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by Diana Johnstone

Disturbing similarities between NATO intervention in Serbia 1999 and Libya 2011

Less than a dozen years after NATO bombed Yugoslavia into pieces, detaching the province of Kosovo from Serbia, there are signs that the military alliance is gearing up for another victorious little “humanitarian war”, this time against Libya. The differences are, of course, enormous. But let’s look at some of the disturbing similarities. As “the new Hitler”, the man you love to hate and need to destroy, emerges Gaddafi. Back in the 90's it was Slobodan Milosevic. The media had less than a decade to turn Milosevic into a monster, whereas with Gaddafi, they’ve been at it for several decades. As with Kosovo, the crisis in Libya is perceived by the hawks as an opportunity to assert power. By putting aside the U.N.'s antiquated rules, the United States can "save lives, improve global welfare, and serve its own national interests at the same time". An internal conflict between a government and armed rebels is being cast as a “humanitarian crisis” in which one side only, the government, is assumed to be “criminal”. This a priori criminalization is expressed by calling on an international judicial body to examine crimes which are assumed to have been committed, or about to be committed. It is crystal clear how the International Criminal Court is being used to set the stage for eventual military intervention. The ICC can be used by the West to get around the risk of a Security Council veto for military action. “The Kosovo war” set NATO on the endless path it now pursues in Afghanistan. There is again "We must do something to prevent genocide" Chorus. The mass of refugees fleeing Kosovo as NATO began its bombing campaign was used to justify that bombing, without independent investigation into the varied causes of that temporary exodus – a main cause probably being the bombing itself. Today, from the way media report on the large number of refugees leaving Libya since the troubles began, the public could get the impression that they are fleeing persecution by Gaddafi. As is frequently the case, media focuses on the superficial image without seeking explanations. A bit of reflection may fill the information gap. It is hardly likely that Gaddafi is chasing away the foreign workers that his regime brought to Libya to carry out important infrastructure projects. Rather it is fairly clear that some of the “democratic” rebels have attacked the foreign workers out of pure xenophobia. Another resemblance between former Yugoslavia and Libya is that the United States (and its NATO allies) once again end up on the same side as their old friend from Afghan Mujahidin days, Osama bin Laden. Osama bin Laden was a discreet ally of the Islamist party of Alija Izetbegovic during the Bosnia civil war (which resulted in creation of white Al-Qaeda), a fact that has been studiously overlooked by the NATO powers. Of course, Western media have largely dismissed Gaddafi’s current claim that he is fighting against bin Laden as the ravings of a madman. However, the combat between Gaddafi and bin Laden is very real and predates the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Libyan Islamist Group was formed in 1995 by veterans of the U.S.-sponsored fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Their declared aim was to overthrow Gaddafi in order to establish a radical Islamist state. As Serbia did in the 90's, Lybia is now fighting Al-Qaeda but that fact makes no difference to NATO. In 1999, the United States was eager to use the Kosovo crisis to give NATO’s new “out of area” mission its baptism of fire. The charade of peace talks at Rambouillet was scuttled by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. In Libya, the situation could be even worse. Libya is not a populous historic state with thousands of years of history, a strong sense of national identity and a long political culture. Half a century ago, it was one of the poorest countries in the world, and still has not fully emerged from its clan structure. Gaddafi, in his own eccentric way, has been a modernizing factor, using oil revenues to raise the standard of living to one of the highest on the African continent. The opposition to him comes, paradoxically, both from reactionary traditional Islamists on the one hand, who consider him a heretic for his relatively progressive views, and Westernized beneficiaries of modernization on the other hand, who are embarrassed by the Gaddafi image and want still more modernization. So far, the dogs of war are sniffing around for more bloodshed than has actually occurred. Indeed, the US escalated the Kosovo conflict in order to “have to intervene”, and the same risks happening now with regard to Libya, where Western ignorance of what they would be doing is even greater.
The Chavez proposal for neutral mediation to avert catastrophe is the way of wisdom. But in NATOland, the very notion of solving problems by peaceful mediation rather than by force seems to have evaporated.

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As demonstrations sweep across the Arab world, Western governments are supporting the call for change. However, is it a call for change or is it actually a call for regimes they want in power? The protestors across the Arab world hoping to topple dictators in the quest for democracy may find that their choice may not be as free as they had hoped for, with a meddling hand from afar still pulling the strings. The situation in Libya is much different than that in Tunisia or Egypt. The rebels (peaceful protesters), who include mutinous army forces, are armed with tanks, machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. The only advantage Gadhafi has is his air force. International pressure to end the crackdown has escalated dramatically in the past few days. The U.S. moved naval and air forces closer to Libya on Monday and said all options were open, including patrols of the North African nation's skies to protect its citizens from their ruler. France said it would fly aid to the opposition-controlled eastern half of the country. The European Union imposed an arms embargo and other sanctions, following the lead of the U.S. and the U.N. The EU was also considering the creation of a no-fly zone over Libya. And the U.S. and Europe were freezing billions in Libya's foreign assets. "Gadhafi has lost the legitimacy to govern, and it is time for him to go without further violence or delay," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. "Would anyone leave his homeland? Why would I leave Libya?" Gadhafi replied. He invited the United Nations and any other organization to come to Libya and do a "fact finding mission" and questioned how they could freeze assets, impose sanctions and an arms embargo, and implement a travel ban based purely on media reports alone. Regarding reports that aerial bombardments had been used against protesters, Gadhafi (aka Ghadafi / Gaddafi / Khaddafy) said they did not happen and that they had only bombed military and ammunition depots. Gadhafi blamed Al-Qaeda for encouraging young people to seize arms from military installations. He said the people who have taken over Benghazi in eastern Libya are terrorists and Al-Qaeda operatives. He doesn't believe people are demonstrating against him anywhere in Libya, and repeated the charge that those who are have been given hallucinogenic drugs, a claim he first made in his televised speech broadcast last week. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned Western countries against attempts of meddling in the Arab world to try to impose democracy. “Today, we say we're concerned about things happening in Libya. But the North African cell of Al-Qaeda is also concerned about what is happening in Libya. Do you think this is a coincidence?” the Russian PM asked. The influence of Al-Qaeda and jihadist networks all over the Muslim world should not be underestimated. Now when we have revolutions rolling over the Arab world, one country after another, some of those countries are pretty rich in mineral resources, oil and gas and of course have cash . These recourses can easily be used by terrorists to stage attacks of an unprecedented scale. It is really hard to determine whether the ongoing crisis in the Arab world is actually democratization. There is a big dilemma for the West regarding North African and Middle Eastern unrest, as on the one hand they want democracy to be established there, but on the other, they also want a state that will be friendly to the Western powers. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez claims U.S. criticism of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has a clear aim: military invasion. "Let's not get carried away by the drums of war, because the United States, I am sure that they are exaggerating and distorting things to justify an invasion," Chavez said Monday. "Instead of sending Marines and tanks and planes, why don't we send a goodwill commission to try to help so that they do not continue killing in Libya? They are our brothers," he said in a speech televised on the government-run network....

