Author: Nebojsa Malic

I should have noted this Monday, when I first read the article, but was so overwhelmed by the sheer volume of articles about Srebrenica – the vast majority repeating exactly the same tired propaganda – that I haven’t got around to it. But this article, in the London Sunday Times, was somewhat different – not just because it admitted there was a history of massacres on both sides in Srebrenica, or that Serbs and Muslims in the area still very much hate each other, or even that most of the dead came from a military column, and were therefore not “civilians.” What caught my eye was the “factoid” at the end, “How a safe haven turned into hell.” Look carefully at the numbers. Continue reading “Fuzzy Math and “Genocide””

Say something the Montenegrin separatists don’t like, and you may find yourself shot – or accused of terrorism. Last spring, the editor of a Podgorica newspaper who wrote about president/prime minister Milo Djukanovic’s shady adventures in cigarette-smuggling was gunned down. The recent accusation of terrorism came at the expense of Srdja Trifkovic, Chronicles editor, prolific historian and commentator, after his recent appearance at a forum opposing Montenegrin separatism.

According to Trifkovic’s colleague (and author of a great history of Montenegro) Thomas Fleming, papers close to the government accused Trifkovic of authoring a death threat to Djukanovic; the purported threat is a crude and sloppy forgety – which did not prevent the leading Empire-glorifying daily in Belgrade (the Jacobin Danas) from eagerly parroting the charge.

Aware that American money won’t keep their criminal gang in power forever, that support for “independence” has consistently remained low (were it not so, the referendum Djukanovic keeps threatening to call would have taken place years ago), that their attempts to establish separate”Montenegrin” nation, culture, church, history and language have been recognized as a demented joke, and that the only way to avoid Italian smuggling indictments is diplomatic immunity, Djukanovic and his cronies have become desperately delusional enough to believe they could shape reality through propaganda.

Earth to Milo: it doesn’t work, not even for the American Empire. Sooner or later, reality bites back. Looks like his time is just about up.

[As a side note, Dr. Fleming’s condemnation of this smear campaign soon drew the attention of rabid Islamists (see writeback), whose absurd and hysterical charges against Dr. Trifkovic also named yours truly. Though signed “CAIR,” the post actually reeked of Stephen Schwartz.]

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?

Personal reasons have precluded me from doing a Balkan Express this week, but the column will return on its regular schedule next Thursday, June 30.

Due to some personal obligations, there won’t be a Balkan Express this week. Look for a new article next Thursday.

Serbia-Montenegro Ambassador Ivan Vujacic has gone and done it again. Responding this time to the arrogant blowhard Richard Holbrooke, Vujacic does a splendid job of translating Holbrokese into English:

“In other words, the aspirant members of the European Union need not strive to fulfill the requirements stemming from European values. Instead, they can simply trade in a part of their territory. This is poor advice. The evaluation of standards in Kosovo should be based on facts, not political wishful thinking, let alone blackmail.”

Of course, Holbrooke’s “advice” is actually a threat, and it isn’t “poor,” it’s criminal. But a diplomat can hardly say that out loud.
Last month I wondered whether Vujacic’s reaction to a Post editorial was a fluke, or the beginning of a new pattern. This second reaction suggests the latter – and not a moment too soon.