www.g2.wnd.com Double-standards in Balkans
Copyright © 2006 Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin NEW WORLD DISORDER Double-standards in Balkans West promote Muslim independence, Christian dependence Publishing Date: 09.04.06 16:44 At the same time Western powers are doing everything to promote the secession of the Albanian Muslim-majority Kosovo province from Serbia, they are supporting the extinguishing of the last vestiges of autonomy for the Serb entity, Republika Srpska, in neighboring Bosnia, which has a Muslim plurality. On March 31, 2006, the Bosnia-Herzegovina Constitutional Court considered the request of the Bosnian Muslim president of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Joint Presidency, Sulejman Tihic, for an assessment of the constitutionality of the flag, seal, anthem, religious and secular state holidays of Republika Srpska. The court ruled Articles 2 and 3 of the Republika Srpska Constitutional Law on the Flag, Seal and Anthem are not in accordance with the BiH Constitution, specifically, the section relating to the International Convention on Discontinuation of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Republika Srpska National Assembly has been ordered to harmonize the cited provisions with the BiH Constitution within six months from the date of the publication of this decision in the Bosnia-Herzegovina Official Gazette. While the decision also applied to the symbols of Bosnia’s other two constituent peoples, the Croats and the Muslims, the target is clear. Krstan Simic, a member of the Republika Srpska Representative Team before the BiH Constitutional Court, said this decision by the BiH Constitutional Court was both expected and unexpected. "I would be more concerned by the position of Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) representatives in the process who were insisting on the annulment of everything associated with the history and articulating the existence of Serbs in this region," added Simic. The decision was passed with the help of Western appointed foreign judges sitting on the Bosnian Constitutional Court, with the votes of the 3 foreign judges and 2 Bosnian Muslim judges overruling the 4 total votes of the Christian Serb and Croatian judges. At the same time, the black double-headed eagle of the Kosovo Albanians hangs from all of Kosovo’s U.N.-supported institutions, and the Albanians are receiving open Western support for their independence drive during the current “final status” talks on the province, chaired by Marti Ahtisaari, appointed to the task by U.N. General Secretary, Kofi Annan. The goal of the asymmetrical approach is to minimize the chances of Bosnian Serbs asking for independence from Bosnia should Albanians be granted independence from Serbia. And the best way of doing this is to take away all the possible markings of potential statehood from Republika Srpska, the Serb entity. The president of Republika Srpska, Dragan Cavic, stated that the decision of the BiH Constitutional Court is a ”serious blow to political relations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and that it completely radicalizes all political relations, awakens distrust among the citizens and does not contribute to the stabilization but to the destabilization of relations.” Republika Srpska prime minister Milorad Dodik said that the BiH Constitutional Court does not have jurisdiction in this matter. "Regardless of what the decision is, for the Republika Srpska government it is not one that can be implemented. If they think that they can make decisions in this way, that's their problem," said Dodik. He added that the Republika Srpska government will not debate this issue but that no one can throw out the flag and seal in his office. It is apparent that, in trying to smooth the Kosovo Albanians’ drive to independence, Western diplomats are willing to risk the destabilization of a neighboring state. Apparently, certain Western circles consider it of paramount importance to establish another Muslim-dominated state in the Balkans, at any cost. Back in February 1992, U.S. ambassador Warren Zimmerman, talked the then-Bosnian president, Alija Izetbegovic, to withdraw his signature from the so-called Lisbon Plan, which was an agreement of Bosnia’s 3 constituent peoples to reach a peaceful solution based on federalization of the republic. Zimmerman was quoted as saying that he thought that Izetbegovic, an open Muslim fundamentalist, “could get a better deal.” The present policy seems a continuation of the same, seeking to secure a “better deal” for radical Islamic interests in the region. -- G2B contributor Aleksandar Pavic =============== Group Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] page at http://magazine.sorabia.net for more informations about current situation in Serbia http://www.sorabia.net Slusajte GLAS SORABIJE nas talk internet-radio (Serbian Only) http://radio.sorabia.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
