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Serbian threats of war over Kosovo
WedneSerbian threats of war over Kosovo
Wednesday, 05 December 2007
By Salih Shala
Once again, a threat of war and occupation casts its shade over the Balkans. This time, it’s Serbia who’s on the offensive threatening to re-launch their war against Kosovo’s Albanian population which started back in early 1998.
After several offensive statements from Prime Minister Kostunica, archbishop Artemije, the 'Tsar Lazar Guard', Kostunicas advisor Aleksandar Simic chosed to openly threaten with war over Kosovo.
Back in 1998, Yugoslav forces under the command of Slobodan Milosevic rolled in with a massive arsenal of tanks and MIG airplanes over the region of Kosovo. The goal back then was – officially, to crush the Kosovo Liberation Army, and regain full control of Kosovo. 18 months later, Belgrade itself stood in flames after being the first state in Europe to be bombed by allied forces since Nazi Germany in 1945 as a result of the crimes against civilians in Kosovo by Serb forces.
What occurred during those months of war and ethnic clashes in Kosovo has been told by many witnesses in several courtrooms in the Hague tribunal. After several police casualties as a result of KLA attacks during 1998 Serbia let the armed forces roll in together with several paramilitary groups. The goals was to ‘cleanse up’, notorious for their crimes against the civilian populations of Croatia and Bosnia the groups, headed by convicted criminals in Serbia and throughout Europe started their work. When things got worse and new massacres became known to the West, NATO intervened and bombed Yugoslavia for 78 days until Serbia capitulated and signed the retreat deal in Kumanovo in June 1999. The Kosovars, numbering over 10 000 civilian casualties, over half of the population expelled, thousands of raped girls and women and a total devastated infrastructure were free to return to their homes. Serb forces left and most probably, the Serbs themselves didn’t expect to return with armed forces to Kosovo any day soon. Eight years later, after massive work and investments in restoration of a normal life in Kosovo, backed up by a UN administration. Kosovo stands ready to get their long-anticipated independence recognized by the US and other western states.
Serbia however, has both changed and remained the same in many ways. Slobodan Milosevic is no more, instead Boris Tadic, a moderate leader looking towards the West is the state president, accompanied by Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, an ultra-nationalistic of former radical leaders of Serbia. Kostunica hasn’t hesitated to threaten the West with “state actions” if they don’t cut their support to Kosovar independence. Kostunica has stopped short of declaring war as a possible option, but several other radical groups have instead expressed their expectations of a new war.
Only yesterday, the head of the Serbian church in Prizren, bishop Artemije shared his views on the situation. Very well known for his controversies and xenophobic rhetoric’s, the bishop stated that Serbia “must close the administrative border with Kosovo for three days, launching huge-scale military exercises on the border”, Artemije went on saying that this was not enough and that “we must mobilize every weapon capable person in Serbia who is ready to go to Kosovo”. “When this is done, we should invite our partners from Russia, China, Pakistan and India to monitor the situation”. When asked why these particular four countries for this kind of mission, Artemije replied “simply because these are four nuclear engaged states”.
Artemije however didn’t claim to call for war, “I’m calling for defence of the Serbian state, if we don’t act this way. There’s nothing for the Albanians to be afraid of, who are they going to fear?”. Artemije has during the latest years traveled throughout Europe and the US lecturing about the hard situation of the Serbian church in Kosovo, during a lecture in the US during spring he claimed, “The Siptars [derogatory term for Albanians] must be stopped, they are practically performing a Jihad against Christian Europe and the only defender of the Christian Europe is the Serbian nation”. Extreme words from an extreme man, one may think, but let’s not hesitate and let’s take a clear look of what kind of situation we’re looking at. The Serbian church is in fact very different from most churches in European states. The Serbian church was not only actively involved in a much criticized “blessing” of Serbian soldiers in Bosnia who shortly thereafter murdered over 8000 civilians in Srebrenica. The Serbian church is still today an organization that holds very big power in its hands, considering the Serbian mythology treats Kosovo as the “heart of the Serbian church and nation”, the orders from the church regarding Kosovo is looked upon with great respect amongst Serbia’s radical groups (ironically enough, they’re also the biggest political party in Serbia today with their party leader Vojislav Seselj having his trial in Hague right now). Radomir Naumov, the religion minister of the Serbian state refused to call these statements “radical” or “extreme”. He chose to label them as “a bit passionate”.
