other side of the line gave the journalist a "friendly advice" to stop writing on HAARP."
If you discount the ability of HAARP to manipulate weather then this quote published by Slate might interest you: “David Walker—the deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for science, technology and engineering—gave in a Senate hearing about the closure on Wednesday. He said, "We're moving on to other ways of managing the ionosphere, which the HAARP was really designed to do. To inject energy into the ionosphere to be able to actually control it. But that work has been completed."
Would it be surprising if the US, after unleashing neo-Nazis in Ukraine, unleashed flooding in Serbia? Those in the know would probably say no.
15-year Anniversary of NATO Aggression on Yugoslavia John Robles 2014 In March 1999, at the direction of the United States of America, NATO engaged in its first act of illegal aggressive war, beginning what can only be called the “dark age of intervention” in which we are living today. The fact that NATO was allowed to get away with the aggression on Serbia and Montenegro emboldened US/NATO and the US military industrial intelligence banking complex and since that day, under a doctrine of Responsibility to Protect, Humanitarian Interventionism, Preventive War and then the all encompassing “War on Terror”, US/NATO have proceeded to destroy country after country and do away with leaders that they have not found to be submissive enough to their will. The events of 9-11-2001 were a watershed moment for the geopolitical architects and served as a catalyst to allow them to expand their military machine to every corner of the world and invade countries at will and conduct operations with complete disregard for international law and accepted international norms. In light of the 15th Anniversary of the NATO aggression the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals and other independent Civic associations in Serbia will hold an international conference from the 21st to the 24th of March 2014. The conference will gather 100 prominent intellectuals from all over the world, in addition to those from Serbia, Montenegro, the Republica Srpska and 10 to 15 guests from Russia, including Academician and retired Russian Army General Leonid Ivashov. The conference will also include the participation of the Veterans Alliance of Serbia and the Club of Generals and Admirals of Serbia. The President of the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals and the last Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zivadin Jovanovic wrote the following summary of the events in light of the 15 year anniversary of the NATO aggression against Yugoslavia. (John Robles)
Do Not Forget, by Zivadin Jovanovic Fifteen years have passed since the beginning of NATO aggression against Serbia and Montenegro (24 March 1999). This aggression resulted in the loss of 4,000 human lives, including 88 children, and 10,000 people were severely wounded. Over two third of these victims were civilians. How many human lives have been lost in the meantime due to the consequences of weapons with depleted uranium, as well as of remaining cluster bombs, will hardly ever be established. Breaching the basic norms of international law, its own founding act as well as constitutions of member countries, NATO was bombing Serbia and Montenegro during 78 days continuously destroying the economy, infrastructure, public services, radio and TV centers and transmitters, cultural and historical monuments. NATO bears responsibility for polluting the environment and endangering the health of present and future generations. Economic damage caused by the aggression is estimated at over USD 120 billion. War damage compensation has not yet been claimed, and judgments ruled by our court, by which the leaders of aggressor countries were convicted for the crimes against peace and humanity, were annulled after the coup d’état in 2000. Governments of aggressor countries seized and occupied the Province of Kosovo and Metohija, and then formally delivered it to former terrorists, separatists and international organized crime bosses. An American military base was established in the Province – “Bondstill”, one of the largest beyond the U.S. territory. After the aggression, over 250,000 Serbs and other non-Albanians have been forced out the Province of Kosovo and Metohija; even today, 15 years later they are not allowed to return freely and safely to their homes. Ethnic cleansing and even drastic change of ethnic population structure are tolerated by so called international community if only to the detriment of Serbs. The remaining Serbian population in the Province of about 120.000 continues to live in fear and uncertainty. Attacks upon Serbs, detentions and killings, including liquidations of their political leaders, have been continuing up to these days, and nobody is held responsible. NATO aggression against Serbia and Montenegro (FRY) in 1999 is a crime against peace and humanity. It is a precedent and a turning point towards global interventionism, arbitrary violation of the international legal order and the negation of the role of the UN. The “Bondstill” military base is the first and crucial ring in the chain of new American military bases reflecting strategy of expansion towards East, Caspian Basin, Middle East, towards Russia and its Siberia natural resources. Europe has thus got overall militarization and the new edition of the strategy “Drang nach Osten” (“Thrust to the East”). Destabilization and the tragic developments in Ukraine are just the most recent consequence of that strategy. 15 years after objectives of US/NATO military aggression continue to be pursued by other means. Serbia has been blackmailed to de facto recognize illegal secession of its Province of Kosovo and Metohija through so called Brussels negotiations. The most of the puppet states of the former Yugoslavia are much dependant on and indebted to the leading NATO/EU countries, their financial institutions and corporations so that they could hardly be considered independent states but rather neo-colonies. There is no stability in the Balkans, redrawing of borders has not ended, overall situation is dominated by devastated economy, unemployment, social tensions and misery. Europe, particularly its south-east regions, are experiencing profound economic, social and moral crisis. Preparations for NATO military aggression against Serbia and Montenegro (FRY) and 1999 aggression itself have been used in the meantime as a blueprint for many other NATO aggressions and occupations - Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali and so on. Wherever NATO undertook “humanitarian intervention”, like in former Yugoslavia, it left thousands of dead and mutilated, millions of refugees and displaced persons, ethnic and religious divisions, terrorism and separatism, economic disaster and social misery. NATO expansionist strategy made Europe militarized. There are more US/NATO military bases in Europe today than at the peak of the Cold War era. What for? NATO imperial expansionist strategy has provoked new arms race with unforeseen consequences. Who really needs an organization threatening global peace and stability? During and after the aggression, 150 Serb monasteries and churches built in the Middle Ages were destroyed. Killed or abducted were some 3,500 Serbs and other non-Albanians, and fates of many of them have not been established until today. Not even one of the thousands of crimes against Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija got a court clarification. Even such terrorist crimes as was blowing up the “Nis-express” bus on 16 February 2001, when 12 people were killed and 43 wounded, neither the murder of 14 Serb farmers reaping in the field in Staro Gracko, on 23 July 2009 remained without thorough investigation, be it by UNMIK, be it by EULEX, or by any other of so many structures of the so called international community. The Swiss senator, Dick Marty, revealed documented report on trafficking in human organs of Serbs abducted in Kosovo and Metohija. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the oldest European democratic institution, adopted his Report as the official CE document. Although all factors stand verbally for an efficient investigation and bringing the perpetrators to justice, for many years now there have been no results whatsoever. The documentation on human organ trafficking submitted to The Hague Tribunal had been – destroyed! The Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals, with support of other non-partisan and independent associations from Serbia, from the region and from the Serb Diaspora throughout the world, are organizing a number of activities under the common title “NOT TO FORGET”, with the aim to remind domestic and international public of human loss, destructions and other consequences of NATO aggression. On Friday, 21 March 2014 at 6 p.m., in Sava Conference Centre, Belgrade (Milentija Popovica No. 1) an opening ceremony will launch a photographic exhibition presenting consequences of NATO aggression. On Saturday, March 22 and on Sunday, March 23rd, 2014, International conference “Global Peace vs. Global Interventionism and Imperialism” will be held (Sava Conference Centre. Conference starts at 10 a.m. Some 100 prominent personalities from all over the world have confirmed their participation. On Monday, March 24th, 2014, at 09.30 a.m., the International Memorial Marathon Belgrade-Hilandar will start in front of Saint Sava Church. The same day, at 11 a.m., civic associations, representatives of Serb Diaspora, guests from abroad and individuals will lay flowers at the monument to children - victims of the aggression, in the Tašmajdan park, and the same day at 12 a.m. flowers will be laid at the Monument to all victims of the aggression, Friendship park, Ušće, New Belgrade.
