The author of this paper engages in an interesting revisionism of the
history of Kosovo in the latter part of the last century. Firstly, he
says, "the oppressed ethnic Albanian majority in Kosovo waged their
struggle almost exclusively nonviolently, using strikes, boycotts,
peaceful demonstrations, and alternative institutions." Thus
conveniently omitting the actions of extremists who conducted a
violent campaign against the Yugoslav (read Serbian) authorities in
Kosovo throughout the decade of the 1990s. Later he has the "shadowy
armed group known as the Kosovo Liberation Army" emerge 1998. This is
bizarre. What he should have said was that in 1998 the KLA was
legitimized as it had been de-listed by the Clinton administration
and was no longer considered a terrorist organization.
I don't generally take issue with the rest of the conclusions of the
article, but the introductory paragraphs are a defective presentation.
- M
On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/04/07-3
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