The Systematic Destruction of Orthodox Christian Churches and Cemeteries in Kosovo-Metohija

Is this way towards Europe?
Ruins of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Djakovica
destroyed by ethnic Albanians in July 19999

KOSOVO BURNING IN ETHNIC VIOLENCE
ETHNIC CLEANSING OF REMAINING SERBS CONTINUE
Kosovo Kristallnacht 17-18 March - tensions continue - 35 Orthodox churches destroyed - dozens of killed - hundereds of wounded in the outburst of Kosovo Albanian violence which is directed against Orrhodox Serbs and its Holy Sites as well as the NATO troops and UNMIK policemen who were defending them from ethnic cleansing

Cathedral church of St. George in Prizren after it
was burned by Albanian mob

Razov: Moscow does not exclude repeated violence in Kosovo

Taking into account the present development of events in Kosovo, Moscow does not exclude the possibility of a new escalation of violence, stated Russian deputy minister for foreign affairs Sergei Razov.

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Beta News Agency, Belgrade
April 29, 2004

MOSCOW/PEKING - Taking into account the present development of events in Kosovo, Moscow does not exclude the possibility of a new escalation of violence, stated Russian deputy minister for foreign affairs Sergei Razov.

"According to all information at our disposal, a repeat of such events is absolutely not excluded," warned Razov in an interview for Itar-Tass during a visit to Peking.

He said that "the escalation of ethnically motivated violence" a month ago in Kosovo "places under suspicion the correctness and adequacy of policies that have been implemented by the international community during the past five years in that region".

The Russian diplomat assessed that UN Security Council Resolution 1244, oriented toward the building of a multiethnic, multiconfessional society, as well as the mandate received by KFOR have not be properly realized. To a certain extent, this contributed to the escalation of violence, said Razov.In his words, Russia is proposing "some operational measures", one of which is "to consider restructuring KFOR" because the most recent events have shown that KFOR "is not entirely prepared to cope with such social and ethnic conflicts".

"We can also think about reinforcing the antiterrorist, police, professional part of KFOR, which would be oriented toward such situations," said Razov.


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More than 140 churches in Kosovo have been either completely destroyed or seriously damaged by Albanian nationalists since the arrival of UN Mission and KFOR (photo: St. Andrew church in Podujevo)

Lidov: What happened in Kosovo in March was cultural genocide

In his initial analysis of what he had seen in Kosovo, Alexey Lidov said that in March a pre-planned campaign of destruction of Orthodox monuments had been carried out and that this assessment was confirmed to the UNESCO experts by one of the German officers protecting Holy Archangels Monastery near Prizren. "The throng of people was organized by individuals with military experience. The masses acted in accordance with the principles of military tactics; they intercepted roads so reinforcements for protecting Orthodox buildings could not arrive on the scene. Another example is Devic Monastery, whose interior has been covered with UCK (KLA) graffiti," said Lidov.

AFP: Kosovo Serbs at risk of ethnic cleansing: Swedish general

"A positive result of what happened (in March) is that we discovered the fragility of the project in time. If we had already significantly reduced (the number of troops), the ethnic cleansing could not have been stopped. Then, maybe about 100,000 Kosovo Serbs and other minority groups would either have been dead or gathered in the refugee camps we have seen so many of throughout the history of the Balkans," he wrote.

Serbs in Kosovo in danger of being ethnically cleansed - Scenes from the March pogrom

Prof. Alexei Lidov has visited Kosovo as a member of the UNESCO delegation. Prof. Lidov is a director of the Research Center for Eastern Christian Culture in Moscow

APPENDIX I - KOSOVO: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

"Kosovo Polje" stands for a "Blackbirds' Field" in a literal translation from Serbian. But this Blackbirds' Field is also a field of death. And a shrine for Serbian patriots who gave their lives in defense of their country and Christianity.

On June 28, 1389, a mighty battle was fought at Kosovo Polje. It pitted the Serbian defenders of Christ's holy cross against the invading Ottoman Empire (Turkey) adherents of the Muslim crescent moon.

The Christian medieval Europe was fretting and hoping that the Serbs' holy cross would prevail over the Islamic crescent moon. At one point, the bells of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris rang out in premature and erroneous salute to the Serbs' victory.

But it was not to be. The Serbs were defeated. One of them, however, Milos Obilic, managed to cut the gut of the invading Emperor, Murat, with his sword, killing him, before being cut to pieces himself by the Sultan's guards.

For 600 years and counting, Kosovo Polje, the Blackbirds' Field, has been etched as a place of honor and glory in the hearts and minds of every child born by a Serbian mother. It's like Alamo, Bastogne, Siege of Leningrad (St. Petersbrurg) - combined. On June 28, 1989, the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, over a million Serbs, 10% of the nation, made a pilgrimage to this sacred ground to pay their respects to the Kosovo heroes.

The New World Order warmongers knew all that. They knew that the Serbs will never give up Kosovo. That would be like turning the Arlington cemetery to the Germans or the Pearl Harbor memorial to the Japanese. That's why they chose to stoke the ethnic fires in Kosovo.