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Eradication of an ancient culture... The Destruction of the Churches of Kosovo by Jared Israel ===========================================================
In 1998 Robert Gelbard, the State Department's Special Envoy to the Balkans, made this statement about the Ushtria �lirimtare e Kosov�s (UCK) or Kosovo Liberation Army:
Since NATO seized the Serbian province of Kosovo in June 1999, completely opening the border to Albania, the gangster-terrorists of the KLA have been installed as government leaders with the official approval of NATO and of the UN organization in Kosovo. That is not hyperbole. [2]
KLA terrorists have forced around 300,000 people to leave Kosovo - Serbs, 'Gypsies,' Slavic Muslims, ethnic Turks, Croatians, Jews and ethnic Albanians loyal to Yugoslavia. Those Serbs who have remained live under nightmare conditions. The KLA has systematically attacked Serbian Orthodox churches, monasteries and graveyards. More than 110 Serbian Orthodox churches have been badly vandalized or reduced to rubble. [4] These buildings were not only treasures of Christianity, masterpieces of an ancient Church; they were also works of art. They belonged to the world. And they were also at the heart of the culture of a people, the much maligned Serbs. Many of these churches had survived 500 years of Muslim rule under the Ottoman Empire. They survived Austrian rule. They survived World War II, when Kosovo was ruled by ethnic Albanian fascists allied with Mussolini and Hitler. They were destroyed under UN/NATO occupation. Before you tell yourself, "It's not NATO's fault. They can't be everywhere," consider this fact: the terrorist KLA has been desecrating churches since NATO moved into Kosovo in June 1999 - that's four and a half years ago. Many churches were attacked more than once. Yet not one terrorist has been arrested, let alone put on trial. Not a single arrest. Nor has any terrorist been arrested for driving hundreds of thousands of people out of Kosovo. This although NATO has intimate knowledge of who the terrorists are, where they reside, their command structures. Indeed, the terrorists are presently organized in the UN's Kosovo Protection Corps. They get regular paychecks. (Your tax dollars at work.) NATO officers preside over their crimes against Serbs and other 'incorrect' ethnic groups. [5] Why has NATO unleashed its KLA proxies to destroy these exquisite churches? Because according to the geostrategic plans of the US and European establishments, the Serbian people must be broken as an historical force. And the attempt to break the Serbs - physically and culturally while attempting to demoralize them politically - this attack on the Serbs is used to consolidate the power of the most racist part of the Albanian population. These are the political descendents of the Albanians who sided with Hitler during World War II. They invented the phrase "ethnic cleansing" to describe what they wanted to do in Kosovo, which was to 'purify' humanity [sic!] by ridding it of Serbs: [6]
Hitler encouraged the idea of Greater Albania when he put Albanian fascists in power in a large part of the Balkans during World War II; and NATO is following in the Nazis' footsteps today. Meanwhile the churches are destroyed to prove the power of the fascist faction among Albanians, to prove to ordinary Albanians that the fascists have NATO's backing. The fascists tell other Albanians, "See? We eradicate their culture but no one gets jailed. NATO is with us! But publicly we should act violently dissatisfied and demand even more. Then NATO can 'give in' to us!" In a May 1999, op ed piece for the 'N.Y. Times,' President Clinton wrote: "The people of the former Yugoslavia have lived together for centuries with greater and lesser degrees of conflict, but not the constant 'cleansing' of peoples from their land." (NY Times, May 23, 1999) Clinton purported to be criticizing the Milosevic government. But his claim that the Serbs practiced ethnic cleansing in Kosovo is a lie, staged for the camera. [7] Perhaps Mr. Clinton was making a cynical joke, attributing to NATO's victims the crimes of NATO's child, the terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army, which has, with the help of NATO and UN officials, destroyed so many of the churches of Kosovo. Jared Israel ===========================================================
=========================================================== Below is a partial list of churches and monasteries destroyed in five months [as of December 2000, when this information was compiled] by the KLA fascists, protected by NATO. I would like to point out that during the bombing of Yugoslavia, NATO claimed the Serbian government and many ordinary Serbs were driven by hatred of Muslims. But no Mosque was deliberately damaged by Yugoslav forces. --Jared Israel Vandalized and Destroyed Churches in Kosovo 1. The Medieval Holy Trinity Monastery (the church was
frescoed) near Musutiste (Suva Reka), 14th century,
plundered, set on fire and completely destroyed by
explosives.
4. The Medieval Monastery of St. Archangel Gabriel (with
frescoes) in Binac village, near Vitina, 14th century,
looted and burned.
11.
St. Nicola s church in Slovinje village near Lipljan,
founded in the 16th century, reconstructed in the 19th
century, utterly destroyed by explosives.
20. The Holy Trinity church in Velika Reka village, near
Vucitrn, dating from 1997, demolished, set on fire and
nearly destroyed. 24. The church of the Most Holy Mother of God in
Djurakovac, near Pec, built in 1997, demolished.
33.
The parish church of St. John, in Grmovo, near Vitina,
first set on fire, then completely destroyed by
explosives (July 25, 1999). 37. In the same village, Ljubizda, the church of St.
Elijah, the Prophet (16th - 17th century), situated at
the graveyard, reconstructed on the old foundations,
looted, demolished, its interior set on fire, mined, the
graveyard around it destroyed.
