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 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.
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.
Who do you trust in North America? I think their media are are very instrumental in conveying half-truths, lies, brainwashing techniques, etc Hard to perceive who you can trust. Probably no one at this point.
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 declassified documents fill eight volumes held in the Library and Archives Canada. They are titled, "Military Actions - Peacekeeping - Special Forces - United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) Intelligence Reports
I hope the link works. I had to hand type it from a report I wrote two years ago.
The Canadia documents cover UNPROFOR from 1992 to 1995.
Canadian Operations (CANENGBAT) April 1992 to March 1993
OP Mandarin (CANLOBAT) Sept 1992 to March 1995
Op Harmony (CANBAT I) April 1992 to March 1995
Op Cavalier (CANBAT II) Sept 1992 to March 1995
Op Medusa ? to March 1995
Op Panorama July 1993 to November 1993
There are over 29 UN Security Resolutions begining chronologically with 743 and progressing to 982 (obvious breaks in sequence but that gives you the range) that expand the scope of the Peacekeeping mission. On March 31, 1995 the UNPROFOR was restructured making its replacement a three entity operation (although interlinked) instead of a mission carried out under one mandate.
“it’s somewhat surprising NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia has not been committed to celluloid since”
I recall the 2001 film “Behind Enemy Lines” did much the same thing re the war in Bosnia. Heroic American pilot is shot down by nasty war criminal and must escape capture, whilst also saving photographic proof of genocide, etc.
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.
"KLA advice, rather than Serbian deportations” was also a major motivating factor." -Thierry Meyssan has characterized the emigration of Albanians from Kosmet in front of the cameras as one of the biggest frauds of the war. Emigration for powerful narrative control, as a weapon, such as per Kelly Greenhill's theory of migration. https://www.voltairenet.org/article220488.html
Thank YOU, Kit. I like to think that I was paying attention during that entire time. After 25 years, this is the first I have read about this. Bravo to the fourth power.
There are reports by Human Rights Watch about convoys of Albanian civilians fleeing from Kosovo and being attacked by Apache helicopters who "mistook them" for a Serbian military convoy.
Not much different from what Assange and Wikileaks revealed has been happening in Iraq and elsewhere...
Time to rewatch the highly rated 1996 Serbian movie "Pretty village, pretty flame" in light of this article. A brilliant film that was refused as a nominee for Best Foreign Language Film by the Academy Awards for reasons that are all the clearer today.
Absolutely unbelievable. Balkans are very complex good job you are the first person to write about it in a way that I can follow
What an incredibly flattering thing to say. Thank you comrade!
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 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.
Beautiful gnat :)
The US and its catamites are perfectly capable of weaponizing social media, as seen in recent conflicts.
See direct links of KLA with Isis, etc. Walker probably was an inspiration to the White Helmets.
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.
Who do you trust in North America? I think their media are are very instrumental in conveying half-truths, lies, brainwashing techniques, etc Hard to perceive who you can trust. Probably no one at this point.
Thank you, Kit. It's good to have this more clearly now, after all this time.
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
I’m speechless 😶… I’m relearning a lot of history since Covid … I think many of us are … thank you for your work
Can't believe that someone is actually writing this finally.
To be fair, Gary Brecher wrote about it a couple of decades ago, if I properly recall.
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.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Are they digitised at all?!
Sorry for the ambiguity.
The declassified documents fill eight volumes held in the Library and Archives Canada. They are titled, "Military Actions - Peacekeeping - Special Forces - United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) Intelligence Reports
https://www.canada.ca./en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/past-operations/europe/canengbat-mandarin-harmony-cavalier-medusa-panorama.html
I hope the link works. I had to hand type it from a report I wrote two years ago.
The Canadia documents cover UNPROFOR from 1992 to 1995.
Canadian Operations (CANENGBAT) April 1992 to March 1993
OP Mandarin (CANLOBAT) Sept 1992 to March 1995
Op Harmony (CANBAT I) April 1992 to March 1995
Op Cavalier (CANBAT II) Sept 1992 to March 1995
Op Medusa ? to March 1995
Op Panorama July 1993 to November 1993
There are over 29 UN Security Resolutions begining chronologically with 743 and progressing to 982 (obvious breaks in sequence but that gives you the range) that expand the scope of the Peacekeeping mission. On March 31, 1995 the UNPROFOR was restructured making its replacement a three entity operation (although interlinked) instead of a mission carried out under one mandate.
“it’s somewhat surprising NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia has not been committed to celluloid since”
I recall the 2001 film “Behind Enemy Lines” did much the same thing re the war in Bosnia. Heroic American pilot is shot down by nasty war criminal and must escape capture, whilst also saving photographic proof of genocide, etc.
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 hire club?
Thanks for the valuable insights.
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.
Thanks for this Catherine - no, I'm not, it's a malicious impersonator. Please report and encourage others to do the same.
Have done.
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.
Superb reporting - thank you so much for posting. Subscribed.
I am puzzled about something. You write that Kosovo Albanians fled bombs raining down on them. Whose bombs? NATO’s or Yugoslavia’s?
"KLA advice, rather than Serbian deportations” was also a major motivating factor." -Thierry Meyssan has characterized the emigration of Albanians from Kosmet in front of the cameras as one of the biggest frauds of the war. Emigration for powerful narrative control, as a weapon, such as per Kelly Greenhill's theory of migration. https://www.voltairenet.org/article220488.html
NATO bombs.
Thank you Colin! Have edited for clarity, Andrew. Appreciate you calling my attention to it.
Thank YOU, Kit. I like to think that I was paying attention during that entire time. After 25 years, this is the first I have read about this. Bravo to the fourth power.
There are reports by Human Rights Watch about convoys of Albanian civilians fleeing from Kosovo and being attacked by Apache helicopters who "mistook them" for a Serbian military convoy.
Not much different from what Assange and Wikileaks revealed has been happening in Iraq and elsewhere...
Time to rewatch the highly rated 1996 Serbian movie "Pretty village, pretty flame" in light of this article. A brilliant film that was refused as a nominee for Best Foreign Language Film by the Academy Awards for reasons that are all the clearer today.
Not heard of it before - will check out!