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======================================NATO Buildup in the Balkans: a Deadly Game
[posted 26 September 2001]
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In a London 'Times' article, entitled 'U.S. to
Build Buffer Zone in the
Balkans,' U.S. Ambassador to England William
Farish expresses great concern
for the stability of the Balkans.

Take this with a generous dose of salt.

Ambassador Farish says the Balkans needs a NATO
troop build-up to make it "a
potential buffer against terror threats from the
east."

The problem is, the Balkans is itself rife with
terrorism.

There are presently tens of thousands of NATO
troops in the Balkans. Are they
working to stamp out this widespread terrorism?

If this were the case it would be a nice little
picture: NATO (directed by
Washington) fights terror in the Balkans, in
Afghanistan, everywhere. Nice; just not true.

According to the 'Times,' one of the places where
NATO would increase its
troop strength is Macedonia, a country which has
been attacked by the world's
worst terrorists, the Kosovo Liberation Army or
KLA.

The KLA, based in the neighboring Serbian
province of Kosovo, works under
various names. In Macedonia it calls itself the
NLA. In Kosovo it uses the
cover of the United Nations-sponsored Kosovo
Protection Corps, or KPC. A UN
document, prepared for Secretary General Kofi
Annan, accuses the KPC of
'murder, torture and extortion.' Aside from
driving 350,000 Serbs, 'Gypsies,'
Jews, Turks and Slavic Muslims from Kosovo and
making life hell for those who remained:

"The KPC has been running protection rackets
across Kosovo - in Pristina,
Suva Reka, Dragash, Istok and Prizren - demanding
'contributions' from
shopkeepers, businessmen and contractors. In Suva
Reka, KPC members are
alleged to have forced petrol stations to accept
coupons rather than money for fuel.

"In Vucitrn, the KPC reportedly demanded
protection money from members of an
ethnic minority, the Ashkali, originally from
India. One family member had
previously been kidnapped and the family had been
bombed.

"The KPC has a nice line in death threats, says
the UN. Two members
threatened to kill K-For interpreters after being
arrested by Nato troops in
Kosovo. Following the arrests, 20 KPC men mobbed
the police station and
demanded their release. They were freed the next
day.

"The KPC may be running prostitution rackets,
says the UN." [And so on, and on...]

(From the 'London Observer,' 12 March 2000. To
read more, see 'How will you
plead at your trial, Mr. Annan,' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/howwill.htm

The KLA (or KPC or NLA) appears to be just the
kind of terrorist outfit that
has finally driven Washington to stand up and
take action against Evil. Right?

Wrong.

"AMERICAN intelligence agents have admitted they
helped to train the Kosovo
Liberation Army before Nato's bombing of
Yugoslavia. The disclosure angered
some European diplomats, who said this had
undermined moves for a political
solution to the conflict between Serbs and
Albanians. Central Intelligence
Agency officers were cease-fire monitors in
Kosovo in 1998 and 1999,
developing ties with the KLA and giving American
military training manuals
and field advice on fighting the Yugoslav army
and Serbian police." ('Sunday
Times,' 12 March 2000, for which see 'The Cat Is
Out of the Bag' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/ciaaided.htm )

Did the U.S./NATO stop sponsoring the KLA when
NATO occupied Kosovo in the
summer of 1999? No, admits the BBC. As recently
as the winter of 2001:

"Western special forces were still training the
guerrillas, as a result of
decisions taken before the change of government
in Yugoslavia " (From BBC, 29
January, 2001, See 'Diplomats Admit NATO Backs
KLA Invasion of Inner Serbia'
at http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/admi.htm .)

The NATO command has worked closely with the KLA
in the day to day running of
Kosovo. It is no exaggeration to say that without
NATO, the KLA could not
have terrorized the non-Albanian population of
Kosovo. (1)

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = What's Wrong With Those
Darn Macedonian Hard-Liners?
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
If NATO were sincere about fighting terror, one
would expect terrorists in
the Balkans to oppose a NATO buildup. One would
expect the local
anti-terrorists to support it. Isn't that
correct?

