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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

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An Anti-Serbian Vendetta

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source: The Wall Street Journal

Friday, 23 January 2009

Morton Abramowitz and Daniel Serwer call for European countries to join Washington in once again casting Serbia as the source of all problems in the region ("Balkan Troubles," State of the Union, Jan. 6). One would think that, in light of the failure of the very anti-Serbian policies Messrs. Abramowitz and Serwer have championed, they would refrain for calling for more of the same.

Perhaps unconsciously, the authors could not fail to admit that the question of my home province of Kosovo and Metohija remains unresolved. It is quite clear even to them that all the recognition on the part of the U.S. and EU countries means nothing if Serbia refuses to recognize that unilaterally and illegitimately proclaimed independence.

Messrs. Abramowitz and Serwer admit that Kosovo "barely functions" despite the pretense of independent statehood by its ethnic Albanian administration dominated by the terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). As they note, two-thirds of the world's countries have refused to recognize this blatantly illegal separatist claim. Even many of the European countries duped by Washington into granting recognition clearly have come to regret their decision, as evidenced by their vote in favor of a U.N. General Assembly resolution in September to refer the Kosovo case to the International Court of Justice. In opposing the resolution, Washington could muster the support only of Albania, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Nauru and Micronesia.

Instead of calling for a renewal of the anti-Serbian vendetta that has characterized Western policy in recent years, Messrs. Abramowitz and Serwer should look into the real state of affairs in Kosovo. For example, the KLA administration continues to stonewall efforts by Serbian prosecutors and organizations like Human Rights Watch to find out what happened to some 300 members of my flock who were kidnapped. According to former Hague prosecutor Carla Del Ponte (hardly a Serbophile), they had their organs removed for the illegal transplant trade and were later killed. Or perhaps a few livers and kidneys are not worthy of notice when the victims are only Serbs.

Bishop Artemije
Bishop of Ras and Prizren
Gracanica Monastery
Kosovo and Metohija, Serbia

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