Another Kosovo lie exposed: NATO used doctored video to justify bombing of passenger train

Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS

Russia's NATO envoy says U.S. wants to divide and rule

Russia's ambassador to NATO suggested Sunday that Kosovo's split from Serbia was the result of an imperialistic American effort to "divide and rule."

The Oil factor in Kosovo independenc

Kosovo does not have oil but its location is strategic as the trans-Balkan pipeline - known as AMBO pipeline after its builder and operator the US-registered Albanian Macedonian Bulgarian Oil Corporation - will pass through it.

The pipeline will pump Caspian oil from the Bulgarian port of Burgas via Macedonia to the Albanian port of Vlora, for transport to European countries and the United States. Specifically, the 1.1 billion dollar AMBO pipeline will permit oil companies operating in the Caspian Sea to ship their oil to Rotterdam and the East Coast of the USA at substantially less cost than they are experiencing today.

The Real Story Behind Kosovo's Independence

In the bigger picture, the Bush administration's quick recognition of an independent Kosovo has given us a powerful reminder of a fact that is too often overlooked these days: empire is bipartisan, as are the tactics and rhetoric and bombs used to defend and expand it. Posted Feb 25, 2008 07:46 AM PST
Category: CURRENT EVENTS

In this country, although we have the illusion of two parties, in reality, we only have one party; that's the "War Party".(MR)

Kosovo, the Kremlin, and the Kurds

If the Kosovars can have their own "nation," then why not the South Ossetians? Why not the Abkhazians? Why not the Transdniester Republic? And why not the Kurds?

The Christian Science Monitor reported that "Peshmerga Gen. Muhammad Mohsen took down his American flag, folded it up, and placed it in his office corner Sunday, reflecting the growing anger in Iraq's Kurdish north with U.S. support for Turkey's campaign against separatist rebels operating in the region." One hopes symbolic actions such as these are sufficient to express the full extent of his anger at his erstwhile American allies, but somehow I doubt it.

Posted Feb 25, 2008 07:30 AM PST
Category: CURRENT EVENTS

One has to wonder if geopolitical and historical myopia are prerequisites for becoming policy directors in Washington.

There will be a wave of actions and reactions to Kosovo having declared its independence that no one in this administration can begin to imagine, and that - in itself - is scary.(MR)

Kosovo Serbs count on Kremlin 'saviour'

In this ethnically-divided northern Kosovo town Serbs see the Kremlin as their saviour, everybody wants to believe that the situation will change and everyone predicts violence.

Posted Feb 25, 2008 06:56 AM PST
Category: CURRENT EVENTS

Unfortunately, in terms of future violence, the question is not if, but when.(MR)

Serbophobia

The Real Story Behind Kosovo’s Independence

News Flash: The Bush administration acknowledges there is a such thing as international law.

Serb official blames U.S. for violence

In a sign that Serbia is fast drifting away from the West and toward Russia, which is backing its fierce resistance of Kosovo's secession, hard-line Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica condemned anew the U.S. and other nations that have recognized Kosovo as an independent state.

Posted Feb 23, 2008 02:01 PM PST
Category: CURRENT EVENTS

Notice how Putin and Russia are cast in the role of the "heavies" and bad guys in this article.

What the US, the EU, and NATO have done here is to declare that any part of any country can, unilaterally and pre-emptively, declare its independence (if we say so), even though it may have been part of another country for centuries.

This would be like Texas, or, let's say, New Hampshire, declaring their independence from the US.

Would the government of the US say, "Gee, that's great: goodbye."?.

Or would every available military person be sent immediately to to the capitals of those states to bring them back into the fold of the Republic?

You know exactly what the answer here would be.

And from this precedent, Palestine may be ready to unilaterally declare their independence from Israel.

And at this point, after the US having supported the independence of Kosovo from Serbia, it's going to be rather hard to explain why Kosovo's independence is good, but Palestine declaring independence from Israel is wrong, bad, and impossible.(MR)

The question is, how far Serbia and Russia are prepared to go to bring Kosovo back to Serbia.

The Serbs' Self-Inflicted Wounds

With Kosovo independent, Yugoslavia is finally dead.

Snowstorm blankets NYC, airlines cancel more than 1,000 flights

NEW YORK - The first big storm of the season burdened the metropolitan area with up to 9 inches of snow Friday, forcing airlines to cancel more than 1,100 flights and making travel miserable on highways and sidewalks.

Russia Threatens ‘Brute’ Force Over Kosovo

Moscow - Russia could resort to military force in Kosovo if the situation degenerates and NATO oversteps its boundaries in the region, Russia’s NATO envoy said Friday. “We, I think, will need to assume that in order to be respected we have to resort to brute military force,” Russia’s newly appointed NATO ambassador Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday.

Russian NATO Envoy: Kosovo Independence Funded by Drug Money

Russia’s envoy to NATO charged Friday that Kosovo’s independence fight was funded by local drug-lords as Moscow steps up last-ditch rhetoric aimed at warning the international community against recognising the independence of the former Serb province.

Koštunica: Youth show they want justice

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica has today commented yesterday's mass rally in Belgrade.

One dead, up to 150 injured in riots

BELGRADE -- A peaceful rally in Belgrade that organizers say gathered 250,000 people turned into rioting yesterday.

Tear Gas Fired At North Kosovo Rally

Pristina _ United Nations police fired tear gas at protesters during a rally held by Serbs in north Kosovo's flashpoint town of Mitrovica.

Kosovo Serbs burn border points & attack Journalists

CNN: US Embassy Burning in Belgrade, Serbia

Rioters Burn U.S. Embassy Belgrade, Serbia

KOSOVO SPARKS THE STRUGGLE FOR A FREE PALESTINE

The United States cannot justify supporting a free Kosovo at the same time it supports Israel's continued occupation and enslavement of the Palestinians.(MR)