Holy Day of Vidovdan celebrated in Serbia
29 June,
19:12
Belgrad,
Serbia
On Friday
the Serbian people and Serbian Orthodox Christians celebrated Vidovdan their
most important Holy Day. The Holy Day is celebrated on the 28th of June,
according to the Gregorian Calendar, and on the 15th of June according to
the Julian calendar. The Holy Day is also referred to as St. Vitus Day or
the Feast of St. Vitus. It is important for many reasons. This year the
capitulation of Kosovo has overshadowed the important date.
One reason
it is so important is that the date is associated with the epic Battle of
Kosovo when Serbian martyrs gave their lives to defend Kosovo against the
Ottoman Empire on June 28, 1389 and the Serbian Orthodox Church has named it
a Memorial Day for St. Prince Lazar who led the Serbs against the massive
invading army of the Ottoman Empire and perished. During the battle the
Ottoman leader Sultan Murad I was killed by the mythological Serbian knight
Miloš Obilić.
Historically the day has also seen many significant events take place. For
example on June 28, 1914 the Austro-Hungarian crown prince, Franz Ferdinand,
was assassinated triggering World War I. Another important event on this day
was the signing of the Treaty of Versailles which ended the same war.
Another
important event for Serbia occurred on June 28, 1921 when Serbian King
Alexander I introduced what was called the Vidovdan Constitution, for the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Unfortunately the Holy Day for the Serbian people is a day when the Albanian
attack, harass and persecute them. Last year attacks on Serbs included
gunfire, busses being set on fire and many Serbs, including women forced to
remove clothing adorned with national symbols or Cyrillic script.
This year
the number of incidents was far less pronounced but there was still violence
on the part of Kosovo Albanians. Near Gazimestan, which is about 5km from
Pristina and which is the most important location where the Serbian people
go to celebrate Vidovdan Kosovo Albanian pelted buses filled with Serbs with
stones and other objects injuring several people.
According to the Voice
of Serbia: “The
Kosmet Albanians have stoned the busses that were taking the Serbs back from
the celebration of the St Vitus day in Gazimestan, stated abbot of the
Visoki Decani monastery Sava Janjic. Director of the Serbian Government
Office for Kosmet Aleksandar Vulin has communicated that on that occasion
several people were injured. One girl has been hospitalized in Sremska
Mitrovica and three children have been held in the health center in
Gracanica. Abbot Janjic has also added that Serbian Patriarch Irinej had
previously safely left the territory of Kosmet, escorted by KFOR.”
There were
also protests in Serbia according to the site dss.rs in
Belgrade:
“More than
1,000 nationalists marched in the Serbian capital to protest against the
government's "concessions" over Kosovo in order to win Brussels support.
"Serbian
leaders are so spellbound with the European Union that they are betraying
Kosovo for it," conservative opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica told the
protestors.”
The date
is also important for many other reasons and because of many other events
other than those mentioned above. Another important event occurred on June
28, 1881, when a secret treaty was signed between Austria-Hungary and Serbia
giving Serbia the right to be recognized as a monarchy as long as it gave up
its independence to the Habsburg Empire.
Not
entirely related to Serbia but nonetheless another important which took
place on June 28, this time in 1919, was the signing of the Treaty of
Versailles which ended World War I.
An event
that historically is seen marking the final split between the USSR under
Joseph Stalin and Yugoslavia under Josip Broz Tito occurred on June 28,
1948, when under an initiative by Soviet delegates of the Communist
Information Bureau (Cominform) Zhdanov, Malenkov and Suslov, titled
"Resolution on the State of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia" they
condemned the Yugoslavian communist leaders, resulting in the expulsion of
Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
For the
Soviets that split was caused by Yugoslavia’s disloyalty to the USSR and the
Eastern bloc. However Yugoslavia expressed the split as being caused by its
refusal to become a Soviet satellite state and part of the USSR.
Another
important event that marked the date was a historic speech given on June 28,
1989, on the 600th anniversary of the battle of Kosovo, by Slobodan
Milošević, later called the Gazimestan Speech. During the speech he said
many things that are still true today and in the context of EU integration
and the fact the majority of the Serbian people are against it yet the
government continues to move in that direction, the following rings true: "The
Serbian leadership remained divided, prone to compromise to the detriment of
its own people".
He then
stated: "…
I must say that here, in this big, legendary field of Kosovo, the Serbs have
not used the advantage of being great for their own benefit either." Perhaps
underlining a fault of the Serbian people and their tolerance of others and
their acceptance and desire to help those who are less fortunate only to
have their trust betrayed.
Other
topical words include: “Serbia
of today is united and equal to other republics and prepared to do
everything to improve its financial and social position and that of all its
citizens. If there is unity, cooperation, and seriousness, it will succeed
in doing so." This
was true and the West knew it and has kept the country as divided and
fragmented as possible.
Milošević
characterized the Serbian role in history as thus: "Serbs
have never in the whole of their history conquered and exploited others.
Their national and historical being has been liberational throughout the
whole of history and through two world wars, as it is today. They liberated
themselves and when they could they also helped others to liberate
themselves." Maybe
it is time the Serbian people stood up and stopped helping others.