Yet according to the 'Times:'

"Nato planners are hoping many of the troops
involved can stay on until a
follow-up mission is agreed with the Macedonian
government. [But] Hardline
members of the government in Skopje want Nato out
of the country." ('Times,' posted below)

Why do those Macedonian government "hard-liners"
oppose NATO? Because NATO
has been trying to force them to surrender to the
NLA (that is, KLA)
terrorists. More horrifying, NATO operatives have
served as the terrorists'
military advisers - that is, as their officer corps:

"A delicate task was posed for the American peace
keepers from Kosovo in
neighboring Macedonia. On the one hand 400
Albanian Guerillas with their
weapons and ammunition had to be transported out
of Aracinovo, which is
situated six kilometers north of the capital,
Skopje. The 113th UCK [Kosovo
Liberation Army's Albanian initials] brigade had
entrenched itself there for
two weeks to defend itself against violent
attacks. The second part of the
task was more explosive. Among the retreating
rebels there were also 17 "
instructors" - former US officers, who tutored
the rebel in military matters.
But this isn't all: Macedonian security circles
maintain that 70 per cent of
the equipment that was carried away by the
Guerillas were US made - among
them also the most modern type of third
generation night-viewers. "
('Hamburger Abendblatt,' 28 June 2001, See
'GERMAN PAPER CHARGES: U.S. IS
'ADVISING' ALBANIAN TERRORISTS' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/advise.htm )

Nothing like a delicate task.

In a recent trip to Macedonia, Canadian combat
veteran and military writer
Scott Taylor met with the NLA terrorist leaders.
These people boasted about
the support they get from the USA and they
proudly displayed their
state-of-the-art U.S. weapons: (1a)

"In the well-built guerrilla bunkers overlooking
the besieged city of Tetovo,
there is ample evidence of U.S. military
hardware. Everything from sidearms
and sniper rifles to menacing-looking grenade
launchers is emblazoned Made in the USA.

"An abundant stock of sophisticated night-vision
goggles provide the
guerrillas with a tremendous tactical advantage
over the Macedonian security
forces. By nightfall, the Macedonians are
compelled to hole up in their
bunkers while the guerrillas roam with impunity
throughout the Tetovo streets.

"Snake Arifaj, a 22-year-old guerrilla platoon
commander, proudly displayed
his unit's impressive arsenal and said, 'Thanks
to Uncle Sam, the Macedonians
are no match for us.'"

Among the terrorists attacking Macedonia are the
same so-called 'Afghan
Arabs' whom the U.S. sponsored, starting in the
1980s, and whom virtually
every Russian believes the U.S. has backed in
Chechnya. These are the forces
associated with Osama bin Laden. (2)

The plain truth is: the U.S. Establishment's
policy in the Balkans has been
to create terrorist-gangster regimes and weaken
the forces sympathetic to Russia.

The Balkans is a key area to control for any
Power wishing to attack Russia.
That is not a speculative remark; it is an
historical fact. According to the
'Times' article, Washington's troop buildup is
aimed at "turning the Balkans
into a prominent theatre of operations and
training." We are supposed to
believe this is being done to create "a potential
buffer against terror threats from the east."

"Prominent theater of operations" sounds like a
staging zone for military
action to this writer. Why the urgent need to
create a "prominent theater of
operations" at this time? Because of the danger
of "terrorism from the east"
reports the 'Times.' And from where in the East
might said terror come? Why,
maybe it could come from - Turkey, reports the
'Times.'

So let's get this straight. NATO, led by the
U.S., is backing a huge buildup
in the Balkans to protect against a possible
danger from Turkey, the main
U.S./ NATO ally in the Balkans. Meanwhile NATO,
led by Washington, has
created a huge terrorist apparatus in the
Balkans. And why? Why has NATO
supported the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo and a
terrorist attack on Macedonia?

Why, obviously, so that the Balkans can be a
bulwark against terrorists. Got
it, class? Study hard. There may be a quiz.

