[SNN] Clean Sweep Of Balkans: Macedonia, Montenegro Head Toward NATO

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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2010/10/24/nb-06

Southeast European Times
October 24, 2010

Macedonia, Montenegro reaffirm commitment to EU, NATO bids

SKOPJE, Macedonia: Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and visiting Montenegrin 
counterpart Milo Djukanovic reaffirmed on Friday (October 22nd) friendly 
relations between their countries and voiced Skopje's and Podgorica's 
commitment to European and Euro-Atlantic integration. 

Djukanovic voiced hope that Macedonia and Greece will find soon a solution to 
their name dispute, as the issue is important to regional stability. 

(RTCG, Portal Analitika, MIA, Makfax - 22/10/10)



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[SNN] General Frazer (Canada): ICTY Hague -Muslims killed own children, blamed Serbs

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1.Bosnian Muslims killed own people to blame Serbs 
 


... Muslim positions,” Fraser ... general David Fraser told the United Nations 
war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that Bosnian Muslims 
killed their own children... serbianna.com/news/?p=6368 - ...

 

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[SNN] Karadzic and Mladic Could Still Win Bosnia's War

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surprise! NY published my note.

...  as the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek explained in a 2008 interview 
with Euronews in Sarajevo (above), international mediators handed victory 

to the extreme nationalists in Bosnia  ...

[ Not only 'nationalists' - but 'extreme' nationalists. ]

...  Then there is also the fact, in a post 9/11 world, the justifications of 
Mr. Karadzic and Mr. Mladic, who claimed in the 1990s that they were defending 
Europe’s Christian civilization, like their ancestors who fought the Turks 
centuries ago, have recently been embraced by anti-Islam culture warriors like 
Pamela Geller, who had led the opposition to a community center in Lower 
Manhattan that would contain a mosque.

As her former ally Charles Johnson  

 pointed out recently, Ms. Geller posted  

 an impassioned defense of Mr. Karadzic on her blog in July.  ...

 


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From:  jpm

Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 11:35 AM

 


 

My comment

At Christmas 1994 mujahedin came to Croat houses and ordered these Catholic 
families to take down their Christmas decorations. These are "harmful to 
Islam". Tens of thousands of Catholic Croats and Orthodox Serbs have been 
"ethnically cleansed" from Muslim dominated central Bosnia. Those remaining 
there were denied any share of UN humanitarian aid.  The leader of the 
fraudulently labelled "secular, tolerant "Bosniaks" was Alija Izetbegovic, a 
name identifying an Ottoman landlord who was authorized to exact taxes from 
infidel serfs. In Bosnian they are cxalled "raja" - cattle. Izetbegovic  
published a tract in 1970 entitled "Islamska Deklaracija /'Islamic 
Declaration",which was  re-issued in 1990, two years before the war broke out  
in Sarajevo. The key passage of the thin volume is:  “There can be no 
coexistence between  Islamic faith and non-Islamic social structures. There is, 
therefore, no secular principle...

 

The Islamic movement must and can take over  power as soon as it is morally and 
numerically strong enough, not only to destroy the non-Islamic power, but to 
build up a new Islamic one." 


 

 

 
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/in-jail-or-on-the-run-karadzic-and-mladic-could-still-win-bosnias-war/?partner=rss&emc=rss


 

October 22, 2010, 2:29 pm

 


In Jail or on the Run, Karadzic and Mladic Could Still Win Bosnia’s War

By   ROBERT MACKEY


In an interview in Sarajevo in 2008, the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek 
explained how, in ideological terms, Radozan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic actually 
won the war in Bosnia.

As my colleagues  
 Dan Bilefsky 
and Doreen Carvajal report, European countries have apparently reduced the 
pressure on Serbia’s government to arrest Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb 
general still wanted on war crimes charges by an international tribunal in The 
Hague for his part in the massacre of 8,000 men and boys after forces under his 
command seized the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995.

Even if Mr. Mladic does eventually join his wartime political leader, Radovan 
Karadzic, in The Hague, though, some close observers of the Balkans have argued 
that the extreme nationalist ideology the two men used to justify the brutal 
campaign of ethnic cleaning carried out by their Bosnian Serb Army and allied 
paramilitary groups, did ultimately rout the forces of tolerant 
multiculturalism in Bosnia.

That is partly because, as the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek explained in 
a 2008 interview with Euronews in Sarajevo (above), international mediators 
handed victory to the extreme nationalists in Bosnia by essentially accepting 
their radical argument that the country’s three main communities, of Bosnian 
Serbs, Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Muslims — which were so tightly interwoven 
before the war that about one-third of marriages were mixed — were so 
ethnically and culturally different that they could not possibly live together 
in peace.