On the
600th anniversary Milošević called for "unity,
solidarity, and cooperation among people" and
then delivered the most famous part of the speech: "Six
centuries later, now, we are being again engaged in battles and are facing
battles. They are not armed battles, although such things cannot be excluded
yet. However, regardless of what kind of battles they are, they cannot be
won without resolve, bravery, and sacrifice, without the noble qualities
that were present here in the field of Kosovo in the days past. Our chief
battle now concerns implementing the economic, political, cultural, and
general social prosperity, finding a quicker and more successful approach to
a civilization in which people will live in the 21st century." His words
seem now like a prediction of the wars to come and today these words ring
truer than ever without ”.
resolve, bravery, and sacrifice, without the noble qualities that were
present there in Kosovo…” victory and independence will not be had.
"Six
centuries ago, Serbia heroically defended itself in the field of Kosovo, but
it also defended Europe. Serbia was at that time the bastion that defended
the European culture, religion, and European society in general.".
To see that role changed into one of broken subservient subject without its
sovereign territory of Kosovo is heartbreaking for any unbiased intelligent
observer.
"In this
spirit we now endeavor to build a society, rich and democratic, and thus to
contribute to the prosperity of this beautiful country, this unjustly
suffering country, but also to contribute to the efforts of all the
progressive people of our age that they make for a better and happier
world."
"Let the
memory of Kosovo heroism live forever! Long live Serbia! Long live
Yugoslavia! Long live peace and brotherhood among peoples!" Those
words still ring true today.
It is
perhaps no coincidence that 11 years later on June 28, 2001, Slobodan
Milošević was taken to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia to stand trial. The Western geopolitical architects could not
allow such a strong leader to unite the country and defend it and make it
strong because that would have gotten in the way of building their military
bases in the very Kosovo that symbolized great Serbian victories. The West
is determined that now Kosovo will forever symbolize the complete and total
defeat and destruction of the Serbian people.
Kosovo is
Serbia.
Kosovo is Serbia and Russia has not evacuated personnel from Syria
28 June, 2013
15:24
05:04
Amid media blackout Serbians continue to protest capitulation of Kosovo
14 May,
2013
05:04
Photo:
Courtesy of Jelisaveta Pavlovic
On May
10th at 12:44 as many 10,000 Serbs from Kosovo and all over Serbia descended
on Republic Square in Belgrade to protest the signing of a treaty with the
self-declared independent republic of Kosovo. Amidst the continuing media
blackout, which has existed for decades there was little if any news in the
world’s media regarding the peaceful demonstration.
The
protest action, under the title “We’re staying in Serbia,” an implication by
Kosovo Serbs that the signing of the treaty would mean accepting the
independence of Kosovo, something Serbs do not want, met at 12:44 to
symbolically underline the number of the United Nations Resolution 1244
which was to guarantee that the territorial integrity of Serbia be respected
and under which Kosovo is an integral and undividable part of the sovereign
state of Serbia.
One of the
student organizers Jelisaveta Pavlovic, who was present at the demonstration
along with approximately 200 students from Belgrade University printed out
5,000 copies of the treaty with Kosovo at their own expense and handed them
out to some of those gathered on Republic Square. When Pavlovic took the
stage she symbolically ripped up the treaty patriotically saying ''I'm not
ripping up the state - I'm ripping up the treaty!'' after which the crowd
joined in leaving Republic Square covered in torn up pages of the treaty.
Pavlovic
told the Voice of Russia that the speakers at the event included two
municipality heads from Northern Kosovo: Slaviša Ristić and Zvonko
Mihajlović; law professor Kosta Čavoški; political analyst Đorđe
Vukadinović; famous rock musician Bora Đorđević; the Vice President of
Serbian Republic in Bosnia and Herzegovina Emil Vlajki, a student
representative from Kosovo Jovan Aleksić and high officials of the Serbian
Orthodox Church including metropolitan Amfilohije and Atanasije.
Also
present were members of political parties and other organizations including:
the Democratic party of Serbia (DSS), the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), the
group Dveri (Doors), Nikad Granica (Never Borders), a citizen’s group formed
with the goal of saving Kosovo, the Zavetnici group from Belgrade.
The groups
that attended are from all walks of life and represent almost the entire
socio-economic and political spectrum of Serbia. Although they normally do
not work together they did unite in supporting the demands set forth by the
Kosovo.
The Serbs
from Kosovo are demanding that the Serbian Constitutional Court urgently
reaches a decision on the constitutionality of the treaty and do so in 30
days at most well as all of the legal acts that were made by the current and
the former government, which interfere with the legal and constitutional
position of the Republic of Serbia and the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and
Metohija.
The groups
have also warned that if the constitutional court doesn't follow their
request and fulfill its duties a people's initiative will be started, with
the goal of calling forth a referendum so that people can vote on the treaty
and the unconstitutional secession of Kosovo and Metohija from the sovereign
Serbian state.
The
parties are also requesting that Serbia’s printed and electronic media
operating on national frequencies and especially the national television
station RTS, immediately suspend all media black outs and allow for debate
and for the voices of those who oppose the treaty to be heard, especially
those opinions which are critical towards the treaty and its protagonists According to activists a new meeting is scheduled in the same location on the very important Serbian holiday of Vidovdan which takes place on the 28th of June this year during which further measures will be decided on if necessary.
Kosovo is Serbia, territorial integrity must be respected
21 April,
2013
15:51
Serbia is
on the verge of recognizing the legitimacy of the illegal breakaway
territory of Kosovo and expanding Kosovo’s authority. According to many
Serbians and analysts this may lead to the eventual disintegration of Serbia
as a sovereign state. Kosovo’s declaration of independence was an illegal
act and the support by the West in redefining Serbian borders is a clear act
of international aggression. Whether a forced border change in Serbia is
carried out by economic pressure from the European Union or by the military
aggression of NATO, it is still illegal and contrary to international law.
The
maintaining of the territorial integrity of sovereign nations is enshrined
in international law and the United Nations Charter and is an integral part
of every country’s right to security, self-government and maintaining its
exoistence. Every country has the right to use force if necessary to protect
its sovereign territory both from internal and external threats and under
international law the imposition by force of a border change is an act of
aggression. Therefore the campaign by the West in attempting to bring about
an independent state in Serbia runs contrary to the United Nations Charter,
international law and is illegal and must no longer be supported.
With
regards to Serbia and the self-declared “independent state” of Kosovo the
fact that the West is imposing a forced border change, militarily through
its surrogates NATO and KFOR, extra-legally through its police arm EULEX,
extra-judicially through the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia (ICTY) and economically and politically through the European
Union, is an affront to all the principles of international law and
international conventions with regard to territorial integrity.
