> THE TORONTO SUN
> April 1, 2001
>
> The hoax that started a war
>
> HOW THE U.S. NATO AND THE WESTERN MEDIA WERE CONNED IN KOSOVO
> http://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/worthington.html
>
> By PETER WORTHINGTON -- Toronto Sun
>
>
>
> Back in March, 1999, what tipped the scales for then U.S. president
Bill
> Clinton
> to launch an air war against Serbia, were reports of a massacre of 45
Albanian
> civilians by Serb security forces at the village of Racak, some 30 km
from
> Pristina in southern Kosovo.
>
> Clinton told the world on March 19, 1999: "We should remember what
happened
> in
> Racak ... innocent men, women and children were taken from their homes
to
> a
> gully, forced to kneel in the dirt and sprayed with gunfire." Photos
circled
> the
> world. NATO bombing began March 24, and lasted 78 days.
>
> White House press secretary Joe Lockhart said of Racak: "A strong
message
> will
> be brought to President (Slobodan) Milosevic about bringing those to
justice
> who
> should be punished for this ... "
>
> U.S. Foreign Secretary Madeleine Albright, eager to make war against
> then-Yugoslavia and speaking on CBS' Face the Nation, cited Racak
where,
> she
> said, there were "dozens of people with their throats slit." She
called
this
> the
> "galvanizing incident" that meant peace talks at Rambouillet were
pointless,
> "humanitarian bombing" the only recourse.
>
> Germany's Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, told the newspaper
Berliner
> Zeitung
> that the Racak massacre "became the turning point for me" and war was
the
> only
> answer.
>
> Canada's then foreign minister, Lloyd Axworthy, called the massacre "a
> disgusting victimization of civilians."
>
> Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported the dead had fingernails torn out -
evidence
> of torture.
>
> On Jan. 16, the day after the actual massacre, William Walker, the
veteran
> American diplomat who headed peace verifiers for the Organization for
Security
> and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), was taken by Kosovo Liberation Army
members
> to Racak to see the bodies in the ditch. He declared that the dead
"obviously
> were executed where they lay."
>
>
>
> His OSCE report spoke of "arbitrary arrests, killings and mutilations
of
> unarmed
> civilians" at Racak.
>
> GROUND TROOPS
>
> Canada's Louise Arbour, then special prosecutor for the war crimes
tribunal,
> (hand-picked for the job by Albright) was prevented by Serb
authorities
from
> visiting Racak. She vowed retribution for the massacre, urging that
> "international troops on the ground" were the only way to effect
arrests.
>
> When Milosevic was indicted as a war criminal, the massacre at Racak
was
> cited
> as evidence. The London Times wrote that victims had their eyes gouged
out,
> heads smashed in, faces blown away at close range, all "farmers,
workers,
> villagers, aged 12-74, men, women, children."
>
> Serbian and Belorussian forensic people investigated, but were
suspect, so
> the
> European Union authorized a forensic team from Finland, headed by
Helena
> Ranta,
> a dental pathologist, to investigate. The Finnish report was not made
public.
>
> Ranta gave a press conference at which she was vague, admitting there
was
> no
> evidence of mutilation or torture, and that Yugoslav authorities had
> co-operated. But she also called the killings "a crime against
humanity,"
> widely
> interpreted to mean Racak was indeed a cold-blooded massacre.
>
> It has since turned out, through subsequent investigations by German,
French
> and
> American correspondents and by human rights and peace groups,
including
the
> anti-war International Action Centre and the Liberty Foundation, that
the
> Racak
> massacre seems an enormous, albeit effective, hoax perpetrated by the
Kosovo
> Liberation Army to persuade the U.S. and NATO to attack the Serbs. The
goal
> was
> independence for Kosovo, possibly leading to the dream of a Greater
Albania.
>
> We now have a far better idea of what really happened at Racak - a
pre-crisis
> town of 2,000 and a stronghold of KLA agitation. By January, 1999,
most of
> its
> population had fled to a nearby town, Stimlje, leaving perhaps 400
people
> behind. When four Serbian policemen were ambushed and murdered in two
separate
> incidents in a week, Serb security forces surrounded Racak and
attacked.
> The
> Serbs tipped off foreign journalists who came to see. Fighting was
savage
> and
> brief, not only in town but in the countryside.
>
> Journalists found Racak had few people actually living there.
>
> Some 20 bodies were counted. Serbs and journalists left at dusk. The
next
> day,
> Jan. 16, the KLA was again in control.
>
> During the night, it seems that all the KLA killed fighting in the
area -
> 45 of
> them - were dumped in a gully at Racak and journalists and the OSCE
> investigators invited to see what was described as the "massacre" of
unarmed
> civilians.