This comes only weeks after the so called ‘Tsar Lazar Guard’, a paramilitary formation in Serbia with it’s main goal to “liberate” Kosovo from NATO and Albanian “occupation”. “Just as Martic shelled Zagreb, we will do the same to Pristina. Since the Siptars [derogatory term for Kosovo Albanians] have reproduced like rabbits, they will die like rabbits. There will be no survivors. God help the Serbian military and police if they try and get in our way. We will view them as the enemy, and we will do to them the same as we’ll do to the Šiptars,” the leader of the group Hadzi Andrej Milic said back then.
But threats are not only arriving from the church, during a live broadcast on the state television of Serbia (RTS) the Prime Ministerial Adviser Aleksandar Simic claimed that no compromise whatsoever was near in Kosovo. “Serbia has had negative experiences from certain armed clashes during the civil wars in the former Yugoslavia, and this is why we are more prudent and cautious now, but, of course, state interests are defended by war as well,”.
Several diplomats within Serbia issued statements denouncing the threats from Kostunica’s adviser Simic. But one cannot ignore the fact that Serbia, once the major factor of instability on the Balkans is retaking it’s position as the player who flames up his opponents. Luckily enough, Serbia is not a threat to NATO forces nor capable of causing unrest in case of Western political and diplomatic action, which wasn’t the case back in 1999 when diplomacy simply wasn’t enough to halt the state terror of Slobodan Milosevic. However, ignoring the radical and xenophobic statements coming from men with responsibility and power in Serbia, one must not forget that Serbia very easily has the ability to inflict a major conflict in Kosovo again, arming and supporting their ethnic kin in Kosovo, for example for a separation war breaking apart northern Kosovo to secede with Serbia itself. Let’s not forget Aleksandar Simic is one of the men advising Vojislav Kostunica what step to take next.
The main factors in Europe and the Western world must take it’s responsibility and not let extremism return to the Balkans, especially not in governmental positions. An independent Kosovo, protected and monitored by NATO for several years is the first step towards a stop for expansion of extremism. It would indeed be unimaginable to picture Kosovo under Serbian control again, things turns very quick on the Balkans and it’s either time to take responsibility or prepare to face another fresh armed conflict in Europe.
sday, 05 December 2007
By Salih Shala
Once again, a threat of war and occupation casts its shade over the Balkans. This time, it’s Serbia who’s on the offensive threatening to re-launch their war against Kosovo’s Albanian population which started back in early 1998.
After several offensive statements from Prime Minister Kostunica, archbishop Artemije, the 'Tsar Lazar Guard', Kostunicas advisor Aleksandar Simic chosed to openly threaten with war over Kosovo.
Back in 1998, Yugoslav forces under the command of Slobodan Milosevic rolled in with a massive arsenal of tanks and MIG airplanes over the region of Kosovo. The goal back then was – officially, to crush the Kosovo Liberation Army, and regain full control of Kosovo. 18 months later, Belgrade itself stood in flames after being the first state in Europe to be bombed by allied forces since Nazi Germany in 1945 as a result of the crimes against civilians in Kosovo by Serb forces.
What occurred during those months of war and ethnic clashes in Kosovo has been told by many witnesses in several courtrooms in the Hague tribunal. After several police casualties as a result of KLA attacks during 1998 Serbia let the armed forces roll in together with several paramilitary groups. The goals was to ‘cleanse up’, notorious for their crimes against the civilian populations of Croatia and Bosnia the groups, headed by convicted criminals in Serbia and throughout Europe started their work. When things got worse and new massacres became known to the West, NATO intervened and bombed Yugoslavia for 78 days until Serbia capitulated and signed the retreat deal in Kumanovo in June 1999. The Kosovars, numbering over 10 000 civilian casualties, over half of the population expelled, thousands of raped girls and women and a total devastated infrastructure were free to return to their homes. Serb forces left and most probably, the Serbs themselves didn’t expect to return with armed forces to Kosovo any day soon. Eight years later, after massive work and investments in restoration of a normal life in Kosovo, backed up by a UN administration. Kosovo stands ready to get their long-anticipated independence recognized by the US and other western states.
