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Anti-Americanism and Genocide in the Kosovo War Genocide in the Kosovo War Anti-Americanism Bardhyl Mahmuti And and Bardhyl Mahmuti Anti-Americanism Genocide in the Kosovo War Kosovo the in Genocide Bardhyl Mahmuti Anti-Americanism and Genocide in the Kosovo War Bardhyl Mahmuti Blood Libel Anti-Americanism and Genocide in the Kosovo War ÇABEJ 2015 Blood Libel Anti-Americanism and Genocide in the Kosovo War This book was written in close consultation with the political scientist Ramadan Avdiu, who deserves a special gratitude for the form and the composition of the argumentation in this book. would also like to thank: • Abaz Pllana • Ismail Kuçi • Adelina Badivuku • Isuf Sherifi • Adnan Asllani • Izet Sylaj • Agush Buja • Ixhet Lutfiu • Ajet Mahmuti • Jakup Krasniqi • Alban Ismailaj • Jusuf Osmani • Arjeta Azemi Aliu • Ngadhnjim Beqiri • Avni Dehari • Rexhep Pangjaj • Arianit Xhaferi • Rijat Abdullai • Behxhet Gashi • Rina Çela Grasset • Bilall Sherifi • Rrahman Jakupi • Elmi Reçica • Sabir Krasniqi • Fatmir Arifi • Sabri Kiçmari • Halil Selimi • Xhelal Idrizi • Islam Ramizi • Xhevat Bislimi for the immense help they gave in translating and in providing a part of the materials used in the book. I Would also like to thank Fisnik Sopi, the owner of “Select Studio” from Prishtina, who voluntarily and with great passion designed the cover of the book, and Skender Hajdari who arranged the pagination and other technical works in the book. For the English edition of the book I would like to express my greatest gratitude to Stephen Hardy, Jane Banks and especially Asim Zaimi, who, through his extraordinary commitment has translated the book into English and has followed the editing process of the book. A special gratitude goes to Jane Banks, who, in addition to her arduous work to bring this book closer to the English reading audience, also suggested the very meaningful title of the book. In the end, I would like to wholeheartedly thank my wife Selvete and my two sons Vatan and Shpati, for their continuous support and their sacrifice, patience and understanding during the entire time I was working on the book. Sincerily, Bardhyl Mahmuti 7 An eternal gratitude! To the dignitaries who did not allow the full implementation of the Serbian Plan of Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo: • Bill Clinton • Viktor Meier • Tony Blair • Adelheid Feilcke-Tiemann • Madeleine Albright • Jacques Chirac • Robin Cook • Lionel Jospin • William Walker • Bernard Kushner • Bob Doll • Daniel Chohn-Bendit • Richard Holbrooke • Bernard-Henri Lévy • John Mc Cain • Antoine Garapon • Wesley Clark • Emma Bonino • Joe Biden • Olivier Dupuis • Javier Solana • Anne-Marie Lizin • Tom Lantos • Ueli Leunberger • Alfonse D'Amato • Jean Ziegler • Joseph DioGuardi • Ruth Dreifuss • Christane Amanpour • Yves Laplace • James Pettifer • Bülent Ecevit • Tim Judah • Süleyman Demirel • David Loyn • Janez Janša • Vaclav Havel • Jaša Zlobec • Ullmar Qvick • Peter Božić • Anders Wesman • Matjaž Hanžek • Nils Henrik Hooge • Ervin Hladnik-Miharčić • Tue Magnussen • Stjepan Mesić • Maria Fuglevaag Warsinski • Vlado Gotovac • Pål Refsdal • Ines Sabalić • Gerhard Schröder • Vlado Šeks • Joschka Fischer • Anto Kovačević as well as to all those politicians and intellectuals who mobilized in order to end the genocide in Kosovo, despite their differences on various issues. 9 Content An eternal gratitude! ............................................................................9 Foreword ............................................................................................ 21 PART ONE THE GENOCIDE IN KOSOVO ........................... 27 CHAPTER ONE ..................................................................................29 PROLOGUE TO CHAPTER ONE ......................................................29 The Limestone Crematorium ...................................................... 30 From the Klecka Crematorium to Images of Dolls ..................... 40 The Disappearance of the Klecka Crematorium ..........................45 Serbian civilians having names, but no surnames and often no names or surnames .....................50 EPILOGUE TO CHAPTER ONE ........................................................57 Breaking the wall of silence about the crimes in Kosovo! ...........57 CHAPTER TWO .................................................................................62 PROLOGUE TO CHAPTER TWO ......................................................62 The Panda Bar ...............................................................................63 The KLA Bombers .........................................................................65 What was troubling Milosevic’s conscience? ...............................69 Who ordered the killings and who executed the crime? ..............70 EPILOGUE TO CHAPTER TWO .......................................................76 The Death Squad ...........................................................................76 11 CHAPTER THREE .............................................................................83 PROLOGUE TO CHAPTER THREE .................................................83 The War and the Media Lies ........................................................ 