Just a week ago 29 peaceful demonstrators were killed in Iraq by a government propped up by thousands of US troops there. In Bahrain, demonstrators have been rioting for weeks, and authorities are firing tear gas and shooting on protestors. The US has not come out and said anything in either case, probably because of its troops in Iraq and the huge Navy base for its Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. Just a few weeks ago hundreds of peaceful demonstrators in Egypt were killed by police forces and the response from Washington was a call for restraint on both sides, without any mention of international intervention. Today, when forces loyal to Muammar Ghadafi have to deal with protestors armed with Kalashnikovs, RPGs and highjacked tanks, the international community intellectualizes on “stopping Ghadafi firing at his people”. To conclude why would USA be funding revolutions all over the world? To destabilise the former governments and then to usher in new one’s and all under the guise of a “people’s” revolution. The truth being what is happening now in North Africa and the Middle East is not a genuine revolution by the people, one the face of it is, they are being used as pawns to destabilise the governments in region so that new “pro Islamic” Muslim brotherhood governments can be formed in order to create an Islamic revival and to form the next big “enemy” for the west. Stage then would be set for military intervention and securing strategic recourses such as oil. Any NATO operation in Africa would be also a major step toward becoming an "international security guarantor". It must be noted that NATO’s Secretary General has repeatedly stressed that NATO would not interfere in the situation in Libya unless the UN adopts a resolution to do so. Getting such a document, however, looks like an impossible task because Russia and China have already vehemently opposed any kind of outside interference in Libya and say the resolution will definitely be vetoed.
Western politicians are also playing a “weapons of mass destruction” card, saying the Libyan regime might have stockpiles of chemical weapons, despite the fact that Libya officially refused to continue the development of chemical weapons and signed international treaties accordingly. In any case, possible external military interference in Libya might seriously damage the relationship between the Arab world and the West.

OIL

Libya is not the only African nation in turmoil. Somalia’s drawn-out conflict has been called ‘a slow genocide’ and it is a similar story on the other side of the continent (Ivory Coast). But there’s little sign of US or European military input. Why? Because of oil. You think NATO would be in Iraq if the major export there was broccoli? Libya, a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), holds the largest proven oil reserves in Africa, followed by Nigeria and Algeria. Libya has 63 years of oil reserves at current production rates if no new reserves were to be found. Libya is considered a highly attractive oil area due to its low cost of oil production (as low as $1 per barrel at some fields), and proximity to European markets. Libya's oil industry is run by the state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC). Rebels in eastern Libya said on Friday they now controlled most of the oil fields east of the town of Ras Lanuf, and said they would honour oil deals. Many of Libya's key oil producing areas and terminals are located in the east of the OPEC member state, large chunks of which have fallen to rebels seeking to oust veteran leader Muammar Ghadafi.

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Nakon protesta koji su doveli do smene režima u Tunisu i krvavih nemira u Egiptu koji su uzrokovali Mubarakovu ostavku, na red je došla i Amerika. Da li je u pitanju spontani „domino efekat“ koji je uzrokovan nezadovoljstvom naroda socijalnim i društvenim nepravdama ili je tu posredi i nešto mnogo više, odnosno uplitanje stranog faktora koji možda predstavlja i ključni aspekt čitave problematike koja je vezana za proteste koji potresaju severnu Afriku, Arabijsko poluostrvo i Ameriku?

by Cpt Obvious, CNNN anchor in Washington

Prema najnovijim, nezvaničnim informacijama pristiglim sa društvene mreže facebook, talas protesta koji trenutno potresa arapski svet, proširio se i na američki kontinent. Naime, domorodačko stanovništvo Južne i Severne Dakote u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, koje decenijama živi na rubu egzistencije, nezadovoljno socijalnim i društvenim nepravdama, izašlo je na ulice tražeći da predsednik Obama odmah podnese neopozivu ostavku. Mirni demonstranti su naišli na žestok otpor specijalnih antiterorističkih snaga za brzo delovanje, lojalnih američkom predsedniku. Naoružane pristalice Obame su upotrebom nesrazmerne sile razbile demonstracije i potisnule civile dublje u indijanski rezervat. Amaterski snimci sa YouTube-a svedoče o brutalnosti odgovora režima na opravdani revolt siromašnih indijanaca koji su samo tražili da se poštuje njihovo pravo da žive kao sav normalan svet. Aktivisti Human Rights Watch-a šalju prve izveštaje o desetinama pa i stotinama mrtvih i/ili povređenih demonstranata. Gore kazina i prodavnice alkohola širom rezervata a postoje glasine da se domorodačko stanovništvo samoorganizovalo i domoglo lukova i strela iz obližnjih prodavnica suvenira i antikvarnica. Za sada se UN nisu zvanično oglasile povodom najnovijih nemilih događaja u SAD a iz sveta je jedino stiglo reagovanje vođe kubanske revolucije, Fidel Kastra, koji je osudio upotrebu tenkova i nevidljivih bombardera na suzbijanju mirnih demonstracija i pozvao predsednika Obamu da popusti zahtevima naroda i napusti kontinent. Domoroci, koji su nekada predstavljali većinu u SAD sa 80 miliona duša, danas broje manje od 800 hiljada, žive u getu na neobradivoj zemlji, svakodnevno se boreći za opstanak na marginama američkog načina života, stopa nezaposlenosti im se jedino može porediti sa procentom samoubistava a prosečni životni vek u indijanskom rezervatu je 50 godina.

KO će naslediti Obamu?

Predsednik Mubarak Obama, koji sebe naziva demokratski izabranim liderom slobodnog sveta, je još pre par godina svetu obećao promene koje nikada nije sproveo u delo. Sumnja se da je upravo on, jedan od glavnih krivaca za globalnu ekonomsku krizu koja je i dovela do domino efekta pada diktatorskih režima širom sveta. Narod sumnja da je nedavnim reformama u zdravstvu, ovaj polu crnac sumnjivog porekla i veroispovesti, opravdao najcrnje slutnje većine Amerikanaca i dokazao da je on, ništa drugo do obična komunjara. Upotrebom prekomerne sile nad mirnim demonstrantima, samozvani predsednik je izgubio legitimitet i pravo da upravlja državom i narodom koji to više ne želi da trpi. Predugo se ćutalo o genocidu nad domorodačkim plemenima severne Amerike, o zločinima u Avganistanu, Gvantanamu, tajnim zatvorima CIA-e, meksičkim emigrantima, pravima afričkih Amerikanaca, klimatskim promenama i Zoni 51. Američki predsednik mora da ode danas a prazna obećanja o hitnoj isporuci brze hrane, goriva i ćebadi rezervatima, malo su stigla prekasno.
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Pumapunku, also called “Puma Pumku” or “Puma Puncu”, is part of a large temple complex or monument group that is part of the Tiwanaku Site near Tiwanaku, Bolivia. In Aymara, its name means, “The Door of the Cougar”. The processes and technologies involved in the creation of these temples are still not fully understood by modern scholars. Even today, with all the modern advances in engineering and mathematics, we could not fashion such a structure. Our current ideas of the Tiwanaku culture hold that they had no writing system and also that the invention of the wheel was most likely unknown to them. The architectural achievements seen at Pumapunku are striking in light of the presumed level of technological capability available during its construction. Due to the monumental proportions of the stones, the method by which they were transported to Pumapunku has been a topic of interest since the temple's discovery. The initial construction of the Pumapunku dates at AD 536–600. At its peak, Pumapunku is thought to have been “unimaginably wondrous,” adorned with polished metal plaques, brightly colored ceramic and fabric ornamentation, trafficked by costumed citizens, elaborately dressed priests and elites decked in exotic jewelry. The Tiwanaku civilization and the use of these temples appears to some to have peaked from around 700 AD to 1000 AD, by which point the temples and surrounding area may have been home to some 400,000 people. It is hard to imagine how the ruins of Pumapunku did not come to be known as one of the wonders of the world like the Great Pyramid. Spectacular in its own right, the Great Pyramid is, yet it pales in comparison to the ruins of Pumapunku in Tiahuanaco, in South America.
Even with modern day technology and information, these structures defy logic, and confound those who seek to solve the mysteries that lie within them. The ruins of Pumapunku are said to be the most fascinating, and most confusing of all. Several construction blocks at the site weigh between 100 and 150 tons, some even more. The quarry for these giant blocks was on the western shore of Titicaca, some ten miles away. There is no known technology in all the ancient world that could have transported stones of such massive weight and size up a steep incline from a quarry to the sacred mountain. Closer inspection shows that these stone blocks have been fabricated with a very advanced technology. Even more surprising is the technical design of these blocks. All blocks fit together like puzzle , forming load-bearing joints without the use of mortar. All pieces look like they were pre-fabricated. They "click" into each other just like modern pre-fabricated building blocks. Stacked and "clicked" into each other they form walls, some four levels high. Many of the joints are so precise that not even a razor blade will fit between the stones. The cuts on these stones are perfectly straight. The holes cored into these stones are perfect, and all of equal depth. Notable features at Pumapunku are I-shaped architectural cramps, which are composed of a unique copper-arsenic-nickel bronze alloy. Some blocks in Pumapunku are made up of granite, and diorite, and the only stone that is harder that those two, is the diamond. If the people who built this place cut these stones using stone cutting techniques, then they would had to have used diamond tools. Such a discovery flies directly in the face of all our concepts of the construction skills of the ancients. With no previous examples of masonry at such a sophisticated level, nor on such great scale leaves one to wonder at the confidence and skills of their designers and masons...Subscribe in a reader