All of
these bodies together, acting under the color of law, are in fact acting
illegally to impose a Western conceived plan for the Balkans and a
reassignment of territory which also runs counter to all agreements reached
after World War II with regard to territorial changes.
Of course
when dealing with the issue academically the West’s hypocrisy is none the
more clearer, than it is when looking at the situation surrounding Kosovo
and the fallacy of the West’s entire adventure in the former Yugoslavia.
This hypocrisy can be seen when it comes to sovereign territories such as
Las Malvinas, Palestine, Puerto Rico, the Koreas and a host of other
locations.
Forcing a
border change or outright denying the sovereignty of nation states is an
extreme example of Western meddling but it is the clearest example of
Western flouting of international law when it comes to promoting its own
interests.
The
international community and United Nations member countries should be up in
arms over Serbia being forced by the European Union into accepting and
recognizing the forceful border change taking place within its sovereign
territory. Whether that force be military or economic (it is a matter for
academic debate which is more illegal when the goal is forced border change)
it must not be allowed to continue and all parties placing pressure on
Serbia to accept an internal border change to its sovereign territory must
cease and desist immediately.
If the
world community allows the West and its geopolitical architects to get away
with redefining the borders of Serbia it is allowing a dangerous precedent
that will make it much easier the next time they target a country for
territorial transformation.
Serbia is
a broken and devastated country which makes the leadership more susceptible
to western manipulation and it has been kept unstable and marginalized for
so long by an ongoing and conscious western effort that the Serbian people
have little recourse to defend themselves against this attack by the West.
The united
Nations and the international community must pull together and support
Serbia and support its right to maintain its territorial integrity,
otherwise the whole concept of the United Nations and international law is a
farce and the two are in fact only tools for use by the West when they see
fit to use them for their own ends.
Western
hypocrisy is also clear when it comes to allowing Israel to continue
building illegal settlements in Palestinian territory, arming terrorists to
bring about regime change in Syria and in countries such as Puerto Rico,
that the U.S. deems are not intelligent enough to govern themselves.
States
that have supported and promoted the secession of Kosovo from Serbia should,
in reality, face sanctions from the UN and member countries. However the
United Nations has shown, time and time again, that it is merely an
instrument of the West and will continue to be thus as long as it is funded
by and based in the United States of America.
In my
opinion the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, Venezuela
and all other countries that have independent foreign policies must pull
together and do more to assist the Serbian Government and the Serbian people
in saving their country from the eventual complete destruction of their
sovereign state which a recognition of Kosovo will lead to.
If there
were more economic and political assistance perhaps Serbian politicians
would not be forced to look to the European Union to solve the country’s
economic woes and more energetic moves could be made to return Kosovo to
Serbia.
With
regard to the current residents of Kosovo claiming it is their nation state,
they must be integrated into Serbian society and the international community
should aid in that integration, not allow for the separation and breaking up
of the country. This was not done by the West because Serbia was aligned
with Russia and therefore was a “problem” country that they had to destroy. Lastly if the international community continues to support the independence of Kosovo and the violations of international law that are ongoing there, then they should do the same if, for example the State of Texas decides to secede, from the United States. If you think this sounds ludicrous then you understand the hypocrisy of the situation in Serbia with regards to Kosovo. Kosovo is Serbia and territorial integrity must be respected and protected, no matter how small or weak a country may be
Serbian Students to Protest Capitulation of Kosovo
7 April,
2013
23:53
Students
from the University of Belgrade and citizens of Serbia are up in arms over a
proposed agreement with Pristina over Kosovo which is for all intents and
purposes entails the complete and total capitulation of Kosovo and will
cement the loss of an area that many Serbs consider to be the heart of
Serbia. The embattled Serbian people continue fighting for their very
existence something the western press does not report. The EU continues to
dangle the carrot of EU integration before the noses of officials but most
of the people of Serbia have no desire to be a part of the EU leading to a
further conflict inside Serbia.
The west
and their surrogate, the war lord, drug trafficker, mafia boss and dealer in
death and murdering for human organs Hashim Thaci, are currently attempting
to force Serbia, in any way that they can into capitulating Kosovo and
allowing them to not only consolidate control over the rogue breakaway
republic but also to expand that illegal power base into further territory.
Currently
the eighth round of negotiations, if we can call the one-sided setting of
conditions that it currently taking place that, between Belgrade and
Pristina in Brussels, has proven to be, in the words of diplomats taking
part in the process, nothing more than a capitulation.
Heading up the West’s renewed assault on the Serbian
people, an assault designed to cement the Western backed and recognized
separation of Kosovo from Serbia, is the head of European “diplomacy”
Catherine Ashton, who despite evidence of the horrendous crimes involving
the trafficking of human organs and rampant narcotics trafficking continues
to support the criminals running Kosovo.
Students
at Belgrade University are up in arms about the prospect of captiulaion and
are planning massive demonstrations for the 9th of April. The students claim
that: the Republic of Serbia has been given an unambiguous ultimatum, that
the ultimatum requests the assignation of a treaty which would abolish all
Serbian institutions in North Kosovo and therefore spread the jurisdiction
of self-declared state of Kosovo into northern territories and that the
acceptance of the current “treaty” would mean recognition of Kosovo’s
independence, something the West has been longing for to cement their
control over the breakaway republic.
According
to the students at the University of Belgrade they will be publishing a
statement and in the next few days will organize several protest actions
under the slogan, “NO TO CAPITULATION!”
The
student organizers are fearful of a continued western media blackout and
have asked me and the Voice of Russia to bring much needed attention to
their plight and the plight of the Serbian people. The student will organize
delegations who will address the Serbian Academy of Science and Art and the
Rector of the University of Belgrade demanding that both institutions
request the Government of Serbia to decline the ultimatum.
The
students are to also planning to take up positions in front of the Serbia’s
Government building on Monday, April 8th, starting at 14:00 local time and
will spend the night there.
According
to the student representative who wishes to currently remain anonymous the
protest will be held on Tuesday, April 9th, “when the students and the
citizens gathered will march to the government building where the following
requests will be handed to official government reesentatives, namely the
Prime Minister Mr. Ivica Dacic and Government Vice-President Mr. Aleksandar
Vucic.
