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> > > KERRY CAMPAIGN FINANCED BY TERRORISTS > October 18, 2004 > > http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/kerry101804.htm > > Written by: Andy Wilcoxson > > > Introduction > > John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate, is being given > money by an Albanian terrorist organization known as the Kosovo > Liberation Army (KLA or UCK in Albanian). > > The KLA is currently smuggling weapons into Kosovo as part of a plot > to attack American and other UN peacekeepers, should the UN Security > Counsel refuse their demand for Kosovo's secession from Serbia and > Montenegro. > > About the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA/UCK) > > In order to fully understand the significance of John Kerry's > involvement with the KLA it is first necessary to understand what > sort of an organization the KLA is. The KLA is a terrorist > organization with ties to Osama bin Laden and the Iranian government. > The KLA's main objective is to break Kosovo, which has been an > integral part of Serbia for centuries, away from Serbia. > > The KLA began on the radical fringe of Kosovo-Albanian politics, > originally made up of diehard Marxist-Leninists as well as by > descendants of the fascist militias raised by the Italians in World > War II. [1] > > The KLA made its military debut in February 1996 with the bombing of > several camps housing Serbian refugees from wars in Croatia and > Bosnia. [2] > > In early 1998 the KLA caught the attention of the U.S. Special Envoy > for Kosovo, Robert Gelbard. Gelbard told Agence France Presse "We > condemn very strongly terrorist actions in Kosovo. The UCK is, > without any questions, a terrorist group." [3] > > The KLA has been credibly linked to the notorious terrorist Osama bin > Laden. In 1999 The Washington Times obtained intelligence documents > that showed what is described as a 'link' between bin Laden, and the > KLA --including a common staging area in Tropoje, Albania, a center > for Islamic terrorists. The reports said bin Laden's al-Qaeda > organization has both trained and financially supported the KLA. [4] > > In 1998 Fatos Klosi, the head of SHIK, the Albanian intelligence > service, told London's Sunday Times newspaper that Bin Laden had > visited Albania himself. His was one of several fundamentalist groups > that had sent units to fight in Kosovo, Klosi said. [5] > > In 2002 the U.S. State Department issued a report giving Iran the > dubious distinction of being "the most active state sponsor of > terrorism." Their report went on to report that Iran's Islamic > Revolutionary Guard Corps and Ministry of Intelligence and Security > were involved in the planning of and support for terrorist acts and > continued to exhort a variety of groups that use terrorism to pursue > their goals. [6] > > The Jerusalem Post reported that Iranian Revolutionary Guardsmen were > training the KLA in 1998. The newspaper said that "Selected groups of > Albanians were sent to Iran to study that country's version of > militant Islam." The same article went on to report that "millions of > dollars have been funneled through Bosnia and Albania to buy arms for > the KLA. The money is raised from both Islamic governments and from > Islamic communities in Western Europe, particularly Germany." [7] > > Yossef Bodansky, the Director of the U.S. House Congressional Task > Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, wrote a report for the > magazine Defense and Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy saying that "In > the Fall of 1997, the uppermost leadership in Tehran ordered the IRGC > [Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps] High Command to launch a major > program for shipping large quantities of weapons and other military > supplies to the Albanian clandestine organizations in Kosovo. > [Ayatollah] Khamene'i's instructions specifically stipulated that the > comprehensive military assistance was aimed to enable the Muslims 'to > achieve the independence' of the province of Kosovo." > > Bodansky's article corroborates the Jerusalem Post's account. He > wrote that in 1997 "the Iranians began sending promising Albanian and > UCK commanders for advanced military training in al-Quds [special] > forces and IRGC camps in Iran." [8] > > In addition to the direct financing that the KLA receives from > Islamic terror organizations, the organization also relies on funds > raised by the Albanian mafia. [9] > > The Baltimore Sun, citing western intelligence officials, reported > that part of the KLA's funding comes from "powerful Albanian mafia > organizations that deal in narcotics, prostitution and arms smuggling > across Europe." [10] > > The London Times reported that the KLA was "an outgrowth of the > Kosovo Albanian mafia." Their report said, "these Kosovan criminals > operate the most powerful drug-running network in Europe." [11] > > According to police in the Czech Republic, Kosovo Albanian drug > traffickers fund the KLA with proceeds from the heroin trade. "Kosovo > Albanian drug smugglers have become a major phenomenon," said Jiri > Komorous, head of the Czech Republic's national narcotics police, who > added that his heroin division "spends about 80 percent of its time" > on Kosovar drug gangs. [12] > > Interpol estimates that Kosovo Albanians may control 40 percent of > the European heroin trade. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the > Czech Republic, they may have as much as 70 percent of the market, > according to the estimates. [13] > > In addition to drug trafficking. The KLA kidnaps women and young > girls and forces them into prostitution. > > During NATO's 1999 bombardment of Yugoslavia, which resulted in the > exodus of hundreds of thousands of Kosovo refugees, the KLA robbed > refugee families and forced refugee girls into prostitution. > > According to the London Times, "Reports from Macedonia and Albania > confirm that KLA 'minders' [inside the refugee camps] ensure that all > refugees peddle the same line when speaking to Western journalists. > KLA gangsters rob them of any remaining cash. And KLA pimps driving > Mercedes kidnap refugee girls for prostitution in Italy." [14] > > The Albanian mafia's involvement in prostitution is huge. In 2001 The > Economist, citing an internal British Home Office briefing, reported > that "Albanians or Kosovars now control 'around 70%' of massage > parlors in Soho. That ties in with a report last year [2000] by the > National Criminal Intelligence Service, which noted a long-term > threat from organized Albanian gangs who run immigration and > prostitution rackets across Western Europe to pursue their goals." > > The article says that there is "little the police can do. They say > that immigrant sex workers refuse to testify because the gangs > threaten reprisals against the women's loved ones. Since these groups > operate internationally, the British police cannot protect the > families of the workers. They are powerless against such > intimidation." > > Paul Holmes, who heads London's Metropolitan Police's Vice Unit > says "All our intelligence and evidential experience is that these > women are being used, effectively as sexual slaves, by ruthless, > exploitative pimps." Tackling prostitution is harder than ever. But > it is not the sex that is the problem. It is the slavery. [15] > > The Albanian mafia has become extremely powerful as a world-wide > criminal force. The effects of the Albanian mafia are even being felt > in the United States where they are taking over organized crime. > > The FBI says, thousands of Albanians and others who fled the Balkans > for the United States in recent years have emerged as a serious > organized crime problem, threatening to displace La Cosa Nostra (LCN) > families as kingpins of U.S. crime. [16] > > According to Chris Swecker, the head of the FBI's criminal division, > Albanian gangsters have already seized control of some rackets from > New York Mafia families. [17] > > John Kerry and the KLA > > The leader of the KLA is a man named Hashim Thaci. Thaci, who goes > under the nom de guerre "Snake," attended the Democratic Party's > convention in Boston earlier this year. > > Upon returning from the convention, Thaci told the Albanian-Language > KosovaLive agency, "It was a very successful visit at the Democratic > Convention, where the PDK [Thachi's political party] had been invited > as a guest. It was confirmed once again that the Democratic > authorities would recognize and respect the will of the people of > Kosova for self-determination" [18] > > In addition to the KLA leader's attendance at the Democratic > Convention was the presence of KLA members at a John Kerry fundraiser > in New York. > > In September, the Dutch Television station VPRO produced a > documentary entitled "De Brooklyn Connectie." This documentary > follows a KLA terrorist named Florin Kraniqi as he attends a John > Kerry fundraiser, and then smuggles weapons into Kosovo for a war > that is being planned against American and other UN Peacekeepers > there. > > The video can be downloaded from the VPRO website at: > > http://www.vpro.nl/programma/tegenlicht/afleveringen/18793157/ > > Kraniqi lives in Brooklyn, where he allegedly works as a roofer; > although his big house, his shiny new car, and his swimming pool, > suggest that he makes money in other ways. > > The first few minutes of the video consist of Kraniqi praising the > KLA and accusing the Serbs. > > At the 11:08 mark of the video, he goes to a John Kerry fundraiser > together with a group of KLA members. They are shown writing checks > to the Kerry campaign for thousands of dollars each. > > While at the fundraiser, they openly identify themselves as the KLA. > Kraniqi is seen introducing himself and his brothers-in-arms to > Wesley Clark (Commander of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, and former > Democratic presidential candidate). Kraniqi says, "Mr. Clark. This is > your group, your KLA." Clark then praises the group saying, "They > fought against tremendous odds." > > Then, Richard Holbrooke (Kerry's Sr. Foreign Policy Adviser), who > apparently knows one of the terrorists, comes over and jokingly > says, "He almost got me killed." To which Kraniqi quips, "He would > not let his Kalashnikov go. He will keep his Kalashnikov." Then > Holbrooke, Clark, and this group of KLA terrorists all have a good > laugh. > > It is rather disturbing to see these high officials in the Democratic > Party having such a relaxed and friendly exchange with a group of > terrorists, eventhough they have just given thousands of dollars to > John Kerry's campaign. > > Kraniqi makes clear that he expects a quid-pro-quo for his donation. > He says, "With money you can do amazing things in this country. > Senators and congressmen are looking for donations. If you fund them > and