26/2/08

Police use tear gas to disperse rioters in Kosovo
Euronews.net – Lyon,France
More than a week after Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, clashes between police and Serb protesters are continuing. …
www.euronews.net/index.php?page=info&article=471972&lng=1

Serbs consider Kosovo cradle of their culture
National Post – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Twelfth-century Kosovo was the administrative and cultural centre of the Serbian state. In the mid-1400s, Serbia was conquered by the Ottoman Turks,…
www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=334488

Kosovo border creeps south
International Herald Tribune – France
By Matt Robinson Reuters ZUPCE, Kosovo: The United Nations persuaded Serbs on Sunday to remove two checkpoints they had set up 20 kms (12 miles) inside the …
www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/02/24/europe/
OUKWD-UK-KOSOVO-SERBIA-PORTACABIN.php

A Kosovo crisis Embassy assault is one sign of trouble
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
Kosovo is the latest region to pull away from the former Yugoslavia, dominated by Serbia. But the province’s departure is the hardest for Belgrade to accept …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f
=/c/a/2008/02/25/ED0LV8DS7.DTL

Jaric watches Kosovo from afar
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) – Minneapolis,MN,USA
The subject: independence for Kosovo. As an ethnic Serb, it’s not hard to guess where Jaric stands on the issue. “First of all, I don’t want to get involved …
www.startribune.com/sports/wolves/15961892.html

Loss of Kosovo angers Serbs across spectrum
Bangkok Post – Thailand
‘’If you were here on Sunday,’’ Ms Petkovic told a foreign reporter over the weekend, referring to the day of Kosovo’s independence declaration a week …
www.bangkokpost.com/News/26Feb2008_news21.php

Serbs Continue to Protest Kosovo’s Independence
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News Police in Kosovo say they have used tear gas and help from NATO peacekeepers to disperse Serb protesters near the Kosovo-Serbia border. …
voanews.com/english/2008-02-25-voa57.cfm

Protest at Kosovo border post injures 19 police officers
Xinhua – China
25 (Xinhua) — Nineteen Kosovo police officers were injured on Monday when Serb protestors attacked them at a border post, police said. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/26/content_7669172.htm

Kosovo won’t be part of Serbia again-US State Dept
Reuters – USA
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Kosovo will never be part of Serbia again, the US State Department said on Monday, but said Washington would keep working on …
www.reuters.com/article/europeCrisis/idUSN25234600

Putin’s heir backs Serbia in Kosovo spat
AFP –
BELGRADE (AFP) — Russia’s likely next president, Dmitry Medvedev, vowed Monday to stick by Belgrade in its fight against Kosovo’s Western-backed declaration …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iA1V0xqhv5nCfQR9j0NCaI30eprg

By force, if necessary – Minority returns to Kosovo after independence
By Romano Them
Minority returns to Kosovo have been scarce. Security concerns and the poor economic outlook, in particular for Kosovo’s ethnic minorities, have prevented Roma and other non-Albanians from returning to Kosovo. …
kosovoroma.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/by-force-if-
necessary-minority-returns-to-kosovo-after-independence/

Behind Kosovo’s Independence
By ape(ape)
One is the situation in Kosovo itself (which we’ll get to in a moment), but the other is the attack on the US embassy. Yes, the Serbian government had an obligation to prevent the embassy from being torched and ransacked. …
gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/
behind-kosovos-independence.html

UNT political scientist available to discuss Kosovo’s independence …
Last week, the US Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, evacuated all nonessential personnel and closed after angry demonstrators attacked the embassy in protest of Kosovo’s independence from Serbia. Kosovo declared independence on Feb. …
web3.unt.edu/news/story.cfm?story=10909

Kosovo: A Time Bomb in Global Politics
By 01varvara
The precedent of Kosovo is set to produce a negative impact on the situation around the globe. Speaking in Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that calls to emulate Kosovo have come from Abkhazia, South Ossetia, …
02varvara.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/
kosovo-a-time-bomb-in-global-politics/

Europe fears example of Kosovo bandwagon
Stuff.co.nz – New Zealand
Nato, having never fired a shot in anger during the Cold War, ended up bombing Belgrade. If an acceptable way for Kosovo to exist within Serbia had been …
www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4416209a1861.html

NATO Chief Calls for More Commitment to Afghanistan, Channel NewsAsia
NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer called Thursday for more international commitment to the fight against the Taliban, saying extremists were intent on destabilising the West as well as Afghanistan. Countries contributing to a …
feeds.hsrgroup.org/~r/Afghanistan
SecurityNews/~3/241203689/.html

