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Behind Kosovo's Façade
By Russell Gordon

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While the international community [sic: Washington] screamed at Belgrade for alleged discrimination of ethnic Albanians during the 90’s (while they converted Kosovo into an ethno-centric parallel state), it has been noticeably silent in demanding Albanian compliance with modern human rights standards of ethnic tolerance. The northern Kosovo city of Mitrovica is particularly instructive. There, the town is divided by the Ibar River into a multi-ethnic North, and a “pure” – cleansed – Albanian South. In the predominantly Serb North, 4000 ethnic Albanians, plus Roma, Bosnian Muslims, and Croats live side by side with Serbs in relative normalcy – as they had during the times of Tito’s Yugoslavia. But the South of Mitrovica has been totally cleansed of its non-Albanian inhabitants, violently so, and is a focal point for Islamist/jihadist organizing in the region. Moreover, Serbs in the North suffer insecurity due to provocations and raids by Albanians who cross over from the South to bomb, knife and shoot Serbs with impunity. Recently, a 16 year old Albanian youth crossed over from the South and threw a hand grenade in a multi-ethnic café, wounding several people. He was arrested, but soon liberated. And while UN and NATO troops stage frequent raids of Serb houses to confiscate the last vestiges of arms for self-defense, few such operations are undertaken against the heavily armed Albanians.

Clearly, as NATO, UN forces and Albanians create “facts on the ground,” Holbrooke’s stated policy is coming to fruition.


Pertinent Links:

1) Behind Kosovo's Façade