Despite decades of peaceful coexistence that seemed to prove the contrary, and 
the fact that almost everyone in all three Bosnian groups actually shares a 
single Slavic ethnicity, European and American diplomats looking for a way to 
stop the bloodshed endorsed the idea that Mr. Karadzic and Mr. Mladic were,

[SNN] Kosovo’s masters of puppets

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Kosovo’s masters of puppets


 


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A new political crisis is ripening in Serbia’s Kosovo. The resignation of 
Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu was followed by the resignation of the 
government of Hashim Thaçi, which means that early parliamentary elections will 
be held. It also means the postponement of talks between Belgrade and Pristina 
and possibly a new allocation of forces in the Albanian camp.

According to Pristina’s newspaper Koha Ditore, Fatmir Sejdiu and Hashim Thaçi 
have agreed on “the continuation of their cooperation in the framework of the 
governmental coalition for a time being and on holding early elections”. The 
newspaper also specifies the scenario agreed by Pristina’s authorities and the 
head of the International Civil Mission in Kosovo Peter Feith, which envisages 
the disbandment of the Assembly of Kosovo after the approval of the 2011 
budget.  Koha Ditore also says that the early election may be held on January 
30, 2011, referring to the chairman of the Assembly of KosovoJakup Krasniqi, 
who is also the acting President of Kosovo. [1] However the elections may be 
held later considering that the presidential mandate of Krasniqiexpires only in 
March 2011.

Officially, neither the resignation Fatmir Sejdiu, the leader of Democratic 
League of Kosovo (LDK), nor the idea of the resignation of Hashim Thaçi, the 
leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) have strong and urgent political 
grounds.  Sejdiu had to resign after the Constitutional court had accused him 
of violating the main law of Kosovo –overlapping the positions of the president 
and the party’s chairman. According to Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Hajredin 
Kuçi,the resignation of the government and the early elections are only 
necessary for “putting together the power institutions in an official way”. The 
parliament elects Kosovo’s leader and the election of the president is a good 
excuse to re-elect the parliament without waiting for the next term for such 
elections in 2011.  

In this situation the prospects of the ruling coalition, which comprises the 
Democratic League of Kosovo led by Fatmir Sejdiu and the Democratic Party of 
Kosovo led by Hashim Thaçiare quite shaky. In an interview with the Express 
newspaper, Fatmir Rexhepi, adeputy from LDK, said that the coalition had died 
the same day Fatmir Sejdiu resigned namely on September 27.  [2] In an 
interview with Koha Ditore the leader of the Democratic League of Dardania 
Nexhat Dacimade even a tougher statement. According to him, Kosovo “would not 
have been in the current situation if the coalition of the LDK and PDK had 
acted in the interests of the country – and not in their personal or clan 
interests”. He said if the situation remains the same after the elections, 
Kosovo’s citizens will begin to leave the country». [3]

At the same time there are all grounds to assume that what is happening in 
Kosovo today is more than only “putting together the power institutions”. The 
EU leadership has already slated talks between Belgrade and Pristina. Many 
lances have been broken around this matter. Trying to justify the need for 
talks Serbian President Boris Tadic says that it is necessary to establish a 
technical cooperation with Kosovo’s authorities. Brussels regards this 
cooperation as obligatory condition for Serbia’s entry to the EU. In its turn 
the opposition believes that by acting so the Serbian authorities are paving 
the way for the recognition of Kosovo’s independence. In its recent resolution 
the oppositional Serbian radical party said that the actions of the president 
and the government of Serbia is not “a compromise with the EU” but “the 
abandonment of Kosovo and Metohija”.

This does not promises anything good to the pro-Western authorities of Serbia 
if the domestic situation becomes tenser, which is almost inevitable, if the 
Serbian delegation starts negotiations with the Cabinet of Hashim Thaçi. While 
there are no clear statements on the illegitimacy of Kosovo pseudo-independence 
any agreements between the Serbian government and the cabinet of Hashim Thaçi 
would mean the de-facto recognition of Kosovo’s independence and give the 
Serbian opposition a reason to accuse Boris Tadic and his government off 
betraying the national interests and the violation of the constitution.

 

The West understands that in this case the anti-Western and pro-Russian 
opposition may come to power in Serbia.

[SNN] Depleted Uranium: Child Cancer Rate Skyrockets In Iraq

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http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=132800

Azeri Press Agency
October 24, 2010

"Child cancer skyrocketing in Iraqi city"

Baku: The rapidly soaring child cancer rate in the southern Iraqi province of 
Basra has prompted the officials in the country to open the country’s first 
specialist cancer hospital for children in the province’s capital, APA 
reports quoting Press TV.

Since 1993, Basra province has witnessed a sharp rise in the incidence of
childhood cancer.

"Leukemia (a type of blood cancer) among children under 15 has increased by 
about four times," said Dr. Janan Hasan of the hospital inaugurated on Thursday 
in the southern port city of Basra.

Hasan went on to say that "Most [of the affected children] are high-risk cases, 
which means that they do not have a high survival rate."

"Basra's childhood leukemia rates compare unfavorably to those of neighboring 
Kuwait and nearby Oman, as well as the US and the European Union and other 
countries," said a study conducted by the University of Washington in Seattle, 
which documented the increase in the cancer rate in Basra.

