Third Balkan War on the Horizon

Source: http://de-construct.net/e-zine/?p=4298
If the UN and the EU fail to seriously address the issue of Albanian land-grabbing terrorism, the malignancy will spread and grip not only all of Serbia but the entire Balkans. Albanian separatist-terrorist movement will not be satiated with the secession of Kosovo and Metohija province from Serbia, but it will extend its tentacles [...]

Israel’s fait accompli in Gaza

By Eric S. Margolis
Al Jazeera
There are two completely different versions of what is currently happening in Gaza.
In the Israeli and North American press version, Hamas – ‘Islamic terrorists’ backed by Iran – have in an unprovoked attack fired deadly rockets on innocent Israel with the intent of destroying the Jewish state.
North American politicians and [...]

Column One: Hamas’s march to victory

By CAROLINE GLICK
Jerusalem Post
George Orwell once quipped, “The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.”
Since Tuesday it has become clear that the Olmert-Livni-Barak government has decided to end the war with Iran’s Hamas proxy army in Gaza as quickly as possible. That is, the government has decided to lose the [...]

Update on the Former Moldavian SSR Dispute

By Michael Averko
The on again/off again former Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) settlement talks were restarted with last week’s (Dec. 24) meeting in Tiraspol between the leaders of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (also referred to as Transnistria, Transdniestria, Transdnestr and Trans-Dniester). This meeting resulted in both sides agreeing to hold further talks on “confidence-building measures,” as [...]

A Mosque for Slovenia’s Muslims?

Written by www.daily.pk
Slovenian authorities continue to procrastinate over authorizing the construction of the first mosque in Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital, despite that the Muslim community of Slovenia, which consists of 100,000 people, has been pushing for a mosque to be built for over 40 years.
The Catholic Church called for a referendum on [...]

Iran called upon to halt winter deportations

Afghan government officials and aid agencies are calling on the Iranian authorities to halt the deportation of Afghans from Iran during the winter for humanitarian reasons.
“Large-scale expulsions during the cold season will push our country into a humanitarian crisis,” said Abdul Matin Edrak, director of the Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority (ANDMA).
Mass deportations [...]

Mumbai chief operated in Chechnya, Bosnia and Iraq before India

Lashkar chief Hafeez Saeed remains defiant
Saturday, December 13, 2008
New Delhi: The UN Security Council has declared Lashkar-e-Taiba and its key men as terrorists, but who exactly are these men and more importantly what motivates them.
Hafeez Saeed may be one of the wanted men in the world, but on the day the UN banned the [...]

Security Mission to Kosovo Faces Local Reluctance

Wall Street Journal
Βy IAN JOHNSON
DECEMBER 9, 2008
Civilian law-enforcement officials from the European Union, the U.S. and a handful of other countries began working in Kosovo Tuesday to bolster shaky police, courts and customs systems.
This unprecedented mission in a country recognized as a major conduit for smuggling drugs and weapons into Europe faces steep challenges. A [...]

Security Mission to Kosovo Faces Local Reluctance

Wall Street Journal
Βy IAN JOHNSON
DECEMBER 9, 2008
Civilian law-enforcement officials from the European Union, the U.S. and a handful of other countries began working in Kosovo Tuesday to bolster shaky police, courts and customs systems.
This unprecedented mission in a country recognized as a major conduit for smuggling drugs and weapons into Europe faces steep challenges. A [...]

WORLD MILITARY UPDATE

New BMP-2 IFV upgrade rolls out
Russia’s Kurganmashzavod has completed development of the latest upgrade for its Russian BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). The upgrade covers all three main areas of armour, mobility and firepower, and is designed to enable end users, in most cases, to tailor vehicles by selecting elements to their requirements. Older [...]