>
> Military insignia and/or badges had been removed from clothing,
military
> gear
> replaced by civilian clothing. No weapons were in sight. The hoax was
on.
> William Walker was first on the scene and believed what he saw and was
told.
> The
> international press relayed his outrage to the world.
>
> Forensic evidence showed - as the Finnish team has since confirmed -
that
> most
> of the 45 Racak dead had been shot at long range, not execution-style.
Corpses
> tested positive with residue of gunpowder on their hands, indicating
they
> had
> been firing weapons. No ammunition or shell casings were found near
the
bodies,
> where they had supposedly been massacred, nor were there pools of
blood.
>
> BODIES MOVED
>
> Pathologists also found the 45 dead men had all been shot in different
parts
> of
> the body, from different directions, indicating a battle somewhere
else,
> the
> dead dumped together for effect.
>
> Until recently, no one was interested in the truth. "Whether or not
it's
> a
> massacre, nobody wants to know any more," wrote Austria's Die Welt
newspaper.
> Autopsy findings were delayed while the thirst for war echoed in the
halls
> of
> allied power.
>
> The German newspaper Berliner Zeitung got access to the Finnish
forensic
> findings, and sent a team of reporters to investigate and concluded:
"In
> all
> probability, there was no Racak massacre at all ... "
>
> French journalist Renaud Girard of Le Figaro was in Racak and was
puzzled
> that
> reports failed to mention it was a "fortified village with a lot of
trenches"
> -
> a KLA stronghold. Although he wrote an initial massacre story, he
later
had
> doubts: "I felt something was wrong."
>
> Christophe Chatelet of Le Monde was in Racak the day of the Serb
attack,
> and
> found one dead and four wounded when he left at dusk. The next day the
KLA
> showed bodies from a massacre that hadn't been there before. "I can't
solve
> that
> mystery," he said. (At the time, KLA commander-in-chief Hashim Thaci
told
> the
> BBC: "We had a key unit in the region and had a fierce fight.
Regrettably,
> we
> had many casualties, but so did the Serbs.")
>
> Further investigation shows that two TV journalists for Associated
Press
> and two
> teams of OSCE observers also saw the fight for Racak from a hill,
entered
> when
> Serb security forces did and left when they left. The AP crew filmed a
deserted
> village. It was overnight that the KLA returned and gathered their
dead
from
> the
> fighting. Next day, Walker told the world how adults and children had
been
> "executed," some as they tried to flee. CNN reporter Christiane
Amanpour,
> wife
> of U.S. State Department spokesman James Rubin, showed little
skepticism
> in
> reporting on the "massacre of civilians."
>
> CHECK THE NET
>
> For those who want to check further, enter "Racak massacre" on Google
or
> Yahoo
> on the Internet and see what you get.)
>
> It changes nothing, but Racak should make people wary of government
propaganda
> about areas where they have little knowledge, but strong feelings.
Remember
> the
> emotions generated about "ethnic cleansing" in Kosovo?
>
> At the end of World War II, the population of Kosovo was 50-50 Serb
and
> Albanian. By 1999 it was 90% Albanian. Today, it's close to 96%. Over
50
> years,
> who's been "ethnically cleansed"? Today, Albanians in Macedonia are
using
> arguments similar to those used against Serbs in Kosovo - prejudice,
being
> frozen from jobs, discriminated against. Rarely mentioned are maps
produced
> in
> Albania that show not only Kosovo, but parts of Macedonia and
Montenegro
> as part
> of "Greater Albania."
>
> It doesn't take an Einstein to realize that the U.S., NATO and western
media
> have been conned and manipulated into supporting an aggressive
exercise in
> nation-building that is not likely to be resolved peaceably. NATO's
beleaguered
> soldiers are innocents caught in a Balkan quagmire, thanks to a
blundering,
> myopic, vainglorious political leader. <end>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Backgrounder:
>
> [1] "One result of the massive military sponsorship of US
communication
> research was that the main perspectives in the field were in tune with
> military priorities. Specifically, both the content and method of
> communication research was oriented to the goals of domination and
> manipulation of mass audiences."