84 Exposure and International Pressure ..........................................97 Criminals return to the crime scene .............................................99 The Rambouillet Conference ......................................................102 Looters in KLA uniforms! ...........................................................108 The Forensic Results and the Hippocratic Oath .........................121 Media Manipulation or Mediation of Manipulation? ................148 Continuing Deception about the Recak Massacre: The Lie that Would Not Die ........................................................ 156 The Protagonists of the Crime ....................................................164 EPILOGUE TO CHAPTER THREE .................................................180 CHAPTER FOUR .............................................................................184 PROLOGUE TO CHAPTER FOUR ..................................................184 The Desire for “Modest Bombing” .............................................185 Human Rights and National Sovereignty ..................................189 EPILOGUE TO CHAPTER FOUR ............................................. 205 “I also feel Albanian”- Václav Havel .......................................... 205 CHAPTER FIVE .............................................................................. 206 PROLOGUE TO CHAPTER FIVE ................................................... 206 The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing .................................................... 206 Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo and the Operation “Horseshoe” ...............................................................207 Kosovo, a Theater with Closed Doors .........................................229 Who Forged “Horseshoe”? .........................................................235 EPILOGUE TO CHAPTER FIVE: .................................................. 250 The Spring of Kosovo’s Bartholomew ....................................... 250 12 CHAPTER SIX .................................................................................252 PROLOGUE TO CHAPTER SIX ......................................................252 Massacre or Holocaust? ..............................................................252 Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide ..................................................253 EPILOGUE TO CHAPTER SIX ........................................................296 In the abyss of death ...................................................................296 CHAPTER SEVEN .......................................................................... 300 Defining the final status of Kosovo ................................................. 300 PROLOGUE TO CHAPTER SEVEN ............................................... 300 International presence in Kosovo ..............................................301 Standards before status ............................................................. 302 Prime Minister Haradinaj and Carla Del Ponte ........................ 305 The Status Quo and the Final Status of Kosovo .........................310 Vienna Negotiations ................................................................... 313 Rambouillet Déjà vu: Another 120 days of Negotiations ..............................................323 The End of Negotiations on Kosovo's Political Status .............................................................326 The final status of a territory and the restrictive position of the Security Council ..........................333 Declaration of Independence of Kosovo ....................................336 Serbian reactions to the decision of the Kosovo Assembly ..............................................................342 Serbia’s Diplomatic Reactions ....................................................347 Foreign reactions to Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence .........................................................................359 “A life is made of details, but one detail can change a life.” ................................................372 EPILOGUE TO CHAPTER SEVEN..................................................378 13 PART TWO ....................................................................... 383 THE SPONSORING OF THE “ALBANIAN MAFIA” ..................... 383 CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................... 384 PROLOGUE TO CHAPTER ONE ..................................................
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