A student-led Serbian uprising,Otpor! (Serbian Cyrillic: Otpor!,English: Resistance!) led to the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević(murdered later in Hague Tribunal) in 2000. The campaign–almost entirely obstructive program–was carefully planned with assistance from Gene Sharp and his colleagues. Additionally, information started to appear during this time about substantial outside help, both in funds and logistics, which "Otpor" received leading up to the revolution. A group of activists made one trip to neighbouring Hungary in June 2000 to attend a lecture by retired US Army Col. Robert Helvey, a colleague of Sharp, who was later portrayed as the "creator" of Otpor, although the movement had already reached its peak when the lecture took place. Otpor was also a recipient of substantial funds from U.S. government affiliated organizations such as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), International Republican Institute (IRI), and US Agency for International Development (USAID).
­There was Georgia’s Rose Revolution in 2003, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004, the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan in 2005 and the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon in 2005. Similar opposition rebellions were attempted in Uzbekistan in 2005, in Armenia in 2008, in Moldova in 2009, and several in 2010: in Iran, in Thailand and finally in Belarus in December. Next it was the turn of Tunisia and then Egypt. Who's next? Yemen, Syria, Algeria... Iran. “If you look more closely, you look at the so-called people who are leading this, are being coached. And they're being coached by the US Intelligence Services, the same way the Orange Revolution was in Ukraine or the Rose Revolution with Saakashvili in Georgia,” /revealed author and researcher William Enghdal.
A string of revolutions – some bloodless, some not – rocked the post-Soviet space at the beginning of the 21st century. There were a number of common factors: an uprising against the regime, rooted in a popular dissatisfaction with standards of living, and also a unifying theme for the protesters. Hence the collective name “color revolutions”. Analysts recall the similarities in the color revolutions where youth groups were energized, rock bands lined up, and laser shows put on. The movements were marketed as cool. Amazingly, their outcomes have been quite similar too. Six years ago on Ukrainian capital Kiev’s Independence Square was the birthplace of the Orange Revolution. It promised a new dawn and major changes for the country, but ultimately all aspirations came to nothing. Poverty and corruption increased, the country is now divided by ideological issues. Nothing changed for the better, only for the worse. Viktor Yushchenko, the revolutionary hero [who became Ukrainian president in the aftermath of the revolution] got only five per cent of the votes at the next presidential election. The lowest result for an acting president in the world. It was a similar story in Georgia, where the heady optimism of the Rose Revolution soon gave way to disappointment and eventually to mass protests. Their anger with President Saakashvili was met with a response that was all too familiar, as gas grenades and water cannons were used to quell the unrest. Washington’s formula for regime change underwent a makover in the 1980s. In a bid to ensure US political and economic interests were safeguarded, CIA backed coup d’états ousted democratically elected leaders from Iran to Chile. In their place were brutal dictatorships and governments that committed heinous crimes against their people. By the 1980s, the reign of terror that blazed across Latin America was too much for most people to stomach. From death squads to torture chambers and various massacres, the Latin American generals who trained in the US to spread democracy around the world quickly gained reputations for major human rights abuses. To replace the overt support for dictatorships, a new concept for regime change was born; one that sounds and looks better – democracy promotion. The concept of democracy promotion is simple; finance, train, and politically back local opposition forces around the world that support the American agenda. Experts agree that it may take some time before the world sees whether or not the revolts in Tunisia and Egypt will change things for the better in these countries. Just as they have a common opinion that if these uprisings flop, Europe will be the first to suffer from waves of immigrants. What is going on in the Middle East with the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia that we saw a few days ago, and now in Egypt with Mubarak in his 80s, and obviously a regime that is not exactly the most stable one, we have a food crisis taking place as a backdrop and the IMF coming and telling these countries to eliminate their state food subsidies so you have, of course, the explosive background for popular unrest. Within that you have these NGOs, like Freedom House, training activists and trade unions and various other organizations to demand democracy, demand human rights and so forth. Lawrence Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell said, “We do this through surrogates and nongovernmental organization and through people who are less suspecting of the evil that may lurk behind their actions than perhaps they were before. Have we learned some lessons in that regard? You bet! Do we do it better? You bet? Is it still just as heinous as it has always been? You bet!”. So while the goal remains the same, it’s no longer the CIA but the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partners spearheading the effort. Since 2000, USAID has activated more than 620 programs in Venezuela alone, costing up to $20 million dollars. The USAID has implemented so called democracy promotion initiatives in over 100 countries in the past 25 years. This year’s budget is $1 billion dollars. And like the CIA, USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy and a number of similar organizations receive funding from Congress. But these are just the tip of the iceberg. There’s an entire network of organizations involved in the democracy promotion business. Their goal: "stable, free-market orientated democracy to ensure US political and economic interests were safeguarded."
Happening right now: "Organizers younger than 30 taking the lead to topple a regime older than they are. Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei's appearance in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square underscored the jockeying for leadership of the mass protest movement that erupted seemingly out of nowhere in the past week to shake the Arab world's most populous nation." ElBaradei, the former head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, has gained a following among young secular democracy activists with his grassroots organizing. But some demonstrators dismiss him as an expatriate long removed from Egypt's problems. The anarchy was further fueled when gangs of armed men attacked at least four jails across Egypt before dawn, freeing hundreds of criminals and Muslim militants. Gangs of young men with guns and large sticks smashed cars and robbed people in Cairo. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged "a peaceful, orderly transition to a democratic regime". Yemen next: More than 20,000 Yemenis filled the streets of Sanaa on Thursday for a "Day of Rage" rally, demanding a change in government and saying President Ali Abdullah Saleh's offer to step down in 2013 was not enough.
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Kosovo's prime minister is the head of a "mafia-like" Albanian group responsible for smuggling weapons, drugs and human organs through eastern Europe, according to a Council of Europe inquiry report on organised crime. Hashim Thaçi is identified as the boss of a network that began operating criminal rackets in the runup to the 1998-99 Kosovo war, and has held powerful sway over the country's government since. The report of the two-year inquiry, which cites FBI and other intelligence sources, has been obtained by the Guardian. It names Thaçi as having over the last decade exerted "violent control" over the heroin trade. Figures from Thaçi's inner circle are also accused of taking captives across the border into Albania after the war, where a number of Serbs have been murdered for their kidneys, which were sold on the black market. Dick Marty's Report The Swiss senator Dick Marty, conducted a two-year inquiry into organised crime in Kosovo after the Council of Europe mandated him to investigate claims of organ harvesting by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) after the war with Serbia ended in 1999. Dick Marty's report suggests Thaçi's links with organised crime date back more than a decade, when those loyal to his Drenica group came to dominate the KLA(UCK), and seized control of "most of the illicit criminal enterprises" in which Kosovans were involved south of the border, in Albania. During the Kosovo war and for almost a year after, Thaçi "The Snake" and four other members of the Drenica group named in the report carried out "assassinations, detentions, beatings and interrogations". This same hardline KLA faction has held considerable power in Kosovo's government over the last decade, with the support of western powers keen to ensure stability in the "Europe's youngest democracy". Marty's report suggests the KLA held Serbs and other captives in secret detention centres in Albania for almost a year after the war ended. A small number of prisoners that survived, the report suggests, were transferred to a makeshift clinic just north of the capital Tirana, where they were shot in the head before their kidneys were removed. The report paints a picture in which ex-KLA commanders have played a crucial role in the region's criminal activity. It says: "In confidential reports spanning more than a decade, agencies dedicated to combating drug smuggling in at least five countries have named Hashim Thaçi and other members of his Drenica group as having exerted violent control over the trade in heroin and other narcotics." Marty says: "Thaçi and these other Drenica group members are consistently named as 'key players' in intelligence reports on Kosovo's mafia-like structures of organised crime. I have examined these diverse, voluminous reports with consternation and a sense of moral outrage." His inquiry was commissioned after the former chief prosecutor for war crimes at the Hague, Carla Del Ponte, said she had been prevented from investigating senior KLA officials. Her most shocking claim, which she said required further investigation, was that the KLA smuggled captive Serbs across the border into Albania, where their organs were harvested. Inquiry finds the KLA did hold mostly Serb captives in a secret network of six detention facilities in northern Albania, and that Thaçi's Drenica group "bear the greatest responsibility" for prisons and the fate of those held in them. The report states: "As and when the transplant surgeons were confirmed to be in position and ready to operate, the captives were brought out of the 'safe house' individually, summarily executed by a KLA gunman, and their corpses transported swiftly to the operating clinic.'' Serbs and Roma from Albanian concentration camps, during the war, were not the only victims of organ trafficking in Kosovo. Many desperate Russians, Moldovans, Kazakhs and Turks were lured into Kosovo "with the false promise of payments" for their kidneys. The organs had been illegally removed from victims and transplanted into wealthy recipients in the clinic, known as Medicus. Those who paid up to €90,000 (£76,400) for the black-market kidneys included patients from Canada, Germany, Poland and Israel. A human body could be sold on the black market for EUR 2mn, that kidneys fetched between EUR 15,000 and 100,000, while prices for a liver or heart could reach as much as EUR 1mn. Serbia has long complained of atrocities committed by the KLA after July 1999, when Nato-led air strikes forced Slobodan Milosevic's troops to retreat from the province. Marty finds evidence for those concerns, stating that Kosovo's guerrilla army formed "a formidable power base in the organised criminal enterprises" in Kosovo and Albania. A group known as Drenica, led by Thaçi, became the KLA's dominant faction and senior KLA figures from the group hold senior positions in Kosovo's government today.