>
> Science of Coercion: Communication Research and Psychological Warfare
> - book review http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/94BRgl2.html
>
>
> [2]Doug Bandow Balkan blunders Washington Times March 30 2001
> http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20010330-14061926.htm
>
> [3]Destabilizing the Balkans: US & Albanian Defense Cooperation
> in the 1990s - Antiwar
> http://antiwar.com/orig/dakovic2.html
>
> [4] Peter Beaumont, Ed Vulliamy and Paul Beaver
> Observer March 11 2001
> http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,449923,00.html
>
>
> [5]Martin A. Lee More bloodshed in the Balkans- The bitter legacy
> of NATO's "humanitarian" war
> http://www.sfbg.com/reality/21.html
>
> [6]Time to Pay the Piper Stratfor 23 March 2001
> http://www.stratfor.com/home/giu/archive/032301
>
>
>
> [7] David H. Hackworth,DEFENDING AMERICA, June 7, 1999:
> DEFANG THE KLA TODAY OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES TOMORROW
> http://www.hackworth.com/7jun99.html
>
>
> [8]"Backing the KLA is simply insane," Levine protests.
> Levine, a highly decorated former undercover agent
> for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), told
> THE NEW AMERICAN,"My contacts within the DEA are quite
> frankly terrified, but there's not much they can say
> without risking their jobs. These guys [the KLA]
> have a network that's active on the streets of this
> country...
>
> They're the worst elements of society that you can
> imagine, and now, according to my sources in drug
> enforcement, THEY'RE POLITICALLY PROTECTED."
>
> W.M.Grigg, May 24, 1999
> http://thenewamerican.com/tna//1999/05-24-99/vo15no11_kla.htm
>
>
> [9] "Many reports in the past have mentioned the covert
> forces involved with the KLA. For example, on July 15, 1998,
> PBS Newshour reported that U.S. Vietnam War veterans were
> training KLA mercenaries in Albania."
>
> Wilson, G.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/docs99/990423-kosovo01.htm
>
> [10] " MPRI sub-contracted some of the training programme
> to two British private security companies, ensuring
> that between 1998 and June 1999 the KLA was being
> armed, trained and assisted in Italy, Turkey, Kosovo
> and Germany by the Americans, the German external
> intelligence service and former and serving members
> of Britain's 22 SAS Regiment. "
>
> http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/world.cfm?idQ340
>
> [11] "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."
>
> Tom Walker and Aidan Laverty,'Sunday Times', London Dec 03, 2000
>
> [12] "Peaceful Eagle 95 is designed to foster cooperation between
> the U.S. and Albania. Soldiers will train in a variety of
> peacekeeping tasks, including escorting humanitarian convoys..."
>
> Defenselink, September 1995
> http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep1995/m090595_m191-95.html
>
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> April 1, 2001
>
> The hoax that started a war
>
> HOW THE U.S. NATO AND THE WESTERN MEDIA WERE CONNED IN KOSOVO
> http://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/worthington.html
>
> By PETER WORTHINGTON -- Toronto Sun
>
>
>
> Back in March, 1999, what tipped the scales for then U.S. president
Bill
> Clinton
> to launch an air war against Serbia, were reports of a massacre of 45
Albanian
> civilians by Serb security forces at the village of Racak, some 30 km
from
> Pristina in southern Kosovo.
>
> Clinton told the world on March 19, 1999: "We should remember what
happened
> in
> Racak ... innocent men, women and children were taken from their homes
to
> a
> gully, forced to kneel in the dirt and sprayed with gunfire." Photos
circled
> the
> world. NATO bombing began March 24, and lasted 78 days.
>
> White House press secretary Joe Lockhart said of Racak: "A strong
message
> will
> be brought to President (Slobodan) Milosevic about bringing those to
justice
> who
> should be punished for this ... "
>
> U.S. Foreign Secretary Madeleine Albright, eager to make war against
> then-Yugoslavia and speaking on CBS' Face the Nation, cited Racak
where,
> she
> said, there were "dozens of people with their throats slit." She
called
this
> the
> "galvanizing incident" that meant peace talks at Rambouillet were
pointless,
> "humanitarian bombing" the only recourse.
>
> Germany's Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, told the newspaper
Berliner
> Zeitung
> that the Racak massacre "became the turning point for me" and war was
the
> only
> answer.
>
> Canada's then foreign minister, Lloyd Axworthy, called the massacre "a
> disgusting victimization of civilians."
>
> Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported the dead had fingernails torn out -
evidence
> of torture.
>
> On Jan. 16, the day after the actual massacre, William Walker, the
veteran
> American diplomat who headed peace verifiers for the Organization for
Security
> and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), was taken by Kosovo Liberation Army
members
> to Racak to see the bodies in the ditch. He declared that the dead
"obviously
> were executed where they lay."
>
>
>
> His OSCE report spoke of "arbitrary arrests, killings and mutilations
of
> unarmed
> civilians" at Racak.