Why NATO should get out of Afghanistan
By DM(DM)
The only thing that could possibly subdue [Afghan insurgents] would be a massive number of NATO boots on the ground, prepared to engage in close-up fighting, but to find numbers of this order would mean switching the full force of …
stopwarblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/why-
nato-should-get-out-of-afghanistan.html

Taliban Undermining NATO Work
Militants’ resilience helps explain why NATO members’ strategy relies less on military force.
www.personalbee.com/101/28849612

The SCO and NATO
By Herodotus
On that note I am curious if alliances “behave” a certain way throughout history. Do states buck-pass, balance, or does one strong state always dominate an alliance? What makes NATO a stronger alliance than say the League of Augsburg? …
www.worldaffairsboard.com/western
-alliance/43145-sco-nato.html

US Senator: NATO’s future at stake
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
The Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has warned that failure in Afghanistan and Pakistan could cripple NATO. “Many of our NATO …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=44724&sectionid=3510203

Taliban Threatens Afghan Cellphone Companies
New York Times – United States
The statement, issued by a Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, complained that NATO and American forces in Afghanistan, which it called“occupying forces …
www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/
world/asia/26afghan.html?ref=asia

Biden Warns of Failure in Afghanistan
The Associated Press –
Joseph Biden on Monday called for more US aid for Afghanistan and deeper NATO involvement there, saying failure could also have dire consequences for …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKbORL
Xdbh3i0_YhwPxYjlqTIj1AD8V1MOVG0

Kosovo ‘Independence’ strengthens US/ NATO hold on Balkans
Fight Back! Newspaper – Minneapolis,MN,USA
Since the US/NATO 1999 air war and the subsequent occupation of Kosovo by the United Nations, terrorists from the ethnic Albanian ‘Kosovo Liberation Army’ …
www.fightbacknews.org/2008/02/kosovo.htm

25/2/08

NATO may follow if Canada exits Afghanistan: Canadian minister
AFP –
Previously, the main opposition Liberals agreed with the ruling Conservatives on the need to maintain troops in Afghanistan to 2011 only if NATO allies send …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQsOLrIZv6qtFWfy7FMRRofPSuFg

EU and NATO discuss Kosovo as Serb protests continue
Euronews.net – Lyon,France
Meeting EU leaders in Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged Serbia to look to the future, stressing that Belgrade was an important …
www.euronews.net/index.php?page=info&article=471934&lng=1

Taliban demand night-time cell tower shutdown
Register – London,England,UK
The mobile companies have long been thought by the Taliban to be colluding with NATO and Coalition forces operating in Afghanistan, and in fact it would be …
www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/25/taliban_cell_tower_prohibition/

“EU, NATO will have control of Kosovo”
B92 – Serbia
BRUSSELS — EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met in Brussels today. They told reporters after the …
www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?
yyyy=2008&mm=02&dd=25&nav_id=47974

Russia’s NATO envoy says US wants to divide and rule
Russia’s ambassador to NATO suggested Sunday that Kosovo’s split from Serbia was the result of an imperialistic American effort to “divide and rule.”
www.whatreallyhappened.com/archives/cat_wardraft.html#079218

NATO Future
American Chronicle – Beverly Hills,CA,USA
The war on terror against al-Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan is a challenge for the future of NATO. It is the second mission outside NATO members´ borders, …
www.americanchronicle.com/articles/53326

Parliament putting patriotism over partisanship on Afghan mission …
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Recounting Canada’s international commitment to Afghanistan and to NATO, he declared: “Staying in Afghanistan is not the easy thing to do but staying in …
www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=
cd4078bc-ae1d-48b8-a97c-180846a148ba&k=30765

Russian FM warns NATO, EU mission not to use force against Serbs …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign minister claimed that NATO and the EU have been considering using force to keep minority Serbs from leaving Kosovo, according to …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/25/news/Russia-Kosovo.php

Prime Minister of Iceland to visit NATO on Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Mr. Geir H. Haarde, the Prime Minister of Iceland, will visit NATO Headquarters on Tuesday, 26 February 2008 and will meet the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
www.nato.int/docu/pr/2008/p08-030e.html

1999: Playwright Harold Pinter had this to say about the NATO …
By Freedom Warrior(Freedom Warrior)
“The playwright Harold Pinter told an anti-war demonstration that he was ashamed to be British because of Nato’s bombing of Yugoslavia. At the gathering of more than 6000 marchers in a park next to the Imperial War Museum in London on …
www.nwo101.com/2008/02/1999-play
wright-harold-pinter-had-this.html