Le Figaro (fra)

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The release of more than 250,000 US embassy cables by WikiLeaks reveals previously secret information on American intelligence gathering, and political and military strategy. Here's a short summary:• Saudi Arabia put pressure on the US to attack Iran. Other Arab allies also secretly agitated for military action against Tehran.• China is ready to accept Korean unification and is distancing itself from North Korea which it describes as behaving like a "spoiled child". Cables say Kim Jong-il is a "flabby old chap" losing his grip and drinking.• An official from the Commonwealth secretariat claimed Prince Charles is not respected in the same way as the Queen and questioned whether the heir apparent should necessarily succeed his mother as the head of the Commonwealth.• US and British diplomats fear that Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme could lead to terrorists obtaining fissile material, or a devastating nuclear exchange with India. Also, small teams of US special forces have been operating secretly inside Pakistan's tribal areas, with Pakistani government approval. And the US concluded that Pakistani troops were responsible for a spate of extra-judicial killings in the Swat Valley and tribal belt, but decided not to comment publicly.• Russia is a "virtual mafia state" with rampant corruption and scant separation between the activities of the government and organised crime.•Rampant government corruption in Afghanistan is revealed by the cables, including an incident last year when the then vice-president, Ahmad Zia Massoud, was stopped and questioned in Dubai when he flew into the emirate with $52m in cash.•Gordon Brown was written off as prime minister by the US embassy in London a year into his premiership. It concluded that an "abysmal track record" had left him lurching from "political disaster to disaster".•US diplomats have reported suspicions that Silvio Berlusconi could be "profiting personally and handsomely" from secret deals with the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin•The British Foreign Office misled parliament over the plight of thousands of islanders who were expelled from their Indian Ocean homeland – the British colony of Diego Garcia – to make way for a large US military base.•A scandal involving foreign contractors employed to train Afghan policemen who took drugs and paid for young "dancing boys" to entertain them in northern Afghanistan caused such panic that the interior minister begged the US embassy to try to "quash" the story, according a US embassy cable.•The US military has been charging its allies a 15% handling fee on hundreds of millions of dollars being raised internationally to build up the Afghan army. Germany has threatened to cancel contributions, raising concerns that money is going to the US treasury.•The US has lost faith in the Mexican army's ability to win the country's drugs war, branding it slow, clumsy and no match for "sophisticated" narco-traffickers.• Hillary Clinton wanted a briefing on the mental health of Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner and asked whether she was taking medication to calm her down.•Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and Colombia's Álvaro Uribe "almost came to blows" at a Latin America unity summit, according to a US memo, which described it as "the worst expression of banana republic discourse".• US diplomats spied on UN. Washington is running a secret intelligence campaign targeted at the leadership of the United Nations, including the secretary general, Ban Ki-moon and the permanent security council representatives from China, Russia, France and the UK.• King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia repeatedly asks America to attack Iran to stop its nuclear programme. • Don't pursue Guantanamo criminal case, says Spanish attorney general US diplomats on Putin and Medvedev: Putin and Medvedev – Mr Alpha Dog and his poodle – are jailers of the regime but they are also its inmates. Putin is described as an "alpha dog" running a state dominated by the security services, while Medvedev is pale, hesitant and "Robin to Putin's Batman"...Russian prime minister condemns cable describing him and President Dmitry Medvedev as Batman and Robin. "The truth of the matter is, this is about our interaction, which is an important factor of the domestic policies in this country," he said. "But to be honest with you, we didn't suspect that this would be done with such arrogance, with such a push and, you know, being so unethically done." Putin also dismissed an assessment by the US defence secretary, Robert Gates – revealed in the WikiLeaks documents – that "Russian democracy has disappeared". US diplomats on Angela Merkel: German chancelor Merkel is described as an enigma, and sceptical about the US.US diplomats on Nicolas Sarkozy: A series of classified US memos depict the French president as a self-absorbed, thin-skinned, erratic character who tyrannises his ministers and staff. He is portrayed as undiplomatic, hyperactive, sometimes uncouth and in need of careful handling, despite being the most pro-US French president since the second world war and a brilliant political tactician.US diplomats on Karzai: Diplomats describe Afghan president as weak, indecisive, erratic, emotional, prone to believing paranoid conspiracy theories and beholden to criminals to maintain power. The current US ambassador, Karl Eikenberry identified two competing personalities in Karzai. "The first is a paranoid and weak individual unfamiliar with the basics of nation-building and overly self-conscious that his time in the spotlight of glowing reviews from the international community has passed. The other is that of an ever-shrewd politician who sees himself as a nationalist hero who can save the country from being divided by the decentralisation-focused agenda of Abdullah [Karzai's main rival in the 2009 election]." The persecution of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assangeby Joseph KishoreThe American state, its spokesmen in the mass media, and its allies around the world are engaged in an international campaign of vilification and persecution against WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange. This campaign has nothing to do with any supposed crime he has committed, since he has committed none. He is the target of an international manhunt for his role in lifting the lid on the lies and criminal operations of imperialist powers the world over—above all, in the United States. The Obama administration has branded the leakers, as well as WikiLeaks, “criminals,” with the US attorney general pledged to “close the gap” by inventing a pseudo-legal basis for prosecution if one does not exist at present. Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and ex-military officials have demanded the death penalty for Manning, while Sarah Palin has insisted that WikiLeaks be branded a terrorist organization. Tom Flanagan, a former adviser to the Canadian prime minister, declared that Assange should be “assassinated,” that Obama should “put out a contract and maybe use a drone or something.” And the fact that Assange is a citizen of Australia did not prevent Julia Gillard, the prime minister of that country, from declaring, without any evidence, that Assange’s actions were “illegal,” while placing her government at the service of the US witch-hunt. Assange faces the immediate threat of arrest on the basis of trumped-up charges in Sweden. On Thursday, Swedish authorities obtained a new arrest warrant on alleged sexual misconduct charges—invariably, and falsely, described in the mass media as “rape.” The charges were initially considered so specious that the prosecutor ordered them dropped (Swedish prosecutors charge that while Mr. Assange did have consentual sex with his two accusers, he allegedly did not use a condom, which is against Swedish law. Rape is a serious crime that traumatizes and violates women. Therefore the charges of rape against someone in Sweden who neglected to use condoms makes one wonder "why" and "how." ) . This decision was reversed, however, and Sweden on Thursday submitted a warrant to Interpol. If the actions of WikiLeaks have helped reveal, in real time, the lies of the American government, they have also exposed the role of the chief propagators of these lies: the American media. For decades, the US government has cultivated the media to the point where it engages in self-censorship as a matter of course. There can be no doubt that the WikiLeaks revelations will provide further impetus to the campaign by the US government to assert greater control over online networks. The WikiLeaks web site has already been the target of repeated denial of service attacks, of suspicious origin. In an attempt to get WikiLeaks back online, the organization rented servers from Amazon. On Wednesday, Amazon blocked WikiLeaks from using its servers, apparently under pressure from US officials. The state persecution of Assange—enthusiastically backed by the mass media—is one expression of a far-reaching decay of democracy in the United States and internationally. World governments, led by the United States, are carrying out deeply unpopular policies—the multi-trillion dollar bailout of financial institutions, relentless demands for social austerity and the expanding war and global plunder. The constant proclamations about the need for secrecy, which WikiLeaks has violated by publishing government documents, arises fundamentally from the irreconcilable conflict between the social interests that these governments represent and the needs and aspirations of the vast majority of the population. The persecution of Assange in an effort to silence this exposure is not simply a threat to one individual. The methods employed against WikiLeaks will be used against all opposition to the policies of the corporate and financial aristocracy. the hysterical witch-hunt against Assange and WikiLeaks is not any sign of strength on the part of the American ruling elite and its state, but rather of fear and weakness...Subscribe in a reader

