The “Albanian Issue” In Kosovo (Or If Serbia Had Fox News, What Would It Be Reporting?)

Aleksandra Rebic (click here for more info) provides an “insightful” view of the “Albanian Issue” in Kosovo. She does so with great gusto, reason, and the use of “quotes.” I can only imagine that if Serbia had a Fox News, this is what it would report about Kosovo and the “Albanian Issue.” [...]

Does 1244 Provide A Directive For Kosovo Becoming Independent?

Peel away the rhetoric, grandstanding, and stump speeches, and what you have left is the legal framework for Kosovo independence in light of UNSCR 1244. Does the resolution provide for Kosovo independence? Would a uniliteral declaration of independence violate UNSCR 1244?
In “Russia’s Sane Position on Kosovo,” published by Serbianna (http://www.serbianna.com/columns/averko/002.shtml), Mark Averko argues [...]

Director of Serbia’s Sector For “Minority Rights” says to Kosovar Albanians: Your Flag Day Is Illegal!

November 28, 2007 was Flag Day for Kosovar Albanians.  Kosovo, for obvious reasons, does not yet have a flag, although many would point to the red, double-eagled Albanian flag as the one most flown in Kosovo.  It is an Albanian national holiday.  Most Albanians take the day off.  Wave the flag around.  Sing the national [...]

Battle of Kosovo, 1389 (Or: Think the Serbs Will Forget About The Last 8 Years of “UN Rule” As Water Under the Bridge? Think Again!)

In many articles about Kosovo independence, you will often read that crucial elements of Serbian identity are in Kosovo, such as churches, monastaries, and other holy sites.  But the “big kahuna” of crucial elements of Serbian identity is without question the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 – a battle in which the Serbs lost to the invading [...]

Serbia Threatens Blockades if Kosovo Declares Independence (Or How Serbia Has Taken Off The Velvet Glove)

The tension in the Balkans has gone up yet another notch.  According to a report by the Associated Press yesterday, Serbia threatened to impose an economic and travel blockade on Kosovo if the province declares independence.  Serbia also warned — ominously – that “bloody confrontations” could await Kosovo if it declares independence, and that any country [...]

Extraordinary Rendition (Or How The U.S. Government Is Doing Some Really Scary Stuff)

I figure it’s about time that I start commenting on the CIA’s speciality:  extraordinary rendition.  Basically, extraordinary rendition is when the CIA snatches a terrorism suspect and sends them to another country for interrogation.  By doing so — the CIA reasons unofficially – the suspects do not have the same rights of due process that a suspect has [...]

Death Ruled Not Homicide For Officer At Ground Zero (Or How The NYC Chief Medical Examiner Has Made A Distinction Without A Difference)

A strange decision indeed by New York City’s chief medical examiner to not reclassify the death of a police officer who worked at Ground Zero as a homicide.  Dr. Charles S. Hirsch reasoned that because Officer James Godbee, Jr. did not arrive at Ground Zero until September 13, 2001 (when he then began inhaling noxious dust particles from the [...]