Kosovo's Independence: A Matter Of Western Oil Interests, Not Democracy
By Aditya Ganapathiraju
Kosovo, a small territory where primarily ethnic Albanians reside, announced its independence from Serbia last month. While Western leaders have celebrated this unilateral secession as a great moment for democracy, the actual details of the secession paint a different picture.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19504.htm
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Kosovo's declaration of independence is illegal
http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=1107&thisview=item
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Russia, Georgia, and the Kosovo connection
Independent Institute
by J. Victor Marshall
08/22/08
In Russia even more than in America, ‘Kosovo’ rhymes with ‘I told you so.’ Many Americans don’t realize that the former Serbian province of Kosovo, which broke away in 1999 after US-led NATO forces bombed Serbia for 78 days, helped set the stage for the recent conflict between Russia and neighboring Georgia. But Russian leaders, who like most leaders care intensely about what happens at their borders (Georgia) and to their longtime allies (Serbia), warned earlier this year that support for Kosovo’s independence would set a precedent that could trigger separatist conflicts in places like Georgia. It was a warning that Washington and several of its European allies foolishly, even recklessly, failed to heed...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2301
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kosovo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Georgia
Kosovo, a small territory where primarily ethnic Albanians reside, announced its independence from Serbia last month. While Western leaders have celebrated this unilateral secession as a great moment for democracy, the actual details of the secession paint a different picture.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19504.htm
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Kosovo's declaration of independence is illegal
http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=1107&thisview=item
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Russia, Georgia, and the Kosovo connection
Independent Institute
by J. Victor Marshall
08/22/08
In Russia even more than in America, ‘Kosovo’ rhymes with ‘I told you so.’ Many Americans don’t realize that the former Serbian province of Kosovo, which broke away in 1999 after US-led NATO forces bombed Serbia for 78 days, helped set the stage for the recent conflict between Russia and neighboring Georgia. But Russian leaders, who like most leaders care intensely about what happens at their borders (Georgia) and to their longtime allies (Serbia), warned earlier this year that support for Kosovo’s independence would set a precedent that could trigger separatist conflicts in places like Georgia. It was a warning that Washington and several of its European allies foolishly, even recklessly, failed to heed...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2301
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kosovo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Georgia
rudkla - 10. Mär, 23:07