Novembar 2010. Novoformirana organizacija “Lista za prirodnu Albaniju”, koja se zalaže za formiranje zajedničke albanske države, najavila je da će učestvovati na izborima u svim balkanskim državama u kojima žive Albanci.
“Za početak, učestvovaćemo na predstojećim izborima u Albaniji i na Kosovu, a kasnije i u ostalim državama regiona”, poručeno je na svečanosti u Tirani, povodom osnivanja liste čiji je slogan “Mir sa svetom, prijateljstvo sa Evropom i ljubav među Albancima”. Učesnici skupa u Tirani podržali su platformu političkog analitičara Koča Danaja po kojoj bi do 2013. bila formirana jedinstvena država svih Albanaca na Balkanu, koju bi, osim Albanije i Kosova, činili delovi teritorija Crne Gore, Makedonije, Grčke i Južne Srbije. Danaj je najavio da će se lista kandidovati na budućim izborima na teritorijama gde žive Albanci i zatražio reviziju Londonskog sporazuma iz 1913. godine, za koji smatra da je "razdvojio albanski narod u više država". Na promociji svog lista "Prirodna Albanija" u Tirani, Danaj, bivši zvaničnik albanske vlade, je rekao da bi Albanci u tim državama trebalo da se izjasne na referendumu o formiranju velike albanske države i izrazio očekivanje da će odluka o tome vrlo brzo biti donesena na Kosovu i Metohiji. Prema njegovom mišljenju, formiranje ove liste vodi u stabilnost i prosperitet regiona Balkana, kao i rešavanje albanskog pitanja. On smatra da se cilj jedinstvene albanske države može postići mirnim putem, izbegavajući "prolivanje krvi Albanaca", pregovorima sa susedima. Danaj, pravoslavac sa juga Albanije koji je dve godine radio u albanskoj vladi kao politički savetnik tadašnjih premijera Fatosa Nanoa i Pandelji Majka, a savetovao je i ministra inostranih poslova Iljira Metu, tvrdi da ova ideja ima podršku i međunarodne zajednice i napominje da tome "jasno govori prisustvo predstavnika Danske i Nemačke na skupu u Tirani". Formiranje Liste prirodne Albanije pozdravili su i predsednik opštine Preševo Ragmi Mustafa, potpredsjednik Skupštine srpske opštine Preševo Orhan Redžepi i predsednik Skupštine srpse opštine Bujanovac Jonuz Musliju. "Početak formiranja ove liste, što izvorno dolazi iz Tirane, veoma je važan i za nas u Preševskoj dolini", izjavio je Ragmi Mustafa. On misli da je "ujedinjenje, bez upotrebe sile i ratova, budućnost" i očekuje da će "podrška toj listi vremenom rasti". Orhan Redžepi vidi "ovaj događaj kao istorijski" i podseća da se "čitavog života borio da Preševo i Bujanovac budu sastavni deo Kosova, a samim tim i Albanije". "Preševska dolina je najokupiraniji deo albanske teritorije", rekao je Redžepi, koji je "siguran" da će se "Lista prirodne Albanije" naći i na sledećim izborima u Preševu...
Kako tvorci "Liste za prirodnu Albaniju" misle da će se države na Balkanu a među njima i Grčka, članica EU i NATO, mirno i dobrovoljno (opet) odreći delova svoje teritorije, ostaje da se vidi. Ideja o Velikoj Albaniji nije nova, novo je to da Albanci, ohrabreni neviđenim razvojem događaja na Kosovu i Metohiji, sada sasvim otvoreno iznose u javnost svoje ciljeve.
OSVRT NA ISTORIJSKE ČINJENICE
Balkanski ratovi 1912-1913. predstavljaju završnicu procesa potiskivanja Osmanskog carstva iz Evrope koji traje još od 1699. godine. Istovremeno će oni predstavljati i pokušaj balkanskih država (Crne Gore, Srbije, Bugarske, Rumunije i Grčke) da zaokruže državni i nacionalni prostor, saglasno svojim strateškin ciljevima, projektovanim na deobi Osmanskog carstva u raspadanju. To će dovesti i do međusobnog rata i stvaranja još jedne države (Albanije) na jugoistoku Evrope. U vreme potpisivanja Londonskog mirovnog ugovora (30.5. 1913) balkanske države su zadržale one teritorije koje su u ratu osvojile: Bugarska Trakiju do linije Enez-Midije i istočnu Makedoniju; Grčka - južnu Makedoniju sa Solunom i deo Epira; Srbija - centralnu i zapadnu Makedoniju, Sandžak, Kosovo i Metohiju, a Crna Gora deo Sandžaka i Metohije. Pošto je Turska bila potisnuta sa Balkana, ubrzo je izbio novi rat (Drugi balkanski) između dojučerašnjih saveznika oko podele teritorija. Između Srbije i Grčke, s jedne i Bugarske, s druge strane, u junu 1913. godine je izbio rat oko Makedonije i Trakije. Od velikih carstava na Balkanu ostala je Austrougarska, koja je imala zajedničku granicu sa Crnom Gorom sa juga i zapada. Na severu je Crna Gora dobila zajedničku granicu sa Srbijom, utvrđenu u jesen 1913. i na proleće 1914. godine. Na istoku se graničila sa Albanijom čije će granice prema Crnoj Gori biti utvrđene radom Međunarodne komisije za razgraničenje u proleće 1914, mada će ova granična linija konačno biti utvrđena tek 1926. godine, kada su potpisani protokoli o razgraničenju između Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca i Albanije. Srbija je u Balkanskim ratovima proširena za 39.000 km2 i oko 1.300.000 stanovnika. Nakon nešto više od pet vekova, opet je srpsko Kosovo polje.
Nakon Prvog svetskog rata 1914-1918, Srbija, jedna od sila pobednica, nastavlja da gradi svoj identitet u novonastaloj kraljevini južnih slovena, najpre Kraljevini SHS a potom Kraljevini Jugoslaviji. Pobedonosna srpska vojska nije se zadržala samo na oslobođenju Srbije, nego je nastavila svoj pohod. Jadranska divizija je krenula preko Albanije i Crne gore prema moru. 4. novembra 1918. Prva srpska armija ulazi u Bosnu a dva dana kasnije ulazi svečano u Sarajevo. Dana 14. novembra Prvi srpski bataljon ulazi u Zagreb a dan kasnije srpska vojska ulazi i u Rijeku. Raspadom Austrougarske, oslobođene teritorije ulaze u sastav kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca.