According
to sources the demands will be the following: “1. We require of them not to
sign any kind of treaty with Pristina according to the Brussels, USA or
Germany’s ultimatum.” 2. We require that the citizens of Serbia, as holders
of the sovereignty are given the opportunity to decide the following
question on a national referendum: ‘Are you willing to denounce the right to
Kosovo for the sole purpose of gaining the start date of the beginning of
negotiations for the EU membership?’ 3. Resolve the Kosovo question in the
framework of the United Nations.” and finally, “4. Insistence on respecting
Resolution 1244.”
According
to the students they will take every other needed action in order to ensure
that these requests are fulfilled.
Our source
says the protests are: “… meant to be peaceful and without the involvement
of any political party” and that they, “are inviting all citizens and all of
their colleagues to join them, so that they can unanimously say a loud,
strong and decisive ‘‘NO!’’ to capitulation.
In showing
their resolve the students have clearly stated that: “In the case that our
Government still decides to sign the treaty with Pristina, the students will
not stop taking all the actions necessary in order to preserve the
territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia.”
Hopefully
the authorities in Belgrade will listen to the voice of the people and do
whatever they can to preserve that integrity and keep peace and unity in the
country.
Download audio file 08-27-2012 "They forced me to sign a confession. And they kicked me out of Kosovo, they drove me to the border. I couldn’t contact my embassy, not EULEX – the European Union legal mission in Kosovo or anyone." - Kristian Kahrs. Mr. Kahrs is a freelance journalist, a writer and an ex-NATO Officer who is suing the Kosovo authorities and investigating the situation in Kosovo.
Can you tell our listeners what is going on down there? I understand you were taken into custody again and all your equipment was confiscated. Why was that and are they going to give it back? And what is going on with your lawsuit? Well, I really hope they are going to give it back. I went to Kosovo to hopefully have a chat with this policewoman. But it seems like I had been on a secret list of arrest from the Kosovo police because they called the Cybercrime division of the Kosovo police and they took me into custody for more than 48 hours. And they forced me to sign a confession. And they kicked me out of Kosovo, they drove me to the border. I couldn’t contact my embassy, not EULEX – the European Union legal mission in Kosovo or anyone. Clearly this is an attempt to intimidate me and scare me.
You said they forced you to sign a confession. How did they force you and what was in this confession? Well, this confession was in Albanian and to this date, I do not know the specifics because I never received a Serbian translation. But apparently they are charging me for taking pictures of this Gordana Grujić, the Serbian policewoman, who is working in the Kosovo police. But when I was asking for a translation, they said - no, you are going to spend two or three days more in custody waiting for this translation into Serbian. And of course I was very much concerned about my privacy because of course you are also a journalist and you know that you have a lot of sensitive information on your computer. Of course you have sources that need for protection and everything. And I’m very much concerned that the Kosovo police now have a complete access to all my information. So, I wanted to get back to Belgrade as soon as possible. Or get out of custody as soon as possible to be better able to fight for my privacy. So, that’s why I signed this confession, because I did not want the Kosovo police to have unhindered access to my computer, more than absolutely necessary.
Did they tell you when they’ll give your equipment back? I understand they have your computer, your cellphones and your camera. Today it is Saturday and they are saying that the earliest they can release the equipment is on Monday. And I’m having a very good assistance from the Norwegian Embassy in Kosovo. Of course I don’t think Norway should have an embassy in Kosovo in the first place because we are one of the countries that recognized Kosovo as an independent state. But it is very good to have the Norwegian diplomats. And I’ve also involved the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs and also the Norwegian Minister of Defense. So, I have received excellent help from them but it is limited what they can do in this situation because it’s not clear when Norway had recognized Kosovo they can only complain but they have no legal powers to interfere in a foreign state.
Do you think this was retribution for your lawsuit, the fact that they’ve detained you again? Of course, I mean I was dropped on a border… let me go back first to the events on June 28th this year. This was the important religious holiday Vidovdan in Serbia, it was marking the defeat in, they call it Battle of Kosovo in 1389. And of course this is very important for Serbian identity. And a lot of Serbians came there with the Serbian artifacts, their hats and flags, and everything which is actually supported in the new Kosovo constitution. So, actually the police in Kosovo, they violated their own constitution when they confiscated flags and everything with Cyrillic letters or red, white and blue which are the colours of the Serbian flag. So, of course I have been reading the Kosovo constitution and I think I can say that I know their constitution better than most police officers because their constitution is not so bad with the general protection for minority rights, there is a protection for freedom of expression, and what is important for my case is the protection of privacy. The Kosovo police had violated their own constitution. So, of course together with the Serbian political analyst Obrad Kesić, we are now collecting a legal team to sue the Kosovo police for harassment and discrimination on June 28th . And of course the confiscation of my property and the fact that they threw me in a cell for more than 48 hours, by the time this interview would be released I hope to have my equipment back. But of course I have absolutely no confidence in the Kosovo police as an organization. Even if there are some honest people working in the Kosovo police the organization is rotten.
At one point you were a K4 officer, right? You were a NATO officer? That’s correct. I was sent by Norway to be a spokesman for NATO in Pristine. And of course I have been through a journey, since I was an officer in K4, for seven months from January 2000.
Can you tell our listeners why you had a complete change of heart? What happened? What changed your point of view on the situation? There are two important events. One date that is very important for me was February 16, 2001, because then I was in Pristine and I heard big news, there was a big bomb in Podujevo. And this is in a completely Albanian dominated area. So, I went out there as a journalist and Albanian terrorists had placed an IED – improvised explosive device under the road, and they blew up a bus express from Nis in pieces. And the twelve people died, including two year old Danilo and both his parents. And I can tell you John, still to this day I remember the smell and I remember the sight of the body bag, of these Serbian victims. That is when I started thinking why did we go to war. I could see that we in K4 failed as an organization to protect Serbs and non-Albanians.
US Policy in the Balkans: Imperial Ambitions, Largest Military Base in Europe Investigation into Evidence Contained in Stratfor Files By John Robles 16 July 2012, 11:52 Many questions remain as to the real reasons for the NATO and US bombing of the former Yugoslavia. Was it a test run for an even grander plan of world domination? Was it a political move to draw attention away from a US president’s infidelities? Recently the site Wikileaks began publishing the Statfor e-mails, some of them contain bomb-shells others an inside look into the often twisted thinking behind US policy. You decide which one this is.
