Reuters reported Tuesday that Bosnian Serb police had found a bomb near the Potocari Memorial in Srebrenica. It wasn’t long before the viceroy’s office (OHR) issued a statement insinuating that the RS police staged the whole thing to disrupt the commemoration. (!)
Compare this to the reactions to bomb attacks in Kosovo on Saturday night, which targeted the UN and Serbs. The bombings – latest in a series – bore all the trademarks of the KLA. But both Albanian leaders and Imperial officials have been hard at work to deflect the blame. Albanians immediately claimed the bombs were “attacks on the democratic process” aimed to “destabilize Kosovo” (meaning, the Albanian separatist cause) – blaming the Serbs, in not so many words. US envoy Philip Goldberg, offered this meaningless assessment: “Neither people of Kosovo nor the international community will allow acts of terrorism to divert us from the important work ahead.”
However, Viceroy Jessen-Petersen gave himself away when he said he was sure the bombings “do not have the support of the people of Kosovo.” Now, the “people of Kosovo” is a synonym for Albanians. Why would the viceroy say he was certain Albanians did not support he bombings, unless he figured Albanian terrorists (the KLA) were behind them?