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Entry: Kosovo, Russia, and the Last Grasps of American Unipolarity Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/kosovo_and_the_last_grasps_of_american_unipolarity#18451 Post contents: Recognition of Kosovo as a separate state is a clear violation of UN Security Resolution 1244, the most recent in a long series of violations of international law by the US, the UK and NATO. Those who support such recognition also support international anarchy. Kosovo is not of course independent. It will be run by the US, the EU and NATO for the benefit of Western corporations. The “government” of Kosovo will have no authority whatsoever in terms of taxation, finances, foreign policy, security policy, customs or law enforcement. The US has already established a military presence in Kosovo in the form of Camp Bondsteel, a giant fortification which includes a Guantanamo-type prison facility. Since the entry of NATO into Kosovo in 1999, the KLA has been running a campaign of violent ethnic cleansing. It took only 5-6 months for Kosovo to become judenrein, under the watchful eyes of the democratic West and its troopers. Serbs, Roma and others have been on the receiving end of permanent terrorism. The number of ethnic Albanians has been artificially swelled by immigration from Albania. One of the major incentives for Western corporate predators to control Kosovo is that it "…is endowed with a wide range of minerals that make this small territory home to one of Europe's most concentrated and potentially most lucrative mining sector." ("KFOR Chronicle" 30 June 2007.) The minerals include lignite, lead, zinc, non-ferrous metals, gold, silver and petroleum, some of which have been tapped at the Trepca mine complex near Mitovica, which was valued at about USD 5 billion in 1997. The Albanian gangster "government" of Kosovo is eager to sell these resources to large Western companies. The following text is from http://mining-conference.mem-ks.com/: "Kosovo International Minerals Investment Conference The Ministry of Energy and Mining invites you to participate in the International Minerals Investment Conference to be held on June 27-28, 2007 in Pristina, Kosovo. We believe this will offer an introduction to outstanding investment opportunities for companies engaged in the global minerals industry...we have high expectations that firms such as yours will find the opportunities that Kosovo offers in the minerals mining sector provide an outstanding potential for profitable business development. As Kosovo nears determination of its future political status and the Ministry is now finalizing development of Kosovo's Mining Strategy, the main purpose of this Minerals Conference is to introduce Kosovo's many opportunities for mineral development projects and to listen to you, and other voices representing the global minerals industry. The major reasons why you should participate in this conference include: * Outstanding mineral resources, including world class deposits of lead, zinc, silver and lignite * Mineable reserves of nickel, chrome, bauxite and magnesite * An abundance of construction materials * Untapped, enormous exploration potential. Several hundred businesses in Kosovo have already been privatized, and this process is proceeding well. The next phase of privatization will include socially-owned enterprises in the mining sector, including the renowned Trepca mining complex." It should also be noted that during the criminal bombardment of Yugoslavia in 1999, NATO planes flew about 37,000 sorties, attacking targets that included civilian infrastructure (war crime in itself) and state-owned factories. As far as I know, not a single bomb was dropped on the Trepca mine complex, which obviously would command a lower price if it were damaged. For the Kosovo Albanians' ties to international crime, see the articles by Michel Chossudovsky at www.globalresearch.ca Sent at: 2008 07 08