Alarming promotion of terrorism in Kosovo province: Kosovo Albanian crowds prompted to violence on a KLA/UCK rally.
Tadic: Terrorism in Kosovo Promoted by Albanian-Run Media
According to Tanjug, Serbian President Boris Tadic on Thursday warned Kfor, UNMIK and the international community about the threat of promoting illegal terrorist organizations by the Albanian-language media in Kosovo and Metohija.
Tadic said that “this is a new threat of violence and intimidation of the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and an attempt to influence the negotiating process on the future status of Kosovo.”
“I believe that the ethnic Albanian citizens of Kosovo too do not want a repeat of March 17,” Tadic said in a statement.
Prorokovic: Perhaps NATO would Demilitarize the Province, as they Say they Already did
On Wednesday evening, Albanian-run “Kosovo Radio and Television” broadcast footage showing a dozen armed and masked persons in black uniforms bearing the insignia AKSH (ANA) - another KLA/UCK branch of terrorists - who were allegedly filmed by “an independent reporter” near Merdare, close to the administrative border between central Serbia and province of Kosovo.
Former UNMIK Chief Michael Steiner declared ANA a terrorist organization following the 2003 terrorist attack on the Mitrovica - Lesak rail line.
Serbian Secretary of State for Kosovo and Metohija Dusan Prorokovic said on Thursday that the footage showing alleged Albanian terrorist formations in Kosovo province has not been authenticated, but it is UNMNIK and KFOR’s job to take a look into that, since they have assumed the obligation to disarm the terrorists and demilitarize the province, while securing peace in the region.
KFOR Spokesman: NATO will Deal With Illegal Armed Formations
A KFOR (NATO forces deployed in the Serbian province) spokesman on Wednesday denied the existence of armed formations in Kosovo, adding that if there are any armed formations, they would be treated as illegal.
Speaking about a story by the Kosovo Albanian Radio and Television (RTK) which shows armed members of the Albanian National Army (ANA), the spokesman told reporters that the footage shows a group of masked men and that KFOR has no knowledge about the existence of such groups.
If they are noticed, they will be treated as illegal, because KFOR and UNMIK are the sole legal organizations that deal with security issues, the spokesman set out.
He reiterated a recent statement by the KFOR commander that the international military force in southern Serbian province of Kosovo would react in case of violence and that there are plans how to carry that out.
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