Serbia however, has both changed and remained the same in many ways. Slobodan Milosevic is no more, instead Boris Tadic, a moderate leader looking towards the West is the state president, accompanied by Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, an ultra-nationalistic of former radical leaders of Serbia. Kostunica hasn’t hesitated to threaten the West with “state actions” if they don’t cut their support to Kosovar independence. Kostunica has stopped short of declaring war as a possible option, but several other radical groups have instead expressed their expectations of a new war.
Only yesterday, the head of the Serbian church in Prizren, bishop Artemije shared his views on the situation. Very well known for his controversies and xenophobic rhetoric’s, the bishop stated that Serbia “must close the administrative border with Kosovo for three days, launching huge-scale military exercises on the border”, Artemije went on saying that this was not enough and that “we must mobilize every weapon capable person in Serbia who is ready to go to Kosovo”. “When this is done, we should invite our partners from Russia, China, Pakistan and India to monitor the situation”. When asked why these particular four countries for this kind of mission, Artemije replied “simply because these are four nuclear engaged states”.
Artemije however didn’t claim to call for war, “I’m calling for defence of the Serbian state, if we don’t act this way. There’s nothing for the Albanians to be afraid of, who are they going to fear?”. Artemije has during the latest years traveled throughout Europe and the US lecturing about the hard situation of the Serbian church in Kosovo, during a lecture in the US during spring he claimed, “The Siptars [derogatory term for Albanians] must be stopped, they are practically performing a Jihad against Christian Europe and the only defender of the Christian Europe is the Serbian nation”. Extreme words from an extreme man, one may think, but let’s not hesitate and let’s take a clear look of what kind of situation we’re looking at. The Serbian church is in fact very different from most churches in European states. The Serbian church was not only actively involved in a much criticized “blessing” of Serbian soldiers in Bosnia who shortly thereafter murdered over 8000 civilians in Srebrenica. The Serbian church is still today an organization that holds very big power in its hands, considering the Serbian mythology treats Kosovo as the “heart of the Serbian church and nation”, the orders from the church regarding Kosovo is looked upon with great respect amongst Serbia’s radical groups (ironically enough, they’re also the biggest political party in Serbia today with their party leader Vojislav Seselj having his trial in Hague right now). Radomir Naumov, the religion minister of the Serbian state refused to call these statements “radical” or “extreme”. He chose to label them as “a bit passionate”.
This comes only weeks after the so called ‘Tsar Lazar Guard’, a paramilitary formation in Serbia with it’s main goal to “liberate” Kosovo from NATO and Albanian “occupation”. “Just as Martic shelled Zagreb, we will do the same to Pristina. Since the Siptars [derogatory term for Kosovo Albanians] have reproduced like rabbits, they will die like rabbits. There will be no survivors. God help the Serbian military and police if they try and get in our way. We will view them as the enemy, and we will do to them the same as we’ll do to the Šiptars,” the leader of the group Hadzi Andrej Milic said back then.
But threats are not only arriving from the church, during a live broadcast on the state television of Serbia (RTS) the Prime Ministerial Adviser Aleksandar Simic claimed that no compromise whatsoever was near in Kosovo. “Serbia has had negative experiences from certain armed clashes during the civil wars in the former Yugoslavia, and this is why we are more prudent and cautious now, but, of course, state interests are defended by war as well,”.
Several diplomats within Serbia issued statements denouncing the threats from Kostunica’s adviser Simic. But one cannot ignore the fact that Serbia, once the major factor of instability on the Balkans is retaking it’s position as the player who flames up his opponents. Luckily enough, Serbia is not a threat to NATO forces nor capable of causing unrest in case of Western political and diplomatic action, which wasn’t the case back in 1999 when diplomacy simply wasn’t enough to halt the state terror of Slobodan Milosevic. However, ignoring the radical and xenophobic statements coming from men with responsibility and power in Serbia, one must not forget that Serbia very easily has the ability to inflict a major conflict in Kosovo again, arming and supporting their ethnic kin in Kosovo, for example for a separation war breaking apart northern Kosovo to secede with Serbia itself. Let’s not forget Aleksandar Simic is one of the men advising Vojislav Kostunica what step to take next.
The main factors in Europe and the Western world must take it’s responsibility and not let extremism return to the Balkans, especially not in governmental positions. An independent Kosovo, protected and monitored by NATO for several years is the first step towards a stop for expansion of extremism. It would indeed be unimaginable to picture Kosovo under Serbian control again, things turns very quick on the Balkans and it’s either time to take responsibility or prepare to face another fresh armed conflict in Europe.