44. The church of the Most Holy Mother of God (old,
reconstructed), in Gornje Nerodimlje, Kosovo; demolished and torn
down. 51. The Church of St Jeremiah in Grebnik was built in 1920 on the base of the ancient church. Around the church were several-hundred-years-old oak-trees and an ancient cemetery. The church was razed to the ground and the terrain was bulldozed over. 52. The Church erected in 1969 in the village of Kos. Stone crosses and tombstones from the old cemetery were wrecked, the church door smashed and the interior vandalized. 53. The Holy Trinity Church in Zitinje. Built in 1980 on the foundations of an old Church. During the restoration an old and damaged inscription was discovered within the ruins of the old church and was built into the new edifice. Damaged. 54. The Church of St. Petka was an old, restored sanctuary in the vicinity of the Serb village of Klokot. Mentioned in writings from 1381. The church interior was burned and on 27 July 1999 it was blown up. 55. The Church of St. Lazarus near the river Belicnica in the village of Belica. Built in the 14th century. Was a single-nave and vaulted church with the remains of the narthex in its front. Around the church are the old and the new cemeteries. The church was robbed and burned. 56. The Church of the Holy Prophet Elijah in Pomazatin, erected 1937. Pulled down in 1941 but renewed in 1964. During 1982-1985 the doors and windows were wrecked. Since NATO's arrival, the roof and the interiors were burned and parts have been destroyed by mines. 57. The 14th century Church of St. George, in Rudnik was restored in the 16th century. Frescoes date from the same period. The church was destroyed by explosives. 58. The Holy Trinity Church in Donja Ratisa near Decani was old and underwent restoration in 1935. Albanian fascists destroyed it in 1941 but it was renewed in 1992. Seven attacks were launched on it between 1996 and 1998. Since NATO's arrival it has been burned and completely destroyed with explosive devices. 59. The Church of the Holy Apostle Luke was erected in 1912, in Vitomirci. Built of marble, with one dome. Today the church stands vandalized and burned inside. 60. The Church of St. Elijah in Podujevo. Built in 1930. During World War II Albanian fascists destroyed the dome and desecrated the church. Restoration works were completed in 1971. Vandalized and burned inside. 61. The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the village of Gornja Pakastica. The foundation, dated from the 14th century. The new church, built in 1925 on the old foundations, has been vandalized and partially burned.
62. A side chapel was built on the foundations of an old church at the present-day Serbian cemetery in Kosovska Mitrovica. Crosses and tombstones have been vandalized. 63. The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. In 1943-1944 the church was used as a prison where the Fascist Albanian regime kept Serbs interned before sending them to work camps in Albania and Italy. Burned and desecrated. 64. The Church of St. Nicholas in Prizren bequeathed by King Dusan to the Monastery of St Archangel in 1348. The church was in service until 1795 when Mahmud-pasha Busatlija looted it. Restored in 1857. The church treasured icons dating back as far as the mid-14th century. It was mined with twenty explosive devices. Five went off. Considerable damage. 65. The Church of the Holy Savior in Dvorani at the foot of Mount Rusnica; included a 1603 icon. Mined. Destroyed. 66. The Church of St. Elijah in the village of Lokvice at the foot of Mount Cvilena. It was built on the foundations of an older church, in 1866. It houses an 18th century icon collection. It was mentioned in writings from the 13th century. Blown up. 67. The Church of Holy Knez Lazar at the Serbian cemetery in Piskote, near Djakovica. The single-dome church was built between 1991-1994 to the designs of the architect Ljubisa Folic. It is partially demolished. The parochial home was burned. 68. The Church of St. Petka stood once in Binac. A new church was built on the old foundations at the cemetery, in 1973. The terrorist KLA destroyed it with explosives. 69. The Church of St. Petka in Gojbulja, at the foot of Mount Kopaonik. The new church was built at the village cemetery, on the remains of an ancient, 1-2 m high wall, in August 1986. The preserved arch, which vaulted the western narthex, was added, too. The old walls had traces of fresco plaster on them. There are also the remains of an old Serb cemetery from the first half of the 18th century. All desecrated. 70. The Church of St Nicholas in Stimlje, at the foot of mount Crnoljeva. Desecrated. 71. The church of St. Archangel, on a hill above Stimlje. It was built between 1920-1922 on the foundations of an older church. Thoroughly renovated in 1977, today it stands desecrated. 72. The Church of the Holy Saviour in Meciceva Mahala at the foot of Mount Ikona. Looted and burned. 73. The Church of St. Petka, west of the village of Musutiste. Looted and burned. 74. The Church of St Archangel, in Musutiste. Burned and partially demolished.
=========================================================== Footnotes and Further Reading ===========================================================
[1] Regarding the
charge that NATO and the UN installed the KLA in power in Kosovo,
see "How Guilty are NATO and the UN for Terror in Kosovo?" at
[2] * Regarding the disastrous effect of NATO's
opening of the border with Albania, see "Gracko survivors blame
NATO," at
[3] Global News Wire; Copyright 2002
Onasa News Agency;
[4] * "Driven from Kosovo!" Cedomir
Prlincevic,
the leader of the Jewish Community in Pristina, was one of some
30,000 people driven from a huge housing development in Pristina,
capital of Kosovo Province a week after NATO took over the city -
and in front of NATO troops, including a British Major. The
interview can be read at
[5] The transformation of the terrorist KLA
*overnight* into the peace-loving Kosovo Protection Corps is one of
the things discussed in * "Stranger than Fiction: NATO and the US
Sponsor Terror in Kosovo and Macedonia," at
[6] * During World War II forces politically
identical to the KLA ran a Greater Albania, under the Nazis and the
Italian fascists. See, "The roots of Kosovo fascism," at
[7] * Discussed the
creation of an imaginary character, the genocidal 'Media Milosevic.
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