A suspected source of the afflictions is the depleted uranium (DU) used by the 
invading forces.

It is reported that the United States and Britain used up to 2,000 tons of DU 
during the Iraq war.

"We observed 698 cases of childhood leukemia between 1993 and 2007, ranging
between 15 cases in the first year and 56 cases in the final year, reaching a 
peak of 97 cases in 2006," the study added.

Amid the need for drastic action for handling the crisis, the medics "still do 
not have advanced equipment, labs and many medicines. We hope to acquire them 
over time," Hasan said.



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[SNN] Ground Zero Mosque: Correcting the Non-Debate

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http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2010/10/22/ground-zero-mosque-correcting-the-non-debate/


Ground Zero Mosque: Correcting the Non-Debate 

 


by Srdja Trifkovic

Excerpts from a speech at Providence College given on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010.

Two sets of fallacies have dominated the mainstream debate about the Ground 
Zero mosque—and before we go any further, let’s get this straight: it is a 
mosque, frantic insistence by the Qusling elite to use one euphemistic misnomer 
or another notwithstanding. This means it is not merely a place of worship, but 
also a physical expression of the Mohammedan stake to a place at first, and 
eventually a symbol of Jihad’s triumph over the hated infidel—crudely visible 
in the prison bars of St. John’s Cathedral in Damascus and Hagia Sophia in 
Constantinople.

The gall of the project’s promoters is evident in its name, “Cordoba House,” 
which is not inspired by that old canard, the “Golden Age.” The mosque in 
Cordoba was built after the Muslim conquest of southern Spain. The invaders 
razed the Church of St. Vincent to erect their triumphal monument. And now a 
second Cordoba Mosque, right next to the scene of jihadist carnage, is meant to 
signify “bridge-building” and “interfaith dialogue.” Such idiocies are only 
possible in a society seriously, perhaps terminally diseased.

Most of those Americans who oppose this monstrosity do not deny the supposed 
right of the Mohammedans to go ahead with the project, but merely bemoan their 
insensitivity in insisting on the full exercise of that alleged “right,” and 
worry about the effect it will have on onter-communal relations. Those who 
support it—the current occupant of the White House and the controllers of the 
media and the academe—assert the claims of religious freedom, 
antidiscriminationism, human rights, tolerance, respect, and of course Islam’s 
peaceful benevolence. Both sides fail to grasp that the First Amendment to the 
Constitution of 1787 does not provide an abstract and absolute “freedom of 
religion.”  The purpose of the First Amendment was to prevent the imposition of 
a centrally established denomination on the states, some of which had 
established churches of their own and all of which assumed “religion” to mean 
Christianity of some kind or another. The real issue, and the real debate we 
have not had thus far, is about the nature of Islam and about the deformity of 
the post-Christian pluralist society that postulates an absolute right of 
anyone to believe in anything, and to act accordingly. If Ground -Zero Mosque 
is built, we’ll know that this society is heading for swift self-destruction…

I am not going to waste your time tonight with yet another treatise on why 
Islam is not the Religion of Peace, Tolerance, Compassion, etc, etc. We are 
beyond that. Among reasonable people, the real score on Muhammad and his 
followers is well known. It has been known for centuries. That score, however, 
no matter how calmly stated and comprehensively supported, invariably elicits 
the howls of “Islamophobia” from the neoliberal elite class. Let us therefore 
look at the formal, legally tested definition of that word, the latest addition 
to the arsenal of postmodern “phobias.” It is provided by the European Agency 
for Fundamental Rights based in Vienna. It diligently tracks the instances of 
“Islamophobia” all over the Old Continent, which it defines by eight red flags:

1. Islam is seen as a monolithic bloc, static and unresponsive to change.

2. Islam is seen as separate and “Other.”

3. Islam is seen as inferior to the West, barbaric, irrational, primitive and 
sexist.

4. Islam is seen as violent, aggressive, linked to terrorism, engaged in a 
clash of civilizations.

5. Islam is seen as a political ideology.

6. Criticisms made of the West by Islam are rejected out of hand.

7. Discriminatory practices and Muslims’ exclusion from mainstream society are 
advocated.

8. Anti-Muslim hostility is seen as natural or normal.

This definition is obviously intended to preclude any meaningful discussion of 
Islam. As it happens, each of those eight “red flags” is a reasonable and valid 
position to take:

1. That Islam is static and unresponsive to change is evident from the absence 
of an internal, orthodox critique of jihad, sharia, jizya, etc. As Clement 
Huart pointed out back in 1907, “Until the newer conceptions, as to what the 
Koran teaches as to the duty of the believer towards non-believers, have spread 
further and have more generally leavened the mass of Moslem belief and opinion, 
it is the older and orthodox standpoint on this question which must be regarded 
by non-Moslems as representing Mohammedan teaching and as guiding Mohammedan 
action.” A century later his diagnosis still stands.

2. The view of Islam as the existential foe of Europe and its civilization—its 
outré-mer offspring included—is bas