Text of report by Serbia-Montenegrin radio Kontakt Plus on 28 June
[Announcer] A rally entitled "The truth about Kosovo-Metohija" is in progress in Sumadija Square [in northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica] attended by several hundred people. [Serbian Orthodox Church] Bishop of Milesevo Filaret, an academician and a member of the Bulgarian Academy [of Arts and Sciences], Velko Valkanov, a Greek member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, journalist and publisher Ljiljana Bulatovic, journalist and publisher Milovan Drecun, writer Momir Lazic, Kosta Bulatovic, Mitar Balevic, lawyer Dragoljub Tomasevic, Prof Kosta Galjak and others will hold speeches.
Along with posters calling on citizens to attend this, as they put it, people's rally entitled "The truth about Kosovo-Metohija", posters featuring pictures of the former Yugoslav and Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, also appeared in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica. Mirjana Milutinovic has a report.
[Reporter] UNMIK [UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo] spokesman Gyoergy Kakuk told Kontakt Plus radio that the posters had been put up by a group of people based in Belgrade, adding that they had very limited support from the Kosovo Serbs.
[Kakuk, in English, superimposed by voice of interpreter] We understand that the posters were put up by a group based in Belgrade, the posters with Milosevic's face, and it seems that they have very limited support in [Kosovska] Mitrovica, not to mention among Kosovo Serbs in general. You should just remember the manner in which Milosevic used to exploit Kosovo Serbs for his own political purposes, and you should just remember what terrible consequences all this had for all Kosovo citizens. There is no law against putting up such posters, but it seems that the majority of Kosovo citizens are indifferent towards this, and they look upon it with scorn. I repeat that Kosovo Serbs, who suffered at the hands of this terrible person together with others, did not do this, UNMIK spokesman Gyoergy Kakuk said.
Prompted by the rally held today in Kosovska Mitrovica, entitled "The truth about Kosovo-Metohija", Gyoergy Kakuk said that the police had approved the rally as a way of celebrating St Vitus Day, not as a rally supporting any particular person, including Milosevic.
[Kakuk] We and the KPS [Kosovo Police Service] remain vigilant to uphold the people's democratic right of assembly and freedom of speech, and we will see to it that this is not abused, and that rallies proceed in a peaceful and democratic manner. So, we are making sure that there is no hate speech and incitement of ethnic hatred, the UNMIK spokesman said.
Source: Kontakt Plus, Kosovska Mitrovica, in Serbian 1400 gmt 28 Jun 05
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Kakuk is right. They prefer Vojislav Seselj!
And we're supposed to live together? Clearly Milosevic is still a God among Serbs, and Europe must realize this and help them, YES help THEM, come to peace with themselves.
Chris
Didn't Albanians collaborate with the Nazi’s during WWII? And what’s up with all UCK war Criminal/ Hero Shrines popping up around Kosovo?
Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black.
Living together means compromise and respecting peoples right to freedom of expression. As a black American I get upset when I see a Klu Klux Klan rally, but hey those guys have a right to believe what they want to believe. The difference between you and I Chris is that I don't claim the ignorance of others is keeping me down.
I wonder how Georgy knows who put those posters? Did he or anyone from UNMIK ask for some Identification cards when they were placing those posters? Did Georgy or anyone else in UNMIK do a survey of what K_Serbs think about Milosevic? I don't think so I would recommend georgy to report only about facts and not to get emotional. I Agree with Chris, read some more on the topic.
Zotri Blaku ma bre se i myte krejt e gjynah :)
What the f*** is that stupid language ??
Above blogger,
Your comment above, not your ignorance, tells a lot about your character. The language you are refering to is Albanian (Illyrian).
Just for your information Albanian language is the only Indo European language that has preserved the archaic structure of proto Aryan language. Albanian adjectives and ordinals come after the stressed nouns unlike any other European tongue.
The law formulated in 1892 by J. Wackernagel, according to which unstressed parts of the sentence tend to occupy a position after the first stressed word normally situated at the beginning of a sentence makes Albanian the oldest living Indo European language.
Hope you appreciate the above information.