Tokom Drugog svetskog rata 1939-1945, nakon okupacije kraljevine Jugoslavije, sile osovine formiraju fašističku Nezavisnu Državu Hrvatsku i prvu "Veliku Albaniju". Između 1941. i 1945. godine, za vreme fašističke okupacije, Italija je anektirala najveći deo Kosova i Metohije, zapadne delove Makedonije i istočne delove Crne Gore i priključila ih takozvanoj Velikoj Albaniji, koja je bila italijanski protektorat, kraljevskim ukazom od 12. avgusta 1941. Od Albanaca su formirane jedinice pomoćne policije, u manjim gradovima i selima. Od Albanaca Italijani i Nemci formiraju albanski kvislinške formacije: Bali Kombetar, divizija SS Skanderbeg i Redžiment Kosova, poznate po zločinima prvenstveno nad srpskim življem. Kapitulacija Italije je imala ozbiljne posledice i na Balkanu. u Grčkoj i Jugoslaviji su partizanima pale u ruke velike količine oružja i opreme. Pogotovo je to imalo veliki uticaj na Jugoslaviju, gde se partizanska vojska i s njom povezan politički pokret nametnula kao glavni faktor u budućem poratnom uređenju zemlje. Zahvaljujući komunističkom pokretu i formiranju nove Jugoslavije, nakon rata, Hrvatska je ponovo na strani država pobednica a Kosovo i Metohija dobija status autonomne pokrajine u okviru Republike Srbije. U Albaniji se uvodi komunistička diktatura koja će je izolovati od ostatka sveta narednih pedeset godina. Albanci nikada nisu prežalili svojih "pet minuta slave" i strpljivo su čekali povampirenje fašizma pred kraj dvadesetog veka.
Raspadom socijalističke Jugoslavije 1991. i uvođenjem "demokratije", ponovo nastaju nove države na Balkanu koje nastoje da zadrže svoje republičke granice iz doba federacije. Tako i Albanci na Kosovu i Metohiji, dolaze na ideju državnosti utemeljenu na albanskoj manjini koja je činila većinu u toj srpskoj pokrajini. 1994. godine, osniva se albanska teroristička paravojska OVK ("Oslobodilačka Vojska Kosova"), koja se oružanim napadima na zvanične državne organe i civile svih nacionalnosti, borila za nezavisnost Kosova od Srbije i Jugoslavije i formiranje "Velike Albanije" .Prema nalazima državnih organa republike Srbije, ali i zapadnih obavještajnih službi osnovni vid finansiranja OVK bila je trgovina drogom, koja je činila najmanje polovinu njenih sredstava, dok je i dobar deo ostalih sredstava prikupljen kriminalnim aktivnostima. Osnivač i vođa OVK je sve do njegove smrti 1998. godine bio Adem Jashari, a posle toga do raspuštanja, sadašnji premijer "nezavisnog Kosova" Hashim Thaçi. Ta organizacija je učestvovala u sukobima i napadima na srpske civile na Kosovu i Metohiji pre i nakon NATO okupacije 1999. Početkom NATO bombardovanja Jugoslavije, OVK postaje saveznik NATO. Tokom bombardovanja je NATO - što se tiče ciljeva na Kosovu - bio u stalnom kontaktu sa OVK. Taj kontakt je ostvarivan preko albanske armije i putem nezvaničnih kanala tj. preko špijuna CIA, SAS-a i drugih tajnih službi. Povlačenjem srpske vojske i policije početkom juna 1999. i zaključnim ulaskom NATO-a na Kosovo, OVK je transformirana u različite nove organizacije. Kumanovskim sporazumom, a kasnije UN Rezolucijom 1244, Srbiji je garantovan državni suverenitet nad svojom pokrajinom i teritorijalni integritet. Tako se završio rat iscrpljene Srbije protiv NATO i prestali su ratni sukobi sa OVK. Ogranak OVK u Bivšoj Jugoslovenskoj Republici Makedoniji, Oslobodilačka nacionalna armija ( Ushtria Çlirimtare Kombëtare - UÇK; Osloboditеlnа nаcionаlnа аrmijа - ONA), je napadala ciljeve u Makedoniji 2001. godine sa ciljem da se teritorije sa većinskim albanskim stanovništvom odvoje od Makedonije i pripoje Albaniji. Kosovski parlament će 2008. godine, jednostrano proglasiti nezavisnost autonomne pokrajine Kosovo i Metohija od ostatka Srbije. Novu "državu" na Balkanu, prve su priznale Kostarika, Avganistan po okupacijom SAD, SAD, Velika Britanija, Turska, Francuska, Albanija, Australija i Nemačka. Nova demokratija u Srbiji nije pronašla način i snagu da se izbori sa ovim pravnim nasiljem bez upotrebe sile i novog rata na Balkanu pa je preko UN zatražila od Međunarodnog Suda Pravde u Hagu, savetodavno mišljenje da li je nezavisnost Kosova i Metohije proglašena u skladu sa međunarodnim pravom. Nakon dve godine, Međunarodni sud pravde (MSP) u Hagu utvrdio je da jednostrana deklaracija o nezavisnosti Kosova nije prekršila međunarodno pravo, rezoluciju 1244, ni međunarodni pravni poredak na Kosovu. "Sud konstatuje da Rezolucija UN 1244 nije zabranjivala autorima Deklaracije da proglase nezavisnost", naveo je glavni sudija Ovada i dodao da rasprava o pravu na samopredeljenje ili "nužnu secesiju" od postojeće države nisu u domenu rasprave pred Međunarodnim sudom pravde, jer izlaze izvan okvira pitanja koje je postavila Generalna skupština UN. U toku je neviđeni pritisak od strane SAD i EU na Srbiju da prizna nezavisno Kosovo, zarad odobrenja kandidature za članstvo u Evropskoj Uniji...Da li je projekat "Nezavisnog Kosova" prvi korak ka stvaranju Velike Albanije ili SAD (Sjedinjenih Albanskih Država/ United States of Albania) i otkud Sandžak (Raška) u okviru takvog rastućeg albanskog tumora? Da li Albanci zaista misle da su danas na Kosovu nezavisni pored najveće američke vojne baze u Evropi? Obzirom da Albanija poziva na reviziju Londonskog sporazuma iz 1913. godine, da li sebe vidi u budućnosti, u okviru nekog novog Otomanskog carstva? Da li će se Srbija najzad probuditi iz kome i kada? Nastaviće se...

