January 15th marked the 25th anniversary of an alleged slaughter in Racak, Kosovo, then a core component of what remained of Yugoslavia. The purported mass killing of Albanian civilians by local security forces was a decisive trigger for NATO’s illegal 78-day-long bombing of Belgrade March - May 1999, and subsequent occupation of the province, which endures today. As The Washington Post
FABULOUS essay here! This is a must-read expose of just one of the vile propaganda ploys implemented by the US and its NATO allies to justify the rape and slaughter of Yugoslavia. Please COPY and PASTE the link and send to all your friends and family. This is a must-read.
I remember hearing about, but not understanding, the talk about Kosovo and Yugoslavia on the radio. I wasn't paying much attention to foreign affairs at that time.
How do we trust anything coming from mainstream media? I pay attention to a lot of media from foreign sources these days and a few that I trust in North America.
I wonder what the break up of Yugoslavia would have been like in the age of social media. As dark, cynical and well-documented as the Ukraine War maybe. But as you show, much of what happened in Yugoslavia can be unpicked and exposed, complicated as it is. There are so many threads that lead into future events. Thank you for the work you're doing on this. I'm off now to post this on X and continue to demand your reinstatement there - no doubt with all the impact of a gnat.
Are you back on Twitter X as of today Kit? I think someone's got a fake account going - not great for you or the Grayzone. Have screenshotted. Will report. Let me know if there's anything else I can do.
As someone who grew up in Macedonia, 100 miles away from Kosovo, I can attest that "the Rachak massacre" was a pure blatant lie. Namely, it's the same strategy that the "west" still extensively employs, just look at Ukraine!
Furthermore, today, 25 years later from ZATO's criminal bombing of Yugoslavia, it should be pretty apparent to anyone what the real reasons of the aggression were - strengthening of ZATO's southern flank in cooperation with the Balkan's Albanian population (after all, the KLA was a CIA project from the very beginning: https://archive.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/192-kosovo/38782.html).
What followed after the aggression on Yugoslavia was ZATO-assisted KLA's aggression on Macedonia in 2001, resulting in a "peace treaty" which guaranteed the Albanian minority presence and representation at all times in the government of Macedonia, effectively resulting in their total control of the central institutions, especially after the coup d'etat of 2017 (preceded by an Otpor/Soros/CIA-styled "colorful revolution"), and lasting to this very day! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_storming_of_the_Macedonian_Parliament
Thank you!! This is essential reporting. A country was torn apart based on lies. The "success" of the US efforts in Yugoslsvia from the perspective of neocons led to a number of Color Revolutions and US military unterventions. Yugoslavia suffered. The US learned the wrong lesson. Then the world suffered. Had the US failed on Yugoslavia it could be argued, there would be no conflict in Ukraine and no Color Revolutions in Georgia, Moldova, Bulgaria, North Africa, and no coup in Russia and no CIA effort in Chechnya. Yugoslavia is a BIG deal.
You might find this interesting:
The Canadian peace keeping force stationed in Yugoslavia beginning in 1992 had several volumes of classified documents revealing US agencies (CIA, USAID, Dept of State, National Endowment for Democracy among others) and NGOs fabricated the KLA and media coverage.
The US flew in several plane loads of "actors" from Afghanistan and other places to play the roll of liberation fighters. When Yugoslavian forces didn't act as the US wanted, it had the actors change uniforms and play the part of Yugoslavian forces. The conflict and humanitarian crisis was a fabrication designed to frame Milosevic and break-apart Yugoslavia.
The Canadian classified documents were declassified in December 2022. They are available in the National Archive as a multi-volume set.
The Clinton mob plus willing partners in crime NATO/EU had the advantage of few people understanding the Balkans in the first place (I still don't) so the criminals wouldn't be "caught" until long they'd carried out their despicable deeds and untold damage done. Albright's in a hot place now but there still be monsters...
To give in to fear, and accept falsehood, is to sacrifice freedom and our better humanity. However, incidents such as this (and the reporting of it), strongly suggests that we are outgunned, and should be scared.
Absolutely unbelievable. Balkans are very complex good job you are the first person to write about it in a way that I can follow
FABULOUS essay here! This is a must-read expose of just one of the vile propaganda ploys implemented by the US and its NATO allies to justify the rape and slaughter of Yugoslavia. Please COPY and PASTE the link and send to all your friends and family. This is a must-read.
