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Democracy Albanian Way: Molotov Cocktail for Serbian Church

Tanjug reports an explosive device was thrown on Friday morning at the Church of St Nikola in Gnjilane, in southern Serbian province of Kosovo.

Albanian policeman told media that the device failed to explode and that, “besides the black traces on the church wall, there was no other damage.” So, it’s fine then. No big deal — move on, nothing to see here:

“On the ground was found one broken bottle with a fuse, as well as two empty beer bottles. No one was hurt and there is no greater material damage. An investigation is underway, but for the time being nobody has been taken into custody,” Hasani said.

Really?! How odd. After successfully tracking down and apprehending ZERO of Albanian perpetrators of violent ethnically-motivated crimes in Kosovo province during the past eight years, Albanian KLA police, the KFOR and the UN police failed to find and take into custody this one. Oh, well... can’t get them all...

Gnjilane Serbs said that not one, but three Molotov cocktails had been thrown on Friday in an attempt to set fire to the church and burn it to the ground, like the other 155 Serbian churches and monasteries in Kosovo province Albanians have successfully destroyed during the past 8 years.

Archpriest of the church in Gnilane Svetisav Trajkovic said that for Serbs in the municipality of Gnjilane this incident was very disturbing and that they took it as a message that they should move away.

“The attackers know very well that the church as an institution is the only one that has survived in the territory, and they also know that Serbian people are the most vulnerable on that issue,” he said.

PR Performance: Large Quantity of Weapons Seized

The KLA in Serbian province (dressed in police uniforms issued by the UN) seized Thursday from two houses in Kacanik a large quantity of arms and ammunition and arrested five persons in this connection.

Reported as “seized” are few trinkets, like a recoilless gun, several Gulinov and AK-47 rifles and machine guns, snipers, handguns, 1,339 bullets “and other military equipment.”

The five arrested persons (of no nationality) are being held in custody, at least for a day or two, when they’ll be allowed to stroll out of jail, like every Albanian criminal before them. The weapons cache is expected to be redistributed among the Albanian terrorists, or stashed in a cellar of another clan-brother, to be rediscovered and re-seized some time later, when they decide a bit more PR is needed. Most probably when another Serb gets gutted, or when another Serbian church is attacked.

Roughing up a Serb or Two to Release the Stress

Since it must be very painful for KLA disguised as policemen to even pretend to arrest any from their own tribe during these PR performances, they have to release the accumulated stress by roughing up any of the Serbs they can find in the vicinity. NATO (KFOR) joins in to help them.

RTS reports that, on Saturday morning, NATO troops and Albanian KLA “police” have arrested a young Serb, Nebojsa Jovanovic from Bresje, near Kosovo Polje. According to Nebojsa’s brother Aleksandar, NATO soldiers were searching their family house and yard during the entire night before the arrest. They found nothing, but arrested his brother nevertheless.

“All night long, with military spotlights and armed to their teeth, they were searching both our yard and the house. My brother was arrested, but I have no idea why,” said Aleksandar. He added that neither KFOR, nor anyone from police have informed him about the reasons for the search, but he assumes they were searching for weapons.

Two other members of Jovanovic family had to be taken to hospital after NATO/KLA night-long party in their house.

UNMIK Pen Pusher Continues to Sing Praises to Kosovo Thug-Haven While Awaiting a Better Job

And yet, if one were to read the latest report UN Colonial Governor Joachim Ruecker submitted to Ban Ki-moon about the situation in the southern Serbian province, one would have to conclude that terrorist/mafia-run Kosovo is a multicultural heaven, making daily leaps towards an ideal society.

Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti cites some of the remarks Serbian officials have submitted to the UN Secretary General regarding Ruecker’s latest ode to lawlessness under his rule.

“Report by the UN Secretary General’s special representative in Kosovo-Metohija is far from being objective and balanced, which is especially problematic at the time when negotiations are underway. The assessment that the UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo) has done everything it could to fulfill the Resolution 1244 is unacceptable and unjustified,” reads one of the remarks of Republic of Serbia about Ruecker’s report.

Serbian evaluation, read by the Novosti reporter, emphasized that Ruecker’s lament over the “disappointment” of Kosovo Albanian separatists with the “prolonged negotiating process and failure to approve a new Security Council resolution” which would separate Kosovo province from Serbia, is particularly intolerable and damaging to the process of negotiations.

They’ll Be Wonderful Once They Get Independence

Serbia has dismissed as entirely baseless Ruecker’s opinion that the provisional self-government in Serbian province has achieved progress in the implementation of standards, noting that Ruecker’s report leaves an impression that the only thing missing for the province to become comparable to the civil, democratic European societies, is independence.

Commenting Ruecker’s view of the political situation in Kosovo-Metohija, Belgrade noted that Albanian politicians in the province are continuing to talk about independence as the only solution.

“It’s been said that the local elections could be postponed if they were perceived as delay of the final status solution. This only means that the Albanian negotiating team is highly motivated to refrain from engaging in the search for a compromise, which directly destroys all attempts to create a constructive atmosphere during negotiations.”

Responding to Ruecker’s speculations about the Serbs’ position regarding local (UNMIK-staged) elections, Belgrade explained why the Serbs will not take part in these elections.

“Serbian voting in the 2001 and 2004 was rendered meaningless through the behavior of Albanians. At the same time, nothing has been done to enable the return of the refugees. There are no political or security conditions for Serbs to take part in these elections. The election atmosphere is additionally burdened with violent threats of the armed Albanian gangs. This is why Serbian government has recommended that Kosovo Serbs should not take part in the elections.”

All the Great Things UNMIK and NATO Have Achieved in Kosovo Since 1999 Will be Lost if Albanian Separatists aren’t Given What they Want

Regarding UNMIK’s failure to enable the return of over 250,000 Kosovo refugees, Serbian officials commented: “Contrary to Ruecker’s report, the problem is not Serbian ‘perception’ of the lack of safety. There are indeed very real and objective problems everyone who wishes to return to Kosovo-Metohija is confronted with. The return of Serbian Kosovo refugees is one of the main standards according to which UNMIK efficiency and ability to [re]create a multiethnic society in the province is measured.”

Most illustrative of the overall tone of German administrator’s report and of his considerable anti-Serbian bias is the following comment by the Serbian officials:

“The report makes every effort to treat Kosovo-Metohija as a territory outside of Serbian state. The author of the report continues to advocate Ahtisaari plan even though it was rejected by the UN Security Council, and without taking into account the fact that Serbia has rejected Ahtisaari proposal on the grounds that it violates the main precepts of the UN Charter.

“Ruecker’s conclusion that further prolonging of the decision about Kosovo status will jeopardize the ‘UN achievements in Kosovo since 1999’ is absolutely unacceptable. It is also damaging to the negotiating process. There is a need for political will on behalf of both sides in the negotiations in order to reach a compromise solution, along with refraining from imposing the artificial deadlines. In order for such a solution to be given legitimacy, it has to be approved by the UN Security Council. That is the approach that should be supported both by the United Nations and other international bodies.”