>
> GROUND TROOPS
>
> Canada's Louise Arbour, then special prosecutor for the war crimes
tribunal,
> (hand-picked for the job by Albright) was prevented by Serb
authorities
from
> visiting Racak. She vowed retribution for the massacre, urging that
> "international troops on the ground" were the only way to effect
arrests.
>
> When Milosevic was indicted as a war criminal, the massacre at Racak
was
> cited
> as evidence. The London Times wrote that victims had their eyes gouged
out,
> heads smashed in, faces blown away at close range, all "farmers,
workers,
> villagers, aged 12-74, men, women, children."
>
> Serbian and Belorussian forensic people investigated, but were
suspect, so
> the
> European Union authorized a forensic team from Finland, headed by
Helena
> Ranta,
> a dental pathologist, to investigate. The Finnish report was not made
public.
>
> Ranta gave a press conference at which she was vague, admitting there
was
> no
> evidence of mutilation or torture, and that Yugoslav authorities had
> co-operated. But she also called the killings "a crime against
humanity,"
> widely
> interpreted to mean Racak was indeed a cold-blooded massacre.
>
> It has since turned out, through subsequent investigations by German,
French
> and
> American correspondents and by human rights and peace groups,
including
the
> anti-war International Action Centre and the Liberty Foundation, that
the
> Racak
> massacre seems an enormous, albeit effective, hoax perpetrated by the
Kosovo
> Liberation Army to persuade the U.S. and NATO to attack the Serbs. The
goal
> was
> independence for Kosovo, possibly leading to the dream of a Greater
Albania.
>
> We now have a far better idea of what really happened at Racak - a
pre-crisis
> town of 2,000 and a stronghold of KLA agitation. By January, 1999,
most of
> its
> population had fled to a nearby town, Stimlje, leaving perhaps 400
people
> behind. When four Serbian policemen were ambushed and murdered in two
separate
> incidents in a week, Serb security forces surrounded Racak and
attacked.
> The
> Serbs tipped off foreign journalists who came to see. Fighting was
savage
> and
> brief, not only in town but in the countryside.
>
> Journalists found Racak had few people actually living there.
>
> Some 20 bodies were counted. Serbs and journalists left at dusk. The
next
> day,
> Jan. 16, the KLA was again in control.
>
> During the night, it seems that all the KLA killed fighting in the
area -
> 45 of
> them - were dumped in a gully at Racak and journalists and the OSCE
> investigators invited to see what was described as the "massacre" of
unarmed
> civilians.
>
> Military insignia and/or badges had been removed from clothing,
military
> gear
> replaced by civilian clothing. No weapons were in sight. The hoax was
on.
> William Walker was first on the scene and believed what he saw and was
told.
> The
> international press relayed his outrage to the world.
>
> Forensic evidence showed - as the Finnish team has since confirmed -
that
> most
> of the 45 Racak dead had been shot at long range, not execution-style.
Corpses
> tested positive with residue of gunpowder on their hands, indicating
they
> had
> been firing weapons. No ammunition or shell casings were found near
the
bodies,
> where they had supposedly been massacred, nor were there pools of
blood.
>
> BODIES MOVED
>
> Pathologists also found the 45 dead men had all been shot in different
parts
> of
> the body, from different directions, indicating a battle somewhere
else,
> the
> dead dumped together for effect.
>
> Until recently, no one was interested in the truth. "Whether or not
it's
> a
> massacre, nobody wants to know any more," wrote Austria's Die Welt
newspaper.
> Autopsy findings were delayed while the thirst for war echoed in the
halls
> of
> allied power.
>
> The German newspaper Berliner Zeitung got access to the Finnish
forensic
> findings, and sent a team of reporters to investigate and concluded:
"In
> all
> probability, there was no Racak massacre at all ... "
>
> French journalist Renaud Girard of Le Figaro was in Racak and was
puzzled
> that
> reports failed to mention it was a "fortified village with a lot of
trenches"
> -
> a KLA stronghold. Although he wrote an initial massacre story, he
later
had
> doubts: "I felt something was wrong."
>
> Christophe Chatelet of Le Monde was in Racak the day of the Serb
attack,
> and
> found one dead and four wounded when he left at dusk. The next day the
KLA
> showed bodies from a massacre that hadn't been there before. "I can't
solve
> that
> mystery," he said. (At the time, KLA commander-in-chief Hashim Thaci
told
> the
> BBC: "We had a key unit in the region and had a fierce fight.
Regrettably,
> we
> had many casualties, but so did the Serbs.")