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Bezbednosne službe prošle nedelje upozorile da bi gej parada mogla da dovede do krvoprolića, vlast pod pritiskom EU ipak odlučila da rizikuje
Evropska komisija: Parada homoseksualaca u Beogradu predstavlja potvrdu slobode izražavanja i odbacivanje svake diskriminacije. Po našem mišljenju srpske vlasti su podržale taj događaj i preduzele mere da se osigura bezbednost.
Ambasada SAD: Pozdravljamo profesionalizam i uzdržanost koju su MUP Srbije, policijske službe i gradske vlasti pokazale 10. oktobra, omogućavajući da učesnici Parade ponosa budu potpuno bezbedni tokom događaja. Snažno osuđujemo sve nasilničke akcije i pozivamo da se počinioci privedu pravdi.
Jelko Kacin: "Slike Beograda u opsadnom stanju, koje su obišle svet, šalju izrazito lošu poruku o pomanjkanju elementarne tolerancije prema manjinama u Srbiji, ali i o neefikasnosti državnih institucija. Ovo može samo negativno da utiče na odluku Holandije o daljim evropskim integracijama Srbije." Predsednik Srbije Boris Tadić: "Država je potpuno spremna da se obračuna sa vandalima i huliganima koji ugrožavaju bezbednost građana Srbije. Obezbedićemo ostvarivanje ljudskih prava za sve bez obzira na njihovu različitost i nikakvi pokušaji da im se sloboda uskrati nasiljem neće proći."
„Policija dobro zna ko je organizovao nerede, ko ih finansira" izjavljuje Čedomir Jovanović i tvrdi da iza „Obraza" i Pokreta „Naši" stoje „rasformirane strukture bezbednosti, antihaški lobi, zlikovačka Srbija i DSS i SNS". Od petka smo raspolagali informacijama da će doći do haosa. I to se vrlo dobro znalo - rekao je Jovanović.

