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vbo: The heroin trafficking angle is valid now (as it was then). The OBL angle seems to me (and it seemed at the time) as utter nonsense - except perhaps in a "they know people who know people" kind of way.

The heroin angle is not unheard of, note. Many guerrilla movements around the world "tax" local drug crops to finance their operations. However Kosovo is (with the possible exception of Afghanistan IIRC) the only place where the traffickers and the rebel leaders are so closely connected - frequently the same people.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake

by talos (mihalis at gmail dot com) on Wed Feb 21st, 2007 at 10:10:32 AM EST
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And Kosovo is in a judiciary limbo. No extradition, not international treaties, nothing. It's paradise for the clans and their international partners.

If you except dreamers like Rugova there's no such thing as a civil Kosovo. Nine years on and the kosovars have destroyed the province, thanks also to the disastrous UN presence- a petty corrupt inefficient monarchy. It's a failed province, imagine as a state.

There's no way that territory should become a state, much less remotely deserve it. On what grounds? Turning Arkan's mobster business partners into token infantry under NATO's massive bombing isn't my idea of a liberation movement. Got any other states in mind that should be dismembered by might?

I agree, OBL is unadultered bullshit.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Wed Feb 21st, 2007 at 05:18:00 PM EST
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