WedneSerbian threats of war over Kosovo
Wednesday, 05 December 2007
By Salih Shala
Once again, a threat of war and occupation casts its shade over the Balkans. This time, it’s Serbia who’s on the offensive threatening to re-launch their war against Kosovo’s Albanian population which started back in early 1998.
After several offensive statements from Prime Minister Kostunica, archbishop Artemije, the 'Tsar Lazar Guard', Kostunicas advisor Aleksandar Simic chosed to openly threaten with war over Kosovo.
Back in 1998, Yugoslav forces under the command of Slobodan Milosevic rolled in with a massive arsenal of tanks and MIG airplanes over the region of Kosovo. The goal back then was – officially, to crush the Kosovo Liberation Army, and regain full control of Kosovo. 18 months later, Belgrade itself stood in flames after being the first state in Europe to be bombed by allied forces since Nazi Germany in 1945 as a result of the crimes against civilians in Kosovo by Serb forces.
What occurred during those months of war and ethnic clashes in Kosovo has been told by many witnesses in several courtrooms in the Hague tribunal. After several police casualties as a result of KLA attacks during 1998 Serbia let the armed forces roll in together with several paramilitary groups. The goals was to ‘cleanse up’, notorious for their crimes against the civilian populations of Croatia and Bosnia the groups, headed by convicted criminals in Serbia and throughout Europe started their work. When things got worse and new massacres became known to the West, NATO intervened and bombed Yugoslavia for 78 days until Serbia capitulated and signed the retreat deal in Kumanovo in June 1999. The Kosovars, numbering over 10 000 civilian casualties, over half of the population expelled, thousands of raped girls and women and a total devastated infrastructure were free to return to their homes. Serb forces left and most probably, the Serbs themselves didn’t expect to return with armed forces to Kosovo any day soon. Eight years later, after massive work and investments in restoration of a normal life in Kosovo, backed up by a UN administration. Kosovo stands ready to get their long-anticipated independence recognized by the US and other western states.
Serbia however, has both changed and remained the same in many ways. Slobodan Milosevic is no more, instead Boris Tadic, a moderate leader looking towards the West is the state president, accompanied by Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, an ultra-nationalistic of former radical leaders of Serbia. Kostunica hasn’t hesitated to threaten the West with “state actions” if they don’t cut their support to Kosovar independence. Kostunica has stopped short of declaring war as a possible option, but several other radical groups have instead expressed their expectations of a new war.
Only yesterday, the head of the Serbian church in Prizren, bishop Artemije shared his views on the situation. Very well known for his controversies and xenophobic rhetoric’s, the bishop stated that Serbia “must close the administrative border with Kosovo for three days, launching huge-scale military exercises on the border”, Artemije went on saying that this was not enough and that “we must mobilize every weapon capable person in Serbia who is ready to go to Kosovo”. “When this is done, we should invite our partners from Russia, China, Pakistan and India to monitor the situation”. When asked why these particular four countries for this kind of mission, Artemije replied “simply because these are four nuclear engaged states”.
Artemije however didn’t claim to call for war, “I’m calling for defence of the Serbian state, if we don’t act this way. There’s nothing for the Albanians to be afraid of, who are they going to fear?”. Artemije has during the latest years traveled throughout Europe and the US lecturing about the hard situation of the Serbian church in Kosovo, during a lecture in the US during spring he claimed, “The Siptars [derogatory term for Albanians] must be stopped, they are practically performing a Jihad against Christian Europe and the only defender of the Christian Europe is the Serbian nation”. Extreme words from an extreme man, one may think, but let’s not hesitate and let’s take a clear look of what kind of situation we’re looking at. The Serbian church is in fact very different from most churches in European states. The Serbian church was not only actively involved in a much criticized “blessing” of Serbian soldiers in Bosnia who shortly thereafter murdered over 8000 civilians in Srebrenica. The Serbian church is still today an organization that holds very big power in its hands, considering the Serbian mythology treats Kosovo as the “heart of the Serbian church and nation”, the orders from the church regarding Kosovo is looked upon with great respect amongst Serbia’s radical groups (ironically enough, they’re also the biggest political party in Serbia today with their party leader Vojislav Seselj having his trial in Hague right now). Radomir Naumov, the religion minister of the Serbian state refused to call these statements “radical” or “extreme”. He chose to label them as “a bit passionate”.
