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The American Council for Kosovo is an independent U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting a better American understanding of the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija and of the critical American stake in the province's future. The Council's mission is to make accurate information and analysis about Kosovo available to officials of the Executive and Legislative branches of the U.S. Government; to think tanks, media, NGOs, religious and advocacy organizations; and to the general public. In particular, the Council’s educational activities will generate a heightened American awareness that an independent Kosovo – forcibly and illegally detached from Serbia, as is now being contemplated by the international community – would be harmful to U.S. national interests and to European and global security.

Important Notice Concerning Fraudulent “American Council for Kosova“ Website:
It has come to our attention at the American Council for Kosovo that there still may be some confusion about an unauthorized mirror site, created by persons styling themselves the "American Council for Kosova." This deceptive site closely patterns the appearance of the genuine American Council for Kosovo site (www.savekosovo.org) but with a pro-Albanian separatist, anti-Serbian, pro-Kosovo independence message. Indeed, suggestions even have been made that we at the American Council for Kosovo are also behind the mirror site in order to "work both sides of the street," on the pro-Albanian side as well as the pro-Serbian side.
Nothing could be further from the truth! The pro-Albanian "Kosova" site appeared within days of our creation of the genuine American Council for Kosovo site. Its purpose was clearly to detract from the effort we had launched on behalf of the Christian Serbian community in Kosovo and Metohija under the guidance of Vladyka Artemije. It is characteristic of the pro-separation advocates that they are afraid to engage on the facts and international standards concerning Kosovo -- both of which favor the Serbian position -- and need to stoop to cheap tricks and deception in a feeble attempt to undermine our increasingly successful message. In that sense, we take their efforts -- which, given the activity of the fraudulent site, clearly are quite well-funded -- as a compliment to our work and evidence of increasing fear on the Muslim Albanian side that the the pro-separatist agenda is in deep trouble.
We at the American Council for Kosovo have been asked (1) why we did not preempt the available internet addresses for the fraudulent site, and (2) why we don't take legal action to shut them down. The short answer is that doing so would take away time and resources from our own activities, which given the formidable opposition we still face, we cannot afford to spare. Conversely, we are confident that intelligent readers, if they do chance across the fraudulent mirror site will soon see it for what it is: just more of the dishonest and misleading "Kosova" propaganda to which the world has been subject for the past decade and more. We ask the critical reader to make the appropriate comparisons and dismiss the fraulent mirror site to the oblivion it so richly deserves.
Media requesting further information about this matter may contact press@savekosovo.org

December 2006

Violence Against Christian Serbs and Their Holy Places

Marking U.S. Presidential Elections in Kosovo

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source: www.juliagorin.com

by Julia Gorin

Friday, 29 February 2008

Election 2004:

(Albanians destroy churches during an orchestrated, three-day pogrom in which hundreds of Serbian homes were burned, 1,000 people were injured, throats of Serbian farmers’ pigs were slashed, and 31 people died, including up to six NATO peacekeepers.)

Election 2008:

Serbian Girl Stoned
Tanjug, Feb. 23, 2008

LIPLJAN - An 8 year old girl of Serbian nationality, from Rabovca near Lipljan, was injured today in the yard of her house when stoned by boys playing soccer next door on a soccer field.

The father of the injured girl, Ljubisa Mihajlovic, said that today around 15:30 a group of Albanian boys began to stone the yard in which his daughter was playing.

The girl is now in the emergency medical facility in Gracanica…Spokesman for the Kosovo police service, Veton Eljsani, confirmed that the incident occurred and that the police are working on examining the circumstances surrounding the stoning.

The father of the injured girl confirmed that he had reported the incident to the police but doubts that anything will be done about it.

“This happens every day. Every day they stone us, curse us and try to provoke us. We have no feeling of security. Today they attacked my daughter, tomorrow it will be someone else’s. There is no end to it. Serbian children fear to go to school. They don’t dare leave their homes. The yard has become their lockup, said Ljubisa.

In Rabovca, in addition to the Albanians, there are 40 Serbian families that live there. “Kosova” Prime Minister Hasim Thaci said recently during his visit that this place is a good example of multi-ethnic life in Kosova.