Recently while going through some information on the Wikileaks site, as many journalists I am sure do, trying to find something of interest or perhaps a bomb-shell, I came across an e-mail regarding an article by the founder, CEO and self-described chief intelligence officer of the private intelligence corporation Stratfor. The original can be seen here:
http://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/299114_geopolitical-intelligence-report-russia-kosovo-and-the.html The reason Stratfor is an important organization to watch, in my opinion, is because they provide intelligence to private individuals and corporations worldwide that is used in the implementation of policy and the formation of plans and goals. Stratfor also closely echoes the official and often un-spoken position of the U.S. on issues that have global impact. Those two points and the fact that Stratfor has, or at least wants you to believe they have, close connections to the U.S. intelligence community may allow the observer to obtain a look at the thinking that is used in the formulation of U.S. policy and/or activities. As a piece currently published on their site shows Stratfor does not hide the U.S.’ imperial ambitions or its plans at world domination, which brings me back to the subject of the e-mail I mentioned above. The article by George Friedman, about which the e-mail was written, was disturbing as it describes in an open, candid and arrogant manner U.S. policy regarding Kosovo, the Balkans and the former Yugoslavia. The article itself was written in December of 2007 but is still revealing enough to be of historical significance as it shows the attitude of the U.S. towards Russia as well, during a time when Russia welcomed the U.S. with (for lack of a better expression) open arms. His first claim regarding Kosovo, is that it is an “archaic topic”, he also says it isn’t regarded seriously and that you “… hear about it but you don’t care.” This is definitely a point that the Serb people would have a problem with and clearly shows a belittling attitude toward the whole conflict. His comments about Russia are no better and he states that at the time of the Yugoslavia campaign, Russia was weak and its wishes were irrelevant. He goes on to describe how the U.S. intentionally lied to Russia so Russia would end the war the U.S. started, and was apparently helpless to stop, by promising Russia a peacekeeping role in Kosovo which the U.S. never allowed. He also repeats how the events in Kosovo “fly in the face of Russia” as if this alone is reason enough for what they are doing in Serbia. Mr. Friedman goes on to admit that the so called “atrocities” that were supposed to have occurred in Kosovo and what the Clinton administration said was taking place were all fabrications and that this “was not the point”. So what was the point? The point was that the U.S. and NATO had geopolitical plans for the Balkans and were set on dividing and remaking the region to their own advantage or as Mr. Friedman put it “continue the policy of re-engineering Yugoslavia.” Regarding supporting the independence of Kosovo he admits in perfectly clear terms that the U.S. and NATO (KFOR) are operating “… without either a U.N. or NATO mandate.” The arrogance continues with opinions-presented-as-fact regarding Russia and Russian thinking or beliefs. Mr. Friedman also makes several statements and claims regarding what President Vladimir Putin was thinking or feeling as if he had access to the President’s thoughts or emotions. Something completely inappropriate when speaking about a head of state, a leader which it was clear the writer knew almost nothing about. The piece ends with the following and I quote, “But here is the basic fact: For the United States and its allies, Kosovo is a side issue of no great importance.” I am sure that for the Serbian people, who view Kosovo as an integral and extremely important part of their heritage and country, such a statement and such thinking would be cause for alarm, to say the least. Neither Mr. Friedman nor Startfor responded to requests for comments or an interview regarding the e-mail in question.
Violence Against Serbs in Kosovo on St. Vitus Day - By John Robles 29 June 2012, 16:24 June 28th was a very important day for the Serbian people and for Serbian Orthodox Christians. On the 28th of June, according to the Gregorian Calendar, Orthodox Serbs celebrate Vidovdan or St. Vitus Day or the Feast of St. Vitus as it is also known, but the day is also very important for other reasons. The date is also associated with the epic Battle of Kosovo when Serbian martyrs gave their lives to defend Kosovo against the Ottoman Empire on June 28, 1389 and the Serbian Orthodox Church has named it a Memorial Day for St. Prince Lazar who led the Serbs against the massive invading army of the Ottoman Empire and perished. During the battle the Ottoman leader Sultan Murad I was killed by the mythological Serbian knight Miloš Obilić. So as you see the day is very important for the Serbian people. Historically the day has also seen many significant events take place. For example it is not a coincidence that on June 28, 1914 the Austro-Hungarian crown prince, Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated triggering World War I. Another important event on this day was the signing of the Treaty of Versailles which ended the same war. On June 28, 1921 Serbian King Alexander I introduced what was called the Vidovdan Constitution, for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. On June 28, 2012 Serbs traveling to and from the site of the Battle of Kosovo and attempting to celebrate the proud day in their history were attacked, persecuted and forced to tolerate disgraceful and degrading treatment at the hands, according to witness reports, Albanian police, thugs, and vicious hooligans under the watchful eye of KFOR. KFOR and EULEX for their part have apparently made rare statements condemning the attacks but any activity from their side to bring those responsible to justice has yet to be seen. There are conflicting reports and it is hard to get an accurate picture of the event because of the continuing media blackout and obfuscating by the western press but the events apparently included the following: At approximately 04:20 in the morning a multi-ethnic police checkpoint in a village in the municipality of Bujanovac Dobrosin came under heavy automatic weapons fire from the territory of Kosovo and one policeman was injured by a high-velocity rifle round. On the approach to Gazimestan members of special units of the Kosovo Police set up checkpoints and subjected the Serbs who were on their way to the celebrations to degrading and treatment. Serbs wearing t-shirt with words such as “Kosovo is Serbia” and anything with Cyrillic writing on it was seized and not given back. There were some reports that Serbian flags were also being seized and that women were made to remove their t-shirts too. A radio and TV journalist from Serbia Sinisa Mihajlovic said that the Kosovo police forcibly removed her shirt and a reporter with the Voice of Serbia, Goran Maunaga, also was forced to remove his shirt. Mihaijlovic was quoted in the press as saying they were told that they could only stay in Gazimestan until 14.00 hours. Most of those wishing to enter Gazimestan were turned away nonetheless. Other shirts that were seized had inscriptions which read "Banja Luka - Serbian Republic" and "Brothers, we are with you." According to Mihajlovic, the explanation from the Kosovo and Metohija police was that wearing t-shirts printed in Cyrillic, showing arms or any word that is associated with Serbia is forbidden by law. One of the worst incidents of the day came at around 08:00 am when a group of fans of the Partisan Belgrade Football Club, which had organized celebrations on St. Vitus day, were stopped by Kosovo police at Merdare and beaten and attacked. 20 people were injured with 10 being listed in serious condition. There are reports that police opened fire on the youths, seriously injuring at least one when they tried to run for safety after the bus they were in was attacked by an Albanian mob. By far the most disturbing was an attack by Albanian mobs and Kosovo police on two buses carrying approximately 70 Serbs, youth aged 8 to 16 who were travelling to Gazimestan, and near Pristina were turned back by police, according to media reports. Some reports said that the police then escorted the buses to a point where they stopped and were ambushed by an Albanian mob which through concrete block at the buses to break the windows and then threw Molotov cocktails at the buses in an apparent attempt to burn the children inside alive. The subsequent clashes reportedly left 50 people injured. The attack by Muslim Albanian fanatics came on one of the holiest Serbian national and religious, orthodox Christian holidays, which marks anniversary of 28 June 1389 “Battle of Kosovo”, The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo, Bishop Teodosije, condemned the attacks and a number of other savage Albanian attacks on the Serbian Christian minority and as Mirodrag Nivakovic, a Serbian reporter, put it, all “under the idle watch of the so-called “stabilizing” KFOR force, and the European “mission of law” Eulex police. The opinions and views expressed in this piece are the authors own. Information from the VOR, Tanjug, Serbian Pravda, Kurir, Nezavisne Novine and private sources used in this report. Numbers and details subject to change as there are conflicting reports and updated information is still coming in.