Regards,
Faruki
Hi Chris,
Your input is very much appreciated :)
Faruki
Albanians cooperated with Hitler to the extent that they had their own SS division.
Chris - your revisionist history anecdotes are hilarious. I really like the one about the "lone gunman defending Albania against 400 Nazi bombers."
Chris, I am an Albanian and live in Boston. Though I believe we both love our country, I think your revisionist history and general racism towards all things Serbian detracts from the Albanian cause. People like you hold our country down. Your time would be much better spent promoting understanding instead of inciting hate, and bringing down barriers instead of putting them up.
SS devison which was procecutd by the Albanians themselfs!!!
As far as trhe Serbian role during WWII and their collaboration with the Nazis go... you might find the info below useful!!!!
The Serbian propaganda machine attempted to promote the idea that Serbs, along with the Jews, were the victims of the Nazis. However, we very well know what happened in reality. In fact, Jewish people know very well what happened during WWII!!! To better understand my meaning I suggest you read
Serbia's Secret War: Propaganda and the Deceit of History by
Philip J. Cohen, David Riesman.
This book written by Cohen (himself an American Jew) sheds some much needed light on the Serb fascist puppet state during WWII, and the atrocities that took place there. Ethnic Serbs took active part in the prosecution and genocide of Jews, resulting in Serbia being one of the first states in Europe to be declared 'Judenfrei'. There were never much resistance to the German forces stationed in Serbia Proper during WWII. The Zbor and Chetniks [Serb fascist forces] who were actively killing Muslims and Albanians [and collaborating in the prosecution and killing of Jews] were the most active military units in this area - not the German Wehrmacht.
What this meticolously documented book shows, is the art of the Serb propaganda after WWII trying to demonise especially Croats as a genocidal fascist nation and the Serbs as being all Partisans and most importantly victims on the same level as the Jews being killed during WWII. If you tell a lie a hundred times, it becomes the truth. By repeating the same lies over and over again, the Serb propaganda machinery has effectively created a myth that says all Serbs were victims during WWII. This is far from the truth, as many actively collaborated with the Nazis, and many more took a part in the killing of Jews, Albanians, Bosnians and Croats. This book illuminates an ugly part of Serbian history not widely known outside the former Yugoslavia. Much of the material is sourced from archives primarily in Belgrade, which should speak volumes.
Gjergj,
Perderisa Serbet, vetevetiu, e fajsojn poppullin shqiptare per krimet qe ata kan kryer ndaj tyre e vetemja menyre eshte qe te tregosh te verteten ashtu si kurre me pare. Apo ndoshta kjo e fundit te vret ty, sepse kemi ne shume shqiptare qe edhe ne kohet me te veshtira te popullit tone kane punuar shume kunder tije. Prandaj, te lutem, nese ke diqka me interese te postosh do ishte mire por jo edhe te mohosh komentet ne ate mynyre si e beni ju. Ndoshta ju jeni shume liberal, por jo edhe aq sa te tjeret te i mbyllin syt.
Pa keqkuptim
Chris: I am familiar with a lot of the historical anecdotes you bring up, and I know about many other terrible things Serbs have done in the far and recent past. I love Albania, but there are also parts of Albanian history that I am not very proud about.
The bottom line is that to move on and better the value of living in Albania, I think that integrating ourselves into Europe is crucial. And if it means working with our neighbors, be it Serbia, Macedonia, and Greece, I say we should proceed.
I have been to Serbia and have a few Serbian friends. Most of them are good people. They are not evil Nazis that many people on this site portray them to be. Their country, in many ways is like ours, and I find that hating them will not help anything. Hating them will just give them reason to hate us. And that won't lead us anywhere.
And the 500 US airmen that were saved by the "Facist" Chetniks in the Halyard Mission was all a lie?
As was the Legion of Merit for Gen. Mahailovic?
Believe what you want , Chetniks of WWII were certainly not facists nor did they colaborate with the Nazis.
Please check your sources. You have been blinded with lies.
John,
Texas
Gjergj Cuko,
Politics isn't your game. Let the big dogs do the talking.
No hard feelings.
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