This comes only weeks after the so called ‘Tsar Lazar Guard’, a paramilitary formation in Serbia with it’s main goal to “liberate” Kosovo from NATO and Albanian “occupation”. “Just as Martic shelled Zagreb, we will do the same to Pristina. Since the Siptars [derogatory term for Kosovo Albanians] have reproduced like rabbits, they will die like rabbits. There will be no survivors. God help the Serbian military and police if they try and get in our way. We will view them as the enemy, and we will do to them the same as we’ll do to the Šiptars,” the leader of the group Hadzi Andrej Milic said back then.
But threats are not only arriving from the church, during a live broadcast on the state television of Serbia (RTS) the Prime Ministerial Adviser Aleksandar Simic claimed that no compromise whatsoever was near in Kosovo. “Serbia has had negative experiences from certain armed clashes during the civil wars in the former Yugoslavia, and this is why we are more prudent and cautious now, but, of course, state interests are defended by war as well,”.
Several diplomats within Serbia issued statements denouncing the threats from Kostunica’s adviser Simic. But one cannot ignore the fact that Serbia, once the major factor of instability on the Balkans is retaking it’s position as the player who flames up his opponents. Luckily enough, Serbia is not a threat to NATO forces nor capable of causing unrest in case of Western political and diplomatic action, which wasn’t the case back in 1999 when diplomacy simply wasn’t enough to halt the state terror of Slobodan Milosevic. However, ignoring the radical and xenophobic statements coming from men with responsibility and power in Serbia, one must not forget that Serbia very easily has the ability to inflict a major conflict in Kosovo again, arming and supporting their ethnic kin in Kosovo, for example for a separation war breaking apart northern Kosovo to secede with Serbia itself. Let’s not forget Aleksandar Simic is one of the men advising Vojislav Kostunica what step to take next.
The main factors in Europe and the Western world must take it’s responsibility and not let extremism return to the Balkans, especially not in governmental positions. An independent Kosovo, protected and monitored by NATO for several years is the first step towards a stop for expansion of extremism. It would indeed be unimaginable to picture Kosovo under Serbian control again, things turns very quick on the Balkans and it’s either time to take responsibility or prepare to face another fresh armed conflict in Europe.
sday, 05 December 2007
By Salih Shala
Once again, a threat of war and occupation casts its shade over the Balkans. This time, it’s Serbia who’s on the offensive threatening to re-launch their war against Kosovo’s Albanian population which started back in early 1998.
After several offensive statements from Prime Minister Kostunica, archbishop Artemije, the 'Tsar Lazar Guard', Kostunicas advisor Aleksandar Simic chosed to openly threaten with war over Kosovo.
Back in 1998, Yugoslav forces under the command of Slobodan Milosevic rolled in with a massive arsenal of tanks and MIG airplanes over the region of Kosovo. The goal back then was – officially, to crush the Kosovo Liberation Army, and regain full control of Kosovo. 18 months later, Belgrade itself stood in flames after being the first state in Europe to be bombed by allied forces since Nazi Germany in 1945 as a result of the crimes against civilians in Kosovo by Serb forces.
What occurred during those months of war and ethnic clashes in Kosovo has been told by many witnesses in several courtrooms in the Hague tribunal. After several police casualties as a result of KLA attacks during 1998 Serbia let the armed forces roll in together with several paramilitary groups. The goals was to ‘cleanse up’, notorious for their crimes against the civilian populations of Croatia and Bosnia the groups, headed by convicted criminals in Serbia and throughout Europe started their work. When things got worse and new massacres became known to the West, NATO intervened and bombed Yugoslavia for 78 days until Serbia capitulated and signed the retreat deal in Kumanovo in June 1999. The Kosovars, numbering over 10 000 civilian casualties, over half of the population expelled, thousands of raped girls and women and a total devastated infrastructure were free to return to their homes. Serb forces left and most probably, the Serbs themselves didn’t expect to return with armed forces to Kosovo any day soon. Eight years later, after massive work and investments in restoration of a normal life in Kosovo, backed up by a UN administration. Kosovo stands ready to get their long-anticipated independence recognized by the US and other western states.
