Plans for a White House summit between Serbia and Kosovo on economic ties have been cancelled, US officials say, following the indictment of Kosovo President Hashim Thaci for war crimes during the 1998-99 war with Serbia.
Thaci says he is completely innocent and has nothing to hide. He also accused the international prosecutors of trying to rewrite the history of Kosovo. He said he wouldn’t allow that, and that what happens will be best for Kosovo and Albania.
Accusations of Thaci torturing and killing political opponents and ethnic minorities in Kosovo date back many years. Officials say there is a lot backing these charges, and that Thaci has long interfered with the investigations.
The high-profile indictment of Thaci and others meant the summit could no longer go ahead. The White House has not scheduled a replacement, yet, and analysts say they are unlikely to do so again in the lead-up to the November election.
That took a long time to do.
And nothing may yet come out of it. Let us see how it happened that just at such a pivotal moment that US is snatching Kosovo problem from European-based Brussels process — suddenly a mother load of indictments against many individuals — including some that got away from bring convicted after 40 witnesses suddenly changing their minds — as a PROTECTED WITNESS in Germany was found dead, hanging in a park. Declared suicide, of course.
I have no confidence that anybody can compel anyone to testify, unless they are protected and anonymous. The strength of Albanian mafia is well known in Europe, and no crucial witness would live.
Put Bill Clinton on trial for his war crimes during that war, and we might be on the right track.
It is amazing how much information is available in crimes committed by Kosovo gangs — not just Serbs but against whole Albanian families that were not deemed loyal or would not pay up. The organ trafficking — documented beyond shadow of doubt, yet, no justice.
In fact, during early ISIS exploits in Syria, several “opposition” head-choppers came to Kosovo to consult with Tachi and many ex-KLA. Let us not forget that head-chopping was practiced in Bosnia before it was practiced in Kosovo — and well before ISIS made it news.
Whoever came for training — and whoever was the sponsor that brought them to Kosovo, one thing is sure. A mysterious attack occurred on a village in Syria and most inhabitants were killed. That looked like the famous Rachak incident in Kosovo — where Government was blamed, in Syria — there was a rush of media howling blaming mysterious Syrian government. forces intrusion. Unfortunately, story did not stick — it could not have been possible for such incursion to happen — as no surrounding hamlets saw army coming — and only the militants were in the area.
One thing ISIS learned from KLA — kill your own, to scare them, to get their obedience. It worked in Kosovo. Let us see for how long.
Now the weak Prime Minister may loose his job, and if Europe does not step up the plate and force implementation of Brussel agreement — Europe may just stop butting in.
I am betting that these indictments will be declared Russia’s doing!
Les Aspen was the midwife to al Qaeda.