raise the money they need for their campaign they pay you back." > > At the 29:03 mark of the video, Kraniqi visits a gun store and > purchases weapons to use in Kosovo. From this point forward you get > to see how the KLA smuggles weapons into Kosovo, disguising them as > humanitarian aid and so forth. > > Near the end of the video, at the 46:00 mark, you finally learn why > the KLA has been smuggling all of those weapons into Kosovo. The > Dutch TV reporter says, "In Pristina I talked to the NATO spokesman > and he told me that he was very successful in disarming the > Albanians." > > Kraniqi laughs and replies, "It's a NATO propaganda. No one ever is > going to disarm Albanians. There is no way. No NATO, no one is going > to disarm Albanians. [...] NATO can collect a few arms. But most > Albanians in Kosovo are very well armed. Just incase NATO pulls out, > or we don't get our independence peacefully then we'll use those > weapons." > > Because the video has been edited, the end of this conversation is > way back at the 4:08 mark (you can tell that it is part of the same > conversation because he is standing in front of the same wall, in the > same lighting conditions, and wearing the same clothes). > > The Dutch Reporter asks: "It's going to be war?" > > Kraniqi replies: "Hope not, but if it is were ready; if not this > spring then the next one. If Kosova does not get its independence > there will be a war." > > In case you are unaware of this fact, the only ones in Kosovo that > the KLA can have a war with are the UN peacekeeping troops, which > include Americans. The Serbs all withdrew in 1999 after the NATO > bombing. > > This is not such a thinly veiled threat, Kraniqi is saying that if > the KLA does not get its way then it will attack the UN Troops who > are stationed in Kosovo, and those UN troops include Americans. > > These terrorists have already shown that they are not afraid to > attack the UN. In September, UCK sniper attacks on UN vehicles forced > the UN to stop using the Kosovska Mitrovica-Leposavic road between > 9:00 PM and 6:00 AM. [19] > > Conclusion > > The KLA is clearly a terrorist organization. It is backed by Islamic > terror organizations. It is linked both to Osama bin Laden and to the > Government of Iran. It is heavily involved in drug trafficking and > forced prostitution. > > The KLA is directly threatening the safety of American personnel > stationed in Kosovo. They're smuggling weapons in for a war against a > UN force that includes Americans, and they're so brazen that they'll > do for everybody to see on Dutch national TV. > > John Kerry, who was on the Senate Intelligence Committee from 1993 > until 2000, must know who the KLA is, but he clearly doesn't care. > > Instead of condemning the KLA, Kerry takes money from them. And > instead of distancing itself from the KLA, Kerry's party invites the > KLA's leader to come to their convention in Boston. > > The United States of America, was brutally attacked by terrorists on > 9/11, we are in a life or death struggle against terrorism, and here > is John Kerry taking money from terrorists; if there was ever anybody > that we needed to keep out of the White House it's John Kerry. > > Footnotes > > [1] "Fog of War -- Coping With the Truth About Friend and Foe: > Victims Not Quite Innocent," New York Times, March 28, 1999 > > [2] Jane's Intelligence Review, October 1, 1996 > > [3] Agence France Presse, February 23, 1998 > > [4] "KLA Rebels Train in Terrorist Camps: Bin Laden Offers Training > Too," Washington Times, May 4, 1999, pg. A1 > > [5] "Bin Laden opens European terror base in Albania," The Sunday > Times (London), November 29, 1998, Sunday > > [6] FORM item 9, U.S. Department of State , Patterns of Global > Terrorism -2002, dtd April 30, 2003 > > [7] "Kosovo Seen as New Islamic Bastion," Jerusalem Post, September > 14, 1998 > > [8] "Italy Becomes Iran's New Base for Terrorist Operations," by > Yossef Bodansky, Defense and Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy > (London), February 1998 > > [9] "Albanian Mafia, This Is How It Helps The Kosovo Guerrilla > Fighters," Corriere della Sera (Milan, Italy), October 15, 1998 > > [10] "Speculation Plentiful, Facts Few About Kosovo Separatist > Group," Baltimore Sun, March 6, 1998 > > [11] "In spontaneously opening our hearts to these Kosovan refugees, > we are opening our country to organised criminality," The Times > (London), May 6, 1999, Thursday > > [12] "A New Drug Route is Traced to the Old Balkans Anarchy" The > Boston Globe, June 3, 2001, Sunday, Pg. A14 > > [13] Ibid. > > [14] "In spontaneously opening our hearts to these Kosovan refugees, > we are opening our country to organised criminality," The Times > (London), May 6, 1999, Thursday > > [15] "Prostitution: SoHopeless; Albanian organised crime dominates > prostitution in Soho" The Economist - June 21, 2001 > > [16] "FBI: Albanian mobsters 'new Mafia'," CNN, August 18, 2004 > > [17] "Hunt for 'terrorism nexus' changes how FBI handles crime," USA > Today - August 19, 2004 > > [18] "Thaci Says US Democrats Support Self-Determination of People of > Kosova," KosovaLive - Wednesday, August 4, 2004 [FBIS Document # FBIS- > EEU-2004-0805] > > [19] "UN Pulls Out of Night-Time Use of Kosovo Road For Security > Reasons" BBC Monitoring, September 24, 2004 - FoNet news agency, > Belgrade, in Serbian 1151 gmt 23 Sep 04 > > > > > > > Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om |