Serbia however, has both changed and remained the same in many ways. Slobodan Milosevic is no more, instead Boris Tadic, a moderate leader looking towards the West is the state president, accompanied by Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, an ultra-nationalistic of former radical leaders of Serbia. Kostunica hasn’t hesitated to threaten the West with “state actions” if they don’t cut their support to Kosovar independence. Kostunica has stopped short of declaring war as a possible option, but several other radical groups have instead expressed their expectations of a new war.
Only yesterday, the head of the Serbian church in Prizren, bishop Artemije shared his views on the situation. Very well known for his controversies and xenophobic rhetoric’s, the bishop stated that Serbia “must close the administrative border with Kosovo for three days, launching huge-scale military exercises on the border”, Artemije went on saying that this was not enough and that “we must mobilize every weapon capable person in Serbia who is ready to go to Kosovo”. “When this is done, we should invite our partners from Russia, China, Pakistan and India to monitor the situation”. When asked why these particular four countries for this kind of mission, Artemije replied “simply because these are four nuclear engaged states”.
Artemije however didn’t claim to call for war, “I’m calling for defence of the Serbian state, if we don’t act this way. There’s nothing for the Albanians to be afraid of, who are they going to fear?”. Artemije has during the latest years traveled throughout Europe and the US lecturing about the hard situation of the Serbian church in Kosovo, during a lecture in the US during spring he claimed, “The Siptars [derogatory term for Albanians] must be stopped, they are practically performing a Jihad against Christian Europe and the only defender of the Christian Europe is the Serbian nation”. Extreme words from an extreme man, one may think, but let’s not hesitate and let’s take a clear look of what kind of situation we’re looking at. The Serbian church is in fact very different from most churches in European states. The Serbian church was not only actively involved in a much criticized “blessing” of Serbian soldiers in Bosnia who shortly thereafter murdered over 8000 civilians in Srebrenica. The Serbian church is still today an organization that holds very big power in its hands, considering the Serbian mythology treats Kosovo as the “heart of the Serbian church and nation”, the orders from the church regarding Kosovo is looked upon with great respect amongst Serbia’s radical groups (ironically enough, they’re also the biggest political party in Serbia today with their party leader Vojislav Seselj having his trial in Hague right now). Radomir Naumov, the religion minister of the Serbian state refused to call these statements “radical” or “extreme”. He chose to label them as “a bit passionate”.
This comes only weeks after the so called ‘Tsar Lazar Guard’, a paramilitary formation in Serbia with it’s main goal to “liberate” Kosovo from NATO and Albanian “occupation”. “Just as Martic shelled Zagreb, we will do the same to Pristina. Since the Siptars [derogatory term for Kosovo Albanians] have reproduced like rabbits, they will die like rabbits. There will be no survivors. God help the Serbian military and police if they try and get in our way. We will view them as the enemy, and we will do to them the same as we’ll do to the Šiptars,” the leader of the group Hadzi Andrej Milic said back then.
But threats are not only arriving from the church, during a live broadcast on the state television of Serbia (RTS) the Prime Ministerial Adviser Aleksandar Simic claimed that no compromise whatsoever was near in Kosovo. “Serbia has had negative experiences from certain armed clashes during the civil wars in the former Yugoslavia, and this is why we are more prudent and cautious now, but, of course, state interests are defended by war as well,”.
Several diplomats within Serbia issued statements denouncing the threats from Kostunica’s adviser Simic. But one cannot ignore the fact that Serbia, once the major factor of instability on the Balkans is retaking it’s position as the player who flames up his opponents. Luckily enough, Serbia is not a threat to NATO forces nor capable of causing unrest in case of Western political and diplomatic action, which wasn’t the case back in 1999 when diplomacy simply wasn’t enough to halt the state terror of Slobodan Milosevic. However, ignoring the radical and xenophobic statements coming from men with responsibility and power in Serbia, one must not forget that Serbia very easily has the ability to inflict a major conflict in Kosovo again, arming and supporting their ethnic kin in Kosovo, for example for a separation war breaking apart northern Kosovo to secede with Serbia itself. Let’s not forget Aleksandar Simic is one of the men advising Vojislav Kostunica what step to take next.
The main factors in Europe and the Western world must take it’s responsibility and not let extremism return to the Balkans, especially not in governmental positions. An independent Kosovo, protected and monitored by NATO for several years is the first step towards a stop for expansion of extremism. It would indeed be unimaginable to picture Kosovo under Serbian control again, things turns very quick on the Balkans and it’s either time to take responsibility or prepare to face another fresh armed conflict in Europe.