So let's get this straight. NATO, led by the
U.S., is backing a huge buildup
in the Balkans to protect against a possible
danger from Turkey, the main
U.S./ NATO ally in the Balkans. Meanwhile NATO,
led by Washington, has
created a huge terrorist apparatus in the
Balkans. And why? Why has NATO
supported the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo and a
terrorist attack on Macedonia?

Why, obviously, so that the Balkans can be a
bulwark against terrorists. Got
it, class? Study hard; there may be a quiz.

Let us depart from this absolute and complete
doubletalk and consider what is
actually happening.

The transformation of the Balkans into a
"prominent theater" must be
considered in the context of NATO's threatening
behavior in the Baltic
region, including NATO troop maneuvers in
Lithuania and Washington's
publicly-made threat (3) to instigate
Contra-style terror against the former
Soviet Republic of Belarus. It must be considered
in the context of the
massive deployment of US and British forces
moving towards strategic Afghanistan.

The Balkans, the Baltic region and Central Asia -
the three strategic points
if one wishes to attack Russia. One gets the
distinct impression that
Washington is slipping a noose around Russia's
neck.(4) And all the stuff
about fighting terrorism, all Washington's
newfound hatred of Islamism
(Washington's creation), all the Hollywood photo
ops with Bush declaring
"We'll get him dead or alive" and all the
heartfelt reassurances that "the
Islamic faith is not the enemy" and the mutual
recriminations between Muslims
and Jews - all this is a public spectacle meant
to divert the masses from the
real event, which is a massive military buildup
whose only possible strategic goal can be: Russia.

And why, you may ask, do the masses in the NATO
countries need to be diverted
from the truth? Because the masses are not Nazis.
The masses are not in favor
of dying for Imperial expansion, and the masses
are most definitely not in
favor of risking nuclear war.

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Deadly Fascination
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Amidst the doubletalk about "promoting stability"
and "buffers against
terror,' the London 'Times' offers readers a
glimpse into U.S. Ambassador to
England Farish's inner man:

"A son of one of the five great oil families of
Houston, Texas, Farish is
fascinated by the 'black gold' that lies in large
quantities in the countries
around the Caspian Sea. He sees America's
relationship with Russia and its
leader, Vladimir Putin, as vital to its future
influence in the area."
(http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/
2001/09/23/stifgneur02003.html)

Oil is only part of the fascinating treasure in
the former Soviet Union. For
instance, Siberia is a treasure house of gold,
natural gas, virgin forests
and more. Moreover, this vast wealth is only part
of the reason Washington
wants to dominate the former Soviet Union. The
rest of the reason is this:
only the former Soviet Republics have the
military might to resist U.S.
domination. Washington wants to crush this
potential power before the former
Soviet Republics have time to re-group and
possibly re-establish some
semblance of a bi-polar world.

Washington is dead serious, and this is a very
serious game

To read the The 'Times' article, go to
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/
2001/09/23/stifgneur02003.html

-- Jared Israel

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(1) The KLA terrorists marched into Kosovo
alongside NATO occupiers.
Emperor's Clothes has published eyewitness
accounts of their collaboration.
(Feel free to re-post these and all other
articles written for Emperor's
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See for example: 'Driven from Kosovo,' the
account by the leader of the
Jewish community of how he and thousands of other
residents were driven from
Pristina, capital of Kosovo. Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/interviews/ceda.htm

Also see "What NATO Occupation Would Mean For
Macedonians' - eyewitness
accounts of the NATO/KLA takeover of the Kosovo
town of Orahovac. Can be read
at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/misc/savethe-a.htm


(1a) "Terrorist Thug Boasts: "Thanks to Uncle
Sam, Macedonians are no match
for us!" Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/taylor.htm

(2) ''CHECHEN SEPARATISTS ARE FIGHTING IN
MACEDONIA' Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/cos/chechen.htm

(3) 'Tough Measures Needed in Belarus!' Can be
read at http://emperors-clothes.com/news/tough.htm

(4) 'Why Washington Wants Afghanistan' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/afghan.htm

5) U.S.-backing for the terrorists attacking
Macedonia is thorughly
documented from mainstream media sources. Some of
that mainstream media
documentation can be found in Emperor's Clothes.
See 'Washington and its
Partners are Waging a Proxy War in Macedonia' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/mac/list-m.htm

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SE LO DICE LUI!...

