-Caveat Lector- >From FreeRepublic > **CIA/NATO + KLA*** > > > Foreign Affairs Opinion (Published) Keywords: HEROIN DEALING > Source: Janes, Wall Street Journal et al Published: July 6 > Author: Michael C. Ruppert Posted on 07/06/1999 23:14:10 PDT by > Bluegoose > > > > ***KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY AND ALBANIAN SPONSORS HAVE WELL > DOCUMENTED ROOTS IN THE HEROIN TRADE*** > > ========================================================= > > The Drug Trade is Entrenched in NATO Politics. > > An exceptional record of respected media sources from the U.S. > and Europe have documented that the Kosovo Liberation Army and > their Albanian sponsors are heroin financed organized crime > groups, struggling to dominate the flow of middle eastern heroin > into Europe and even the Eastern United States. > > The Christian Science Monitor reported on Oct 20, 1994: > > "Disrupted by the Yugoslav conflict, drug trafficking across the > Balkans is making a comeback as Albanian mafia barons carve out a > new smuggling route to Western Europe, bypassing the peninsula's > war zones, according to United Nations and other narcotics > experts." > > To document the increase in traffic through the Albanian Kosovar > region, The Monitor continued, "For example, just 14 pounds of > hard drugs were seized by Hungarian police in 1990, but by August > this year (1994), the figure has risen to 1,304 pounds." > > In describing the then evolving trade, which was coming to be > dominated by Kosovar Albanians, The Monitor added, "But European > police chiefs fear the conduit will strengthen Kosovar Albanian > drug syndicates--some of the most powerful on the > continent--whose tentacles have stretched as far as the East > coast of the United States . ." > > "From their base in Velki Trnovac in southern Serbia, dubbed the > 'Medellin of the Balkans,' Albanian mafia chiefs oversee their > European drug operation and are suspected of master-minding the > new Balkan route." > > COLOMBIA IN THE BALKANS > > The highly respected Jane's Intelligence Review from Great > Britain, went much deeper in predicting the coming crisis in a > Feb. 1, 1995 article entitled, The Balkan Medellin." > > The three paragraphs from that article are so compelling we > reprint them here in their entirety. > > "The Albanian-dominated region of western Macedonia accounts for > a disproportionate share of Macedonia's (FYROM), shrinking GDP. > This situation has strengthened Albanophobic sentiment among the > ethnic Macedonian majority, especially as a great deal of revenue > is thought to derive from Albanian narco-terrorism as well as > associated gun-running and cross-border smuggling to and from > Albania, Bulgaria and the Kosovo province of Serbia. > > "Although its extent and forms remain in dispute, this rising > Albanian economic power is helping to turn the Balkans into a hub > of criminality. > > "Previously transported to Western Europe through former > Yugoslavia heroin from Turkey, the transcaucus and points further > east is now being increasingly routed to Italy via the Black Sea, > Albania, Bulgaria and Macedonia. > > This is a development that has strengthened the Albania mafia > which is now thought to control 70% of the illegal heroin market > in Germany and Switzerland. Closely allied to the powerful > Sicilian mafia, the Albanian associates have also greatly > benefited from the presence of large numbers of mainly Kosovar > Albanians in a number of western European countries,Switzerland > alone now has over 100,000 Albanian residents. As well as > provided a perfect cover for Albanian criminals, this diaspora is > also a useful source of income for racketeers... > > If left unchecked this growing Albanian narco-terrorism could > lead to a Colombian syndrome in the Southern Balkans or the > emergence of a situation in which the Albanian mafia becomes > powerful enough to control one or more states in the region. > > In practical terms, this will involve either Albania or Macedonia > or both. Politically this is now being done by channeling growing > foreign exchange (forex) profits from narco-terrorism into local > governments and political parties." > > "In Albania, the ruling Democratic Party (DP) led by President > Sali Berisha is now widely suspected of tacitly tolerating and > even directly profiting from drug trafficking for wider > politico-economic reasons namely financing of secessionist > political parties and other groupings in Kosovo and Macedonia." > > These four-year-old evaluations along with an abundance of other > evidence of Albanian-Kosovar mafia expansion paint a whole new > picture of what is really happening in Kosovo. > > Clearly Serbia is legitimately defending itself from an organized > crime syndicate taking control of one of its provinces. > > How powerful is the Albanian mafia? Well, as far back as 1985, it > was powerful enough to frighten New York U.S. Attorney Rudy > Giulliani who, according to a Wall Street Journal story dated > September 9, was receiving special personal protection after > prosecuting a heroin case in New York City connected to a ring of > powerful Albanian traffickers. > > The Journal wrote: > > "But it is drug trafficking that has gained Albanian organized > crime the most notoriety. Some Albanians, according to federal > Drug Enforcement Agency officials are key traders in the Balkan > connection 'the Istanbul-to-Belgrade heroin route.' While less > well known than the so-called Sicilian and French connections, > the Balkan route in some years may move 24% to 40% of the U.S. > heroin supply, officials say." > > If the Albanians were moving 24% to 40% fourteen years ago then, > given their growing control over the traffic through the region, > their access to Western Europe and mobility throughout the world, > they may well control more than half of the heroin now entering > the United States and law enforcement sources indicate that they > control 75% of the heroin entering Western Europe. > > A BRILLIANT VOICE FROM CANADA > > Michael Chossudovsky, Professor of Economics at the University of > Ottawa, has written an absolutely brilliant article on the Kosovo > war which decimates, in its entirety, the U.S. governments stated > version of events and lays bare a plan to re-colonize the region > on behalf of Germany and the United States. The meticously > footnoted article sums up the entire Kosovo nightmare in one > sentence by saying "The west was relying on the KLA puppets to > rubber-stamp an agreement which would have transformed Kosovo > into an occupied territory under Western administration." > > After describing in detail the heroin-financed organized crime, > political power structure of the region, and noting carefully > that there are other organized political entities not involved in > the drug trade speaking on behalf of ethnic Albanians from > Kosovo, Chossudovsky documents the military and intelligence that > alliance between Bonn (now Berlin) and Washington to create the > KLA. > > "Since the early 1990s Bonn and Washington have joined hands in > establishing their respective spheres of influence in the > Balkans. Their intelligence agencies have also collaborated. > > According to intelligence analyst John Whitley, covert support to > the Kosovo rebel army was established between the CIA and > Germany's (BND)--The task to create and finance the KLA was > initially given to Germany." > > Giving the overall economic perspective, Chossudovsky notes the > effect of often brutal economic sanctions imposed by the IMF and > other banking institutions which so often presage a region's > descent into apparent anarchy before it's rescued by the > "benevolent" industrial powers. > > "The appication of strong 'economic medicine' under the guidance > of the Washington based Bretton Woods institutions had > contributed to wrecking Albania's banking system and > precipitating the collapse of Albania's economy. > > The resulting chaos enabled American and European transnationals > to carefully position themselves. > > Several western oil companies (some represented by Richard > Armitage) including Occidental, Shell and British Petroleum had > their eyes riveted on Albania's abundant and unexplored oil > deposits. > > Western investors were also gawking Albania;s extensive reserves > of chrome, copper, gold, nickel and platinum." > > Given these undeniable facts, and a well-documented history which > the Internet and pbulications like this will not forget, the > current propaganda and very real war being fought in Kosovo takes > on a new and unforgivable light. > > Ronald Reagan's comparison of the Contras in Central America to > American's Founding Fathers is today as comical as it is > offensive in light of what we know about the Freedom Fighters of > Afghanistan and Pakistan whom we financed with heroin from the > same fields which now supply the KLA have become terrorists who > attack embassies and target American citizens. > > The forgotten Meo tribesman of Laos, who Ted Shackley created > with heroin from the Golden Triangle are now basically > forgotten--those who survived having been resettled in the U.S. > and elsewhere. > > But the warlords remain in Washington, Berlin, London, the Golden > Triangle, the Golden Crescent, Albania and Kosovo. > > This writer has said many times and in many places that these > wars, destabilizations and "economic cleansings" are planned and > orchestrated years, even decades in advance. > > It was a bittersweet affirmation for me to read Chossudovsky's > own analysis. > > "The fate of Kosovo had already been carefully laid out prior to > the signing of the 1995 Dayton agreement. NATO had entered an > unwholesome marriage of convenience with the mafia. > > Freedom Fighters were out in place, the narcotics trade enabled > Washington and Bonn to "finance the Kosovo conflict" while the > ultimate objective of destabilizing the Belgrade government and > fully recognizing the Balkans." > > What remains to be seen is whether or not a badly misled American > publc will be willing to sacrifice the blood of her sons in this > utterly dishonest conflict. > > I read somewhere once that the historical memory of a nation > lasts only about one generation. > > Funny. Vietnam doesn't seem that long ago. > > ======================================================== > > COPYRIGHT 1998, 1999. All Rights Reserved. > > Michael C. Ruppert, Post Office Box 6061-350. 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