What is NATO/KFOR Really Doing in Kosovo? Investigative Report by John Robles 17 June 2012, 21:13 What exactly is NATO doing in Kosovo? Who or what
are they protecting and what are they stationed there for? When we look at
what they have been doing since June of 1999, in reality it does not look
good. We must not forget that NATO is a military
organization and military organizations are designed for one thing, the
legalized killing of the opponents of a state. No matter how noble NATO
tries to paint itself it is an organization that should have been disbanded
at the end of the cold war and it has in itself become one of the most
destabilizing factors and causes of death and destruction in modern times. We must also not forget that NATO operates as a
proxy for the US in promoting US interests in areas of the world where the
US can not rightfully interfere, although this in reality does little to
stop them. Putting aside for the moment the destruction of
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and other countries obliterated by Western
“intervention” let’s take a look for a moment at Kosovo. What exactly is the US, I mean NATO, I mean KFOR,
doing in Kosovo? What is their objective in the country? Who or what are
they protecting and what are they stationed there for? When we look at what they have been doing since
June of 1999, in reality it does not look good. Wanting to be fair and impartial when gathering
material for this piece one of the first places I went to was their own
site. Not surprisingly it is filled with the usual western catch phrases and
pseudo reasoning that many in the West gobble up to justify the killing and
destruction they wreak on the world. Words and phrases like multi-ethnic
force, assistance to civil authorities, civil protection, and my favorite
sentence, “KFOR is cooperating with and assisting the UN, the EU and other
international actors, as appropriate, to support the development of a
stable, democratic, multi-ethnic and peaceful Kosovo.” Sounds good, but it
is poppycock. First of all who are these “other international
actors”? The drug dealers and traffickers in human organs? The Mafia
killers? The US imperial paymasters? The US sponsored war criminals? As for
a stable blah-blah multi-ethnic Kosovo, well, obviously that means one free
of Serbs, and this my dear reader is what it is all about. Let’s go back in time a bit to February 2008, this
was the month when after protestors attacked the US Embassy in Belgrade, the
former Bush Administration finally admitted after; starting two wars of
aggression and the subsequent occupations of sovereign nations, the
extensive use of torture, extraordinary renditions, the illegal prison at
Guantanamo and extensive black sites worldwide, there was such a thing as
international law. The destruction, dismantling and dividing up of
Yugoslavia into ethnically pure sections was the crowning achievement of
Hillary’s husband, former president Bill Clinton, so the finally seal on the
destruction of the former Yugoslavia, namely the “independence” of Kosovo,
was something she wholeheartedly embraced. Like Hillary’s famous quote on
the occasion of the death of Muammar Gaddafi, “…we came, we saw, he died”
her statement on the occasion of Kosovo’s separation from Serbia also showed
monumental callousness and complete disregard for human life and dignity. Pretending to be so wise as to the local language,
as her state department did with the “Overload” button disgrace, she used
the Albanian word for Kosovo, “Kosova”, she referred to Kosovo by the
Albanian "Kosova" and stated; "…it will allow the people of Kosova to
finally live in their own democratic state. It will allow Kosova and Serbia
to finally put a difficult chapter in their history behind them and to move
forward." The only problem, it was ripping the heart out of the Serbian
people. According to Nebojsa Malic at Global Research.ca
there can be no doubt that the March 1999 attack on Yugoslavia was illegal,
in an article the following articles, treaties and citations were listed. Violated articles: Article 2, section 4 of the UN Charter clearly
says: "All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the
threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political
independence of any state…” Article 53 (Chapter VIII ) of the UN Charter
clearly says that: "…no enforcement action shall be taken under regional
arrangements or by regional agencies without the authorization of the
Security Council". From NATO's own charter, the North Atlantic Treaty
of 1949, Article 1:"The Parties undertake… to settle any international
dispute… by peaceful means…” Article 7: "This Treaty… shall not be interpreted
as affecting… the rights and obligations under the Charter of the Parties
which are members of the United Nations, or the primary responsibility of
the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and
security." Other laws and treaties: the Helsinki Final Act of
1975 for violating the territorial integrity of a signatory state. The 1980 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
for using coercion to compel a state to sign a treaty i.e., the Rambouillet
ultimatum. Finally Yugoslavia did not attack any NATO member
nor was it a security threat to any country in the region. What NATO did on
March 24, 1999 was a war of aggression and a crime against humanity. So if the invasion was illegal, then obviously the
ensuing occupation was as well and everything KFOR/NATO/US is doing there is
also illegal. So what does KFOR do in Kosovo? With an almost
total and complete media blackout, and I have seen this with my own eyes,
there is little news we receive from the area. However the reports we get
are of the constant and methodical limitation to the freedom of movement and
supplies to the Serbian population, in particular in Northern Kosovo, and
reports of the continued practice of limiting Serbs to certain areas or
ghettos making them refugees in their own country. This serves to ethnically
cleanse and divide the country along ethnic and racial lines, like most
American cities, a comparison that I can not help but make. KFOR also protects, enables and provides support
for the belligerent side they have chosen to support in this conflict. What
are the reasons, they are many but one of the main ones is money, huge
money, which has been filling KFOR coffers for years on end and according to
countless media reports going back for years, from countless illicit
sources. (That is a topic for a later discussion.) On Friday there was another incident of KFOR
opening fire, this time with rubber bullets, on peaceful Serbs as they
blocked an important road and attempted to make Serbs accept Kosovo license
plates for their cars, an obvious transparent attempt to make them recognize
Kosovo as an independent entity. A press release from the Raška-Prizren Eparchy
stated that they are concerned about KFOR’s latest actions in northern
Kosovo and stated “attempts to force the Serbs in the north to accept Kosovo
license plates by using combat vehicles and blocking roads that are the main
channel for supplies and medicines, are creating a serious humanitarian
crisis that could have immense consequences”. The Eparchy also strongly urged all sides to work
constructively to find solutions that contribute to survival of the Serbian
people in the entire territory of Kosovo and Metohija. For the Serbian people, they are fighting for their very existence, for KFOR and the “West”, Kosovo is just another pawn in a filthy game of geopolitical influence and power. As soon as it is used up, or no longer needed, they will throw it away as well.
