In an article first published on the Emperor’s New Clothes in 2004, Jared Israel looks at one notorious episode of media deception from the 1990s. Despite a successful libel suit in 2000 the fact remains that British news outlet ITN produced images that grossly distorted reality and were widely used in a highly misleading way to promote “humanitarian” intervention in the Yugoslav war.
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On March 21, 2018 Kosovo’s opposition used tear gas to disrupt a parliament vote on a border demarcation deal with Montenegro. Lawmakers had to be evacuated from the Assembly building after the opposition Self-Determination Movement party used tear gas in the hall where the vote was due to start. The 120-seat parliament was expected to vote, with two-thirds required to[Read More...]
On March 24, 1999, NATO launched Operation Noble Anvil, an eleven week illegal bombing of the country Yugoslavia, destroying essential civilian infrastructure, businesses, schools, hospitals, media outlets, and cultural monuments.
The ethnic map few understood. Should make it clear that cutting up Yugoslavia in independent republics could not be done without bloodshed.1
Yellow = Serbs, Dark Green = Muslims, Light Blue = Croats, Light Green = Slovenes, Orange = Montenegrins, Pink = Albanians, Darker Blue = Macedonians
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Mercredi dernier, le Président Kosovar Hashim Thaçi annonçait fièrement sur Twitter sa rencontre avec le Président Macron :
Au vu de l’actualité, je reprends ici ces articles de 2010…
Source : RFI, 21/12/2010
Source : Justiceinfo.net, Fondation Hirondelle, le 27 avril 2017.
Regarding Ghouta. I haven't covered it because it feels exactly like a replay of Aleppo, Syria. Which was covered extensively here. I'm following Afrin much more closely.Without further adieu. UN Delays Vote on 30 day Syrian Ceasefire
by J. P. Maher For the Saker Blog Over my head the woodland wall rises; The ousel sings to me. …The woodland birds shake out their glee for me.