S druge strane, opozicija kritikuje nasilje na ulicama Beograda, za koje krivi vlast.
SNS: ne veruje da će nakon jučerašnje Parade ponosa položaj gej populacije u Srbiji biti bolji.DSS: Nerazumna je bila odluka vlasti da dozvoli održavanje Parade ponosa i najmudrije bi bilo da se ona juče nije održala. Da li slike praznog Beograda i onakva opsada treba da budu poslate svetu i da li to sebi treba da dozvoli jedna demokratska država?
Arhiepiskop Cetinjski Mitropolit crnogorsko-primorski Amfilohije: "Beogradska gej parada je smrad sodomski koji je zagadio prestoni Beograd a koji je savremena civilizacija uzdigla na pijedestal božanstva."

"Reakcija države će biti jeziva!" Srpske bezbednosne službe upozorile su prošle nedelje da će zbog gej parade u Beogradu izbiti krvavi nemiri i predložile da se, zbog velikog rizika, parada otkaže. Ipak, vlast je popustila pod zahtevima EU i svesno rizikovala žestoke sukobe! Znali su da se srpsko društvo (s pravom, ili ne) užasava „parade ponosa“ i da samo neko ko ovom narodu ne želi dobro (dakle, Brisel i Vašington) može da mu sistematski nameće takvu stvar. Država je kapitulirala, ali ne pod pritiscima gej populacije, već pod diktatom spolja. Rezultat je porazan: povređeno je više od 150 ljudi od kojih je 80 policajaca, uhapšeno je 249 demonstranata, među njima i vođa desničarske organizacije "Obraz", a materijalna šteta je veća od milion evra! Policajci su za sve što su pretrpeli na Paradi ponosa dobili dnevnice od samo 400 dinara (~4 EUR)! "Grad je potpuno uništen, ali je najvažnije da nijedan ljudski život nije izgubljen. "Parada ponosa" je izgleda bila samo povod tim mladim ljudima za razbijanje i divljanje. Ono što se dogodilo dokaz je da je naše društvo u velikoj krizi zbog svega onoga što se dešavalo devedesetih godina i loše ekonomske situacije" - istakao je gradonačelnik Beograda Dragan Đilas. 5600 policajaca i pripadnika specijalnih antiterorističkih jedinica stajalo je između 6000 huligana naoružanih kamenicama i vesele žurkice u centru Beograda. Nije se znalo ko je luđi, rulja sa krstačama i ikonama, spremna da batinom istera đavola iz smrada sodomskog ili razdragana lezbijka koja monahinjama pokazuje srednjaka iza kordona narodne milicije. Na meti vandala osim policajaca, našla su se sedišta stranaka DS, SPS i LDP, zgrada RTS-a, autobusi, parkirana vozila, a sve se završeno pljačkom i divljanjem po gradu. Rezultat održavanja gej parade loš je za državu, građane, ali i same pripadnike LGBT populacije. Građani su dvostruko poniženi, morali su da prihvate tuđu odluku da se gej parada održi i da trpe huligane na svojim ulicama. Posle svega, javiće se samo veća homofobija i mržnja, a neki zvaničnici iz EU poput Jelka Kacina moći će da dokazuju da Srbija nije dorasla EU, da još uvek nismo dovoljno gej za Evropu. Nije istina! Kladim se da u samoj srpskoj vladi ima više gejeva nego što su oni to spremni da priznaju. Dakle, prvo vas nateramo da mimo istorijske i političke logike, a u ime evro-perspektive, organizujete nešto što ne želite i što u ovom trenutku naprosto ne može proći bez gužve, a onda vas kritikujemo i sa žaljenjem konstatujemo kako ste, avaj, "pali na ispitu". "Beograd je izgubio nevinost!" Ovaj brutalni komentar jednog od doajena srpskog gej pokreta, nema mnogo veze sa stvarnošću, ali dobro ilustruje trijumfalizam i raspoloženje koje je povodom održavanja „parade ponosa“ zahvatilo deo organizatora i učesnika. U sličnom trijumfalističkom duhu i ministar Čiplić je izjavio kako održavanje parade predstavlja „pobedu nad huliganima“. No, kako su tokom dana razmere i cena te „pobede“ na ulicama Beograda postajale sve očiglednije Državni sekretar Slobodan Homen je u drugom dnevniku RTS-a preteći zagrmeo kako će odgovor države zbog nereda u Beogradu „biti jeziv“!? Pošteno govoreći, malo je u Srbiji onih koji su ovih dana imali razloga da se osećaju kao pobednici. Nije to svakako ni ovdašnja „gej“ populacija, čiji pripadnici će sada morati znatno više da brinu za svoju bezbednost nego ranije. Nije to ni vlast, koja je nepopularnu paradu organizovala i koja u ovim danima preduzima panične, vešte, ali samo delimično uspešne pokušaje da „iskontroliše“ i umanji i štetu. Nije to ni ni oficijelna parlamentarna opozicija koja, razume se, proteste nije smela javno da podrži, niti da se pridruži vlastima u napadu na „ničim izazvano huligansko divljanje“. A nisu ni huligani, koji će nakon ovog svog „zvezdanog trenutka“ ipak snositi ozbiljne sankcije. Konačno, o tome na kolikom su gubitku Beograd, Srbija i građani, ne treba ni da govorimo. Ministar unutrašnjih poslova Ivica Dačić, koji je bio unapred (pred)viđen za glavnog gubitnika u ovoj situaciji, uspeo je da utekne sa već spremljenog ražnja i postigne nešto gotovo nezamislivo: da se maksimalno ogradi od parade i maksimalno obezbedi njene učesnike, ne zameri se previše demonstrantima, a istovremeno dobije pohvale od organizatora parade i Hilari Klinton lično. Kao da je nekome – a ne bih rekao da je taj „neko“ baš preterano zainteresovan za položaj i prava srpske gej populacije – bilo po svaku cenu stalo da se parada održi. I da je ovde „pritisnuo“ koga treba i izvršio pritisak na ovu sve slabiju i sve dezorijentisaniju vlast koja više ne može, a izgleda i da sve manje pokušava, da odbije bilo koji zahtev sa te strane, uključujući i one koji im direktno škode, ruše rejting i legitimitet. I dogodilo se što se dogodilo – i što su apsolutno svi znali da će se dogoditi. A što jedni nisu mogli, a drugi nisu želeli da spreče. Za DS pederastija i ostale parafilije su, međutim, „evropska vrednost“! Parafilije su seksualni poremećaji u pogledu skolonosti ka abnormalnom seksualnom činu ili objektu, npr. sadizam, mazohizam, egzibicionizam, pedofilija, nekrofilija, zoofilija, fetišizam, pederastija, lezbejstvo, biseksualnost i transseksualnost. Takve „vrednosti“, koje su bile napadane 10. oktobra, međutim, razaraju tkivo svakog normalnog društva. Upravo takve „vrednosti“ se kod nas agresivno nameću od strane režima i većine medija i pojačavaju time što se parafiličari uvek lažno predstavljaju kao žrtve, kao ugrožene osobe. Nprema režimu će posle ovih događaja biti još veća. Režim je 10. oktobra sebi pucao u nogu. Ovaj režim je u srpskom narodu sada definitivno obeležen kao režim koji podstiče nastranosti i parafilije, naspram vrednosti do kojih drži najveći broj građana Srbije. Režim je pokazao da su mu izopačene, „evropske vrednosti“ i skarednosti milije od sopstvenih građana i njihove dece. Režim je pokazao i da će se po cenu krvi i nereda održavati na vlasti i pri tom zloupotrebljavati te iste nerede koje je uzrokovao. EU, za razliku od Srbije, poštuje svoje manjine. Eto na primer svim Romima, zatečenim na pločnicima Pariza, su prethodnih dana čak platili avionsku kartu u jednom pravcu do Rumunije i još 300 evrića preko (pod uslovom da se nikada ne vrate). Da su se Romi izjasnili kao Romi gejevi, sigurno bi ih ostavili na miru ili bi ih bar deportovali u Holandiju. Napravljena je brzopleta greška prijemom Rumunije u EU (NATO je otpočeo "mirovnu misiju uvođenja demokratije" po Bliskom Istoku pa se javila potreba za topovskim mesom iz Istočne Evrope). Takva greška se neće ponoviti sa Srbijom. Srbi imaju da brinu o svojim Romima, da im obezbede smeštaj, posao i hranu kako ne bi ponovo odlutali u EU... Zašto su Srbi toliko homofobični? Zašto Tadić ne prizna već jednom da je gej?! Svi političari su se složili da "rušenje njihovog Beograda" nema nikakve veze sa veselom paradom. Problem je u dvoličnosti zapada koji ugnjetava pola zemaljske kugle a promoviše "manjinska i ljudska prava". Gde je kraj poniženjima srpske banana države koje ne vidi alternativu EU ili je nesposobna da obezbedi samodovoljnost i pronađe svoje mesto u novom svetskom poretku? Na šta još moramo pristati kako bi obezbedili kandidaturu za EU 2050-te? Eto, odrekli smo se Kosova, predali ceo bivši vojni i politički vrh i gaće smo skinuli! Šta još i da li je ta kandidatura vredna te žrtve? Šta je bila svrha jedne takve parade? Ne znam ali znam da je došla kao kec na desetku i sjajan izgovor da se sada zabrane sve te desničarske i "klerofašističke sile mraka iz prošlosti" i najzad obračuna sa huliganskim kriminalnim organizacijama koje su bile ok dok su palile Beograd 5-og oktobra i krale nameštaj iz skupštine ali sada su out...

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Angela Merkel says it's ok so we can publish cartoons of Prophet Mohhamed (and others). "Europe is a place where a cartoonist is allowed to draw something like this," she said. Those cartoons led to protests across the Muslim world, some of which escalated into violence with police firing on the crowds (resulting in an alleged total of more than 100 deaths), including setting fire to the Danish Embassies in Syria, Lebanon and Iran, storming European buildings, and desecrating the Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, French and German flags. Danish Prime Minister described the controversy as Denmark's worst international crisis since World War II. South Park's 200th episode's depiction of Islam's revered Prophet Mohammed as a bear mascot, outraged his followers around the world. The depiction was the show authors’ sarcastic attempt to highlight media’s uneasy dealing with the father of Islam as not to offend Muslims who consider any depiction of their prophet as blasphemous. Since his followers insist on him not being shown in any form, producers have always struggled with ways to include Mohammed in story lines without showing him. The most famous of those depictions is the classic Hollywood movie ‘The Message’ by Mustafa al-Akkad about the life of Prophet Mohammed. Being Muslim himself, al-Akkad directed his entire film with extreme sensitivity building the character of the prophet around the wind or the light so it’s a presence that is felt or experienced but not seen. The "South Park" episode showing Mohammed disguised in a bear suit earned the show creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker a jihadist campaign. The group posted on its website Revolutionmuslim.com a video filled with reminders of what fundamentalist Muslims did to those who insulted their prophet. To draw or not to draw It is usual in other religions to portray religious figures in art and caricatures. In fact, religious-based fine arts In the West have developed thanks to Christianity. All the great painters of the past depicted religious figures. Finding the series of Danish caricature is not an easy task. It would seem that self censorship has already affected the media that trumpet their freedom of press at every turn. The collaboration of Western officials in this cultural divide has been less than supportive of the media. A common question asked is whether to sacrifice the value of freedom of the press from the respect due to others. In particular, the Danish series on Islam was indeed designed to hurt. It isn't super funny, really but there is a thing called freedom of speech and there are religious groups with no sense of humor. The art of editorial cartoons has always survived on the edges of society. Cartoonists are often the first victims in change of regimes and used an example to warn other people about the rules in place. A popular cartoonist can easily turn into a villain the next day... It's about the clash of civilizations or cultures, again. It's not the end of the world if it makes you laugh, God made us that way.Subscribe in a reader