Il nazionalista-separatista Ibrahim Rugova accusa
i nazionalisti-separatisti dell'UCK di legami con
il terrorismo islamista:


KLA IS HIDING INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST BASES -
KOSOVO ALBANIAN LEADER
ROME, Sept 26 (Tanjug) - Democratic League of Kosovo leader
Ibrahim Rugova has said that the KLA (so-called Kosovo
liberation army) is hiding international terrorist bases at the
territory under its control, and that KLA members are ready to
organize terrorist attacks to support Osama bin Laden, the
Saudi-born dissident suspected of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks at
New York and Washington.
Rugova, leader of the moderate Kosovo Albanian wing, has
reiterated his warning to the world about the KLA's terrorist
nature, the Itar-TASS news agency said, quoting a special
statement it received from Rugova's information service in Italy.
"One must not forget that bin Laden's organization got established
on the territory of Albania and Kosovo as early as in 1994," and
that "in 1996 bin Laden ordered his detachments to get prepared
for actions in Kosovo and Albania," Rugova said.
According to Rugova, one of bin Laden's associates, Mohammed
Zawhiri, personally supervised the training of ethnic Albanian
extremists.
"KLA is not just a rebel organization capable of devastating the
territory of Kosovo and Macedonia," but "on the international
level it is ready to act, using the same means as in Kosovo, and to
render assistance to terrorist groups," the statement said.

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DOPO L'ABBATTIMENTO DEI MONUMENTI DEDICATI AI PARTIGIANI
ED IL CAMBIAMENTO DELLA TOPONOMASTICA, LA CROAZIA PROSEGUE
NELLA CRIMINALIZZAZIONE DEI COMBATTENTI ANTIFASCISTI

La Croatie pourrait accuser les anciens partisans de crimes de guerre

ZAGREB, 25 septembre 2001 -- (dpa)

Le gouvernement croate envisage de faire compara�tre en justice, pour
crimes de guerre, des partisans qui, durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale,
ont combattu sous les ordres du dirigeant yougoslave Josip Broz Tito,
rapportait l'agence nationale de presse HINA, ce mardi.
L'agence citait un fonctionnaire du gouvernement - qui a insist� pour
garder l'anonymat - selon qui, jusqu'� pr�sent, seuls les crimes des
Oustachis, les forces de l'Etat nazi fantoche durant la guerre, � ont
�t� punis �.
Dans la Yougoslavie de Tito, les crimes des partisans ont �t� consid�r�s
comme � des crimes se justifiant au nom de l'id�ologie (communiste) �, a
ajout� l'agence de presse.
Le fonctionnaire du gouvernement a �galement d�clar� que cela visait les
crimes commis par les partisans de Tito contre des civils et des
prisonniers de guerre, en mai 1945.

(C)2001. dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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11 ZANIMLJIVOSTI NUMEROLOGIJE / THE 11TH HOUR

1) The date of the attack. 9/11. 9+1+1
2)September the 11th is the 254th day of the year 2+5+4.
3) After September 11th there are 111 days left to
the end of the year.
4) The twin towers, side by side, looked like the
number 11
5) The first plane to hit the towers was flight
number 11.
6) New York City = 11 letters.
7) Afghanistan = 11 letters.
8) The Pentagon = 11 letters.
9) Ramzi Yousef = 11 letters. (Convicted of the 1993
attack on the > towers.)
10) Flight 11 had 92 people on board. 9+2.
11) Flight 77 had 65 people on board. 6+5.

(Questa sconcertante serie di speculazioni sul numero "11",
assolutamente inutile ma certo non piu' inutile di tante idiozie
che si sentono in tv, essendoci pervenuta da un nostro affezionato
lettore ci e' sembrata azzeccata per confezionare la nostra
Ciliegina numero... 111)

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