I remember hearing about, but not understanding, the talk about Kosovo and Yugoslavia on the radio. I wasn't paying much attention to foreign affairs at that time.
How do we trust anything coming from mainstream media? I pay attention to a lot of media from foreign sources these days and a few that I trust in North America.
Thanks for a great piece of reporting, Kit.
I wonder what the break up of Yugoslavia would have been like in the age of social media. As dark, cynical and well-documented as the Ukraine War maybe. But as you show, much of what happened in Yugoslavia can be unpicked and exposed, complicated as it is. There are so many threads that lead into future events. Thank you for the work you're doing on this. I'm off now to post this on X and continue to demand your reinstatement there - no doubt with all the impact of a gnat.
Thank you, Kit. It's good to have this more clearly now, after all this time.
I am puzzled about something. You write that Kosovo Albanians fled bombs raining down on them. Whose bombs? NATO’s or Yugoslavia’s?
Are you back on Twitter X as of today Kit? I think someone's got a fake account going - not great for you or the Grayzone. Have screenshotted. Will report. Let me know if there's anything else I can do.
As someone who grew up in Macedonia, 100 miles away from Kosovo, I can attest that "the Rachak massacre" was a pure blatant lie. Namely, it's the same strategy that the "west" still extensively employs, just look at Ukraine!
Furthermore, today, 25 years later from ZATO's criminal bombing of Yugoslavia, it should be pretty apparent to anyone what the real reasons of the aggression were - strengthening of ZATO's southern flank in cooperation with the Balkan's Albanian population (after all, the KLA was a CIA project from the very beginning: https://archive.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/192-kosovo/38782.html).
What followed after the aggression on Yugoslavia was ZATO-assisted KLA's aggression on Macedonia in 2001, resulting in a "peace treaty" which guaranteed the Albanian minority presence and representation at all times in the government of Macedonia, effectively resulting in their total control of the central institutions, especially after the coup d'etat of 2017 (preceded by an Otpor/Soros/CIA-styled "colorful revolution"), and lasting to this very day! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_storming_of_the_Macedonian_Parliament
Thank you!! This is essential reporting. A country was torn apart based on lies. The "success" of the US efforts in Yugoslsvia from the perspective of neocons led to a number of Color Revolutions and US military unterventions. Yugoslavia suffered. The US learned the wrong lesson. Then the world suffered. Had the US failed on Yugoslavia it could be argued, there would be no conflict in Ukraine and no Color Revolutions in Georgia, Moldova, Bulgaria, North Africa, and no coup in Russia and no CIA effort in Chechnya. Yugoslavia is a BIG deal.
You might find this interesting:
The Canadian peace keeping force stationed in Yugoslavia beginning in 1992 had several volumes of classified documents revealing US agencies (CIA, USAID, Dept of State, National Endowment for Democracy among others) and NGOs fabricated the KLA and media coverage.
The US flew in several plane loads of "actors" from Afghanistan and other places to play the roll of liberation fighters. When Yugoslavian forces didn't act as the US wanted, it had the actors change uniforms and play the part of Yugoslavian forces. The conflict and humanitarian crisis was a fabrication designed to frame Milosevic and break-apart Yugoslavia.
The Canadian classified documents were declassified in December 2022. They are available in the National Archive as a multi-volume set.
The Clinton mob plus willing partners in crime NATO/EU had the advantage of few people understanding the Balkans in the first place (I still don't) so the criminals wouldn't be "caught" until long they'd carried out their despicable deeds and untold damage done. Albright's in a hot place now but there still be monsters...
To give in to fear, and accept falsehood, is to sacrifice freedom and our better humanity. However, incidents such as this (and the reporting of it), strongly suggests that we are outgunned, and should be scared.
Thanks Kit for shedding some light on that particularly messy war, the only thing that was clear is "Cui bono".
Such a long term conspiracy. It seems past surreal. The CIA is the most behind so many bad things. Do they really have an agenda?
Or is it more of a Spooks for hier club?
Thanks for the valuable insights.
Can't believe that someone is actually writing this finally.
I’m speechless 😶… I’m relearning a lot of history since Covid … I think many of us are … thank you for your work
You are really productive since those bastards kicked you off of Twitter.
Great work on that Haiti piece for GZ as well, what a find. I will be referencing it in the article I'm working on currently.