>
> Further investigation shows that two TV journalists for Associated
Press
> and two
> teams of OSCE observers also saw the fight for Racak from a hill,
entered
> when
> Serb security forces did and left when they left. The AP crew filmed a
deserted
> village. It was overnight that the KLA returned and gathered their
dead
from
> the
> fighting. Next day, Walker told the world how adults and children had
been
> "executed," some as they tried to flee. CNN reporter Christiane
Amanpour,
> wife
> of U.S. State Department spokesman James Rubin, showed little
skepticism
> in
> reporting on the "massacre of civilians."
>
> CHECK THE NET
>
> For those who want to check further, enter "Racak massacre" on Google
or
> Yahoo
> on the Internet and see what you get.)
>
> It changes nothing, but Racak should make people wary of government
propaganda
> about areas where they have little knowledge, but strong feelings.
Remember
> the
> emotions generated about "ethnic cleansing" in Kosovo?
>
> At the end of World War II, the population of Kosovo was 50-50 Serb
and
> Albanian. By 1999 it was 90% Albanian. Today, it's close to 96%. Over
50
> years,
> who's been "ethnically cleansed"? Today, Albanians in Macedonia are
using
> arguments similar to those used against Serbs in Kosovo - prejudice,
being
> frozen from jobs, discriminated against. Rarely mentioned are maps
produced
> in
> Albania that show not only Kosovo, but parts of Macedonia and
Montenegro
> as part
> of "Greater Albania."
>
> It doesn't take an Einstein to realize that the U.S., NATO and western
media
> have been conned and manipulated into supporting an aggressive
exercise in
> nation-building that is not likely to be resolved peaceably. NATO's
beleaguered
> soldiers are innocents caught in a Balkan quagmire, thanks to a
blundering,
> myopic, vainglorious political leader. <end>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Backgrounder:
>
> [1] "One result of the massive military sponsorship of US
communication
> research was that the main perspectives in the field were in tune with
> military priorities. Specifically, both the content and method of
> communication research was oriented to the goals of domination and
> manipulation of mass audiences."
>
> Science of Coercion: Communication Research and Psychological Warfare
> - book review http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/94BRgl2.html
>
>
> [2]Doug Bandow Balkan blunders Washington Times March 30 2001
> http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20010330-14061926.htm
>
> [3]Destabilizing the Balkans: US & Albanian Defense Cooperation
> in the 1990s - Antiwar
> http://antiwar.com/orig/dakovic2.html
>
> [4] Peter Beaumont, Ed Vulliamy and Paul Beaver
> Observer March 11 2001
> http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,449923,00.html
>
>
> [5]Martin A. Lee More bloodshed in the Balkans- The bitter legacy
> of NATO's "humanitarian" war
> http://www.sfbg.com/reality/21.html
>
> [6]Time to Pay the Piper Stratfor 23 March 2001
> http://www.stratfor.com/home/giu/archive/032301
>
>
>
> [7] David H. Hackworth,DEFENDING AMERICA, June 7, 1999:
> DEFANG THE KLA TODAY OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES TOMORROW
> http://www.hackworth.com/7jun99.html
>
>
> [8]"Backing the KLA is simply insane," Levine protests.
> Levine, a highly decorated former undercover agent
> for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), told
> THE NEW AMERICAN,"My contacts within the DEA are quite
> frankly terrified, but there's not much they can say
> without risking their jobs. These guys [the KLA]
> have a network that's active on the streets of this
> country...
>
> They're the worst elements of society that you can
> imagine, and now, according to my sources in drug
> enforcement, THEY'RE POLITICALLY PROTECTED."
>
> W.M.Grigg, May 24, 1999
> http://thenewamerican.com/tna//1999/05-24-99/vo15no11_kla.htm
>
>
> [9] "Many reports in the past have mentioned the covert
> forces involved with the KLA. For example, on July 15, 1998,
> PBS Newshour reported that U.S. Vietnam War veterans were
> training KLA mercenaries in Albania."
>
> Wilson, G.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/docs99/990423-kosovo01.htm
>
> [10] " MPRI sub-contracted some of the training programme
> to two British private security companies, ensuring
> that between 1998 and June 1999 the KLA was being
> armed, trained and assisted in Italy, Turkey, Kosovo
> and Germany by the Americans, the German external
> intelligence service and former and serving members
> of Britain's 22 SAS Regiment. "
>
> http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/world.cfm?idQ340
>
> [11] "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."
>
> Tom Walker and Aidan Laverty,'Sunday Times', London Dec 03, 2000
>
> [12] "Peaceful Eagle 95 is designed to foster cooperation between
> the U.S. and Albania. Soldiers will train in a variety of
> peacekeeping tasks, including escorting humanitarian convoys..."
>
> Defenselink, September 1995
> http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep1995/m090595_m191-95.html
>
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