Who is Serbia’s New President? Report by John Robles 25 May 2012, 15:29 For many of the Serbian people the recent election was just more of the same. For all of the conflicting views and opinions most of the population agreed on two things, corruption is too high and Tadic was not working for the betterment of Serbia. For many of the Serbian people the recent election was just more of the same. For all of the conflicting views and opinions most of the population agreed on two things, corruption is too high and Tadic was not working for the betterment of Serbia. Lackluster voter turnout saw less than 45% of the population coming out to vote with the final election results leaving Nikolic with 49.4% and Tadic 47.4%, thus denying him a third term in office. For many the results were a surprise. Serbia has a multi-party system and safeguards in place to prevent one party from gaining complete power. In the Serbian system parties must work together and form coalition governments. A party must receive at least 5.0% of the votes for the entire country during parliamentary in order to qualify for seats. What are called national minority parties only have to reach 0.40% of the vote to secure seats in the parliament. As for the position and the powers of the president of Serbia, according to the constitution, the president has no executive powers, he or she represents the nation at home and abroad, signs and approves laws adopted by the Parliament, names ambassadors to foreign countries, receive and accepts the foreign ambassadors of other countries in Serbia and decides on a number of other state matters. Being as such, much of the country was dissatisfied due to Tadic’s influence and presence being felt in every sphere of government and beyond. The West’s propaganda machine was all wound up and ready for the results as their candidate, Tadic lost the election, and immediately reports spread that there was a shocking tun of events in Serbia and that the new Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is a veteran “ultranationalist”. Reports spread like wildfire calling the 60-year-old former cemetery manager, “Toma; The Gravedigger” and citing how he was a loyal follower of Vojislav Seselj whose trial is under way in The Hague, Netherlands. His support for the Serbian people and Serbia was called supporting “warmongering in the former Yugoslavia” by the western media who also vilify that he fought on the side of Serbia during the war with the Croats. The western press has also made much ado about the fact that Nikolic was the deputy prime minister in Milosevic's government in 1999 when NATO invaded the country. Stating without a doubt who President Tomislav Nikolic really is and what his real plans for Serbia are is something that it too early to do. Many pro-Serbia activists and politicians, including many of my contacts in Serbia, say that he (Nikoloic) is just another pro-Western instrument and that it is not possible for anyone who has an anti-NATO anti-West position to win office. Politicians like Dr. Jovan Deretic, who was not certified to run for president and whose supporters claim he was not allowed to do so because of his anti-NATO pro-Serbian views were almost nowhere to be seen during the elections, kept away by those in power. Dr. Deretic and other activists in Serbia claim that up to 1 million votes were stolen; this included but was not limited to: the use of dead people’s names as well as votes counted belonging to Albanians who did not have documents to vote in Serbian elections. To have an inkling of who President Tomislav Nikolic is we can look at his past statements and his record. In 2008, Nikolic formed his own Serbian Progressive Party but remained staunchly pro-Russian. Many say this was only lip service as he also supported Serbia's membership in the European Union, something he was quick to repeat as soon as he won office. That, and the fact that the president of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, and of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, both issued a statement from the NATO Summit in Chicago, congratulating Nikolic on his victory three hours before the polls closed, points to a candidate placed in power by the West and will do little to help with his credibility and gain him the support of pro-Serbian elements both within Serbia and abroad. On May 20th in an address to his supporters at his party’s headquarters in Belgrade Nikolic said "Serbia must develop its economy. The things I pointed out during the campaign must be improved. We have to free ourselves of poverty. We must free ourselves of the low birth rates, bribery, corruption and have friends all over the world." Some experts, such as Dragan Bujosevic the editor in chief of the main Serbian newspaper Politika, predict that Tadic's Democrats are likely to form a new government with the Socialists led by Ivica Dacic which will leave Nikolic without any real power. One fact that may point to where he is headed is the fact that Nikolic has close ties with Russia and has in the past even envisaged Serbia as a Russian province, according to many press reports. Another is the fact that Nikolic has vowed to keep alive Serbia's claim over Kosovo. Serbia has rejected Kosovo's declaration of independence, as Kosovo is a part of Serbia. By many it is seen as the cradle of the Serbian state, the Serbian people and the Serbian Orthodox Church. For me this is the key matter as there can be no discussion about Serbia and its future without touching on the subject of the reintegration of Kosovo into Serbia. The west has backed and supported the Albanians who claimed the territory of Kosovo was their own, another example of NATO once again taking the side of one or another belligerent party, something that has done more than NATO’s bombing and occupation to destroy the Serbian people; something that has to stop. As many Serbians say: “There can be no Serbian history without Kosovo” and "Kosovo is Serbian, Kosovo is Serbia!"
Serbians paying for Albanian and Croatian war crimes - Stan Gasparovski 13 December 2012, 20:32 Download audio file
Recent biased rulings by the Hague, which have effectively freed known war criminals, have caused widespread protests and anger among the population of Serbia and Kosovo. Due to an ongoing media blackout in the country it is extremely difficult for pro-Serbian groups to be heard, even when more than 5,000 people gather the Western Media does little to cover the events. In this interview Stan Gasparovski, a writer, a Serbian protest organizer who has formed a 15-group-union of pro-Serbian groups, the Vice President of an organization called the Serbian Diaspora in the United Kingdom and the former coordinator of the Committee for Peace in the Balkans, discussed the current situation in Serbia and plans for continuing actions by pro-Serbian groups.
Robles: Hello, this is John Robles. I am speaking with Stan Gasparovski, an
Organizer of the Protests in Belgrade and the Vice President of the Serbian
Diaspora from the UK.
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