US Supports Albania’s NATO Bid
Tirana _ Washington strongly backs Albania’s bid for NATO membership, a delegation of congressmen from the United States said over the weekend.
balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/8139/

Can NATO take a tough line when Putin shows up at its summit?
International Herald Tribune – France
By John Vinocur PARIS: Why is NATO inviting Vladimir Putin as a guest-intruder to its summit meeting in Bucharest this April? It’s not as if Putin, …
www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/25/america/politicus.php

EU and NATO to stay in northern Kosovo
Monsters and Critics.com – USA
Brussels – The European Union and NATO are to maintain their missions in northern Kosovo in spite of tension in the Serbian- dominated part of the newly …
news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_
1392782.php/EU_and_NATO_to_stay_in_northern_Kosovo

Foreign Minister on NATO, Russia’s WTO Membership Terms
Civil Georgia – Georgia
In an interview with the weekly Kviris Palitra Davit Bakradze, the Georgian foreign minister, said, among other things, Georgia’s NATO aspiration and…
www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=17185

Macedonia deserved invitation from NATO
Makfax – Skopije,Macedonia
Macedonia expects NATO members to confirm the country’s progress in reforms and contribution for stability in the region by inviting it to become member at …
www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage
=1&IdPublication=2&NrArticle=102722&NrIssue=592&Nr
Section=10

Afghanistan says needs stable and democratic Pakistan
International Herald Tribune – France
On a tour of Nordic countries to drum up support and aid for Afghanistan’s democracy, Spanta said NATO forces would be needed “for a few years” more while …
www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/02/25/
europe/OUKWD-UK-AFGHAN-PAKISTAN.php

US Supports Albania’s NATO Bid
BalkanInsight.com – Pristina,Kosovo,Serbia
25 February 2008 Tirana _ Washington strongly backs Albania’s bid for NATO membership, a delegation of congressmen from the United States said over the …
www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/8139/

NATO entry takes pragmatic approach
By forUm
“One should not think Ukraine’s integration with NATO will worsen her relations with Russia,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said, addressing military college students on the Defender’s Day occasion, the Defense Ministry.
en.for-ua.com/news/2008/02/25/111512.html

Taliban militants threaten to attack mobile phone firms
Belfast Telegraph – United Kingdom
The militants say US and NATO troops are using such signals to track down insurgents and launch attacks. They have given the companies three days to switch …
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking
-news/world/asia/article3463577.ece

Editorial: NATO’s future tied to troops
Ventura County Star – Camarillo,CA,USA
Defense secretary Robert Gates has made no secret of his frustration at some of our NATO allies’ reluctance to fully participate in fighting the remnants of …
www.venturacountystar.com/news/
2008/feb/25/natos-future-tied-to-troops/

NATO not Considering Ukraine at This Time
Millennium Capital – Kyiv,Ukraine
Dmitry Rogozin, the envoy from the Russian Federation to NATO, claimed that the organization is not discussing the admission of Ukraine or Georgia. …
www.mcapital.com.ua/news.php?id=558348

Note to Liberals: remember discipline of power, or else
Hill Times – Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
One day he suggests NATO invade Pakistan, the next he says they should be used as a force of diplomacy as if NATO were meant to be employed like the Vienna …
www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=
story&full_path=2008/february/25/wiseguys/&c=2

Geographic uncertainty in environmental security
By NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Fuzziness… Main Library – MAIN4 S 363.7/255.
lrd.library.unsw.edu.au/F?func=direct&l_
base=NSW01&doc_number=001191340

NATO: Euology for a Burial at Sea
By Neil Kitson(Neil Kitson)
NATO itself had become, like Frankenstein, an organism beyond the imagination of its creators, a parallel organization to the United Nations, yet providing neither the peace nor the security long hoped for. The attacks on September 11, …
canadiansinafghanistan.blogspot.com/2008/
02/nato-euology-for-burial-at-sea.html

NATO representative: Russia not to use force in Kosovo
Xinhua – China
… following the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo authorities, Russia’s permanent representative to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said on Sunday. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/25/content_7662261.htm

Kosovo marks its first full week of independence, Serbs protest …
San Diego Union Tribune – United States
The Russian envoy to NATO, meanwhile, unleashed a torrent of criticism on countries that recognized Kosovo’s split from ally Serbia, including the United …
www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/
20080224-1522-kosovo-independence.html

Has NATO failed in Afghanistan?
Pakistan Times – Islamabad,Pakistan
The supporters of NATO’s presence invariably argue that NATO is doing good job and it needs to be strengthened. In this connection not only efforts are …
www.pakistantimes.net/2008/02/25/oped2.htm