Ramush Haradinaj, born on July 3, 1968 in the village of Glodjane, municipality
of Decani, is not only a criminal but a terrorist and perpetrator of war
crimes!
Namely, in 1996, under the watchful eye of Albanian officers, Haradinaj
completed terrorist training and upon completion took part in the opening
of logistical bases for terrorists in the cities of Kuks and Tropoi in
Albania. From these bases he and a group of trustworthy associates continuously
injected weapons into Kosovo and Metohija.
In mid-1997 he illegally entered the country [the Federal Republic of
[Yugoslavia] and together with his brothers, Daut and Skeljzen, organized
terrorist attacks on police departments in the villages of Rznic, municipality
of Decani, and Ponosevac, municipality of Djakovica, as well as against
refugee camps in Junik and Babalac. In the beginning of 1998 he formed
a terrorist group in Glodjane which according to his orders conducted ambushes
and harrassment of Serbs and Albanians loyal to the Republic of Serbia.
In March 1998 this group carried out an attack on a police patrol in the
village of Glodjane and on that occasion killed policeman Miodrag Otovic.
In April of the same year Haradinaj established the Metohija headquarters
of the terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army and a special unit called the Black
Eagles, promoting Idriz Balaj aka Toger as its commander. Under the leadership
of Ramush Haradinaj, the Black Eagles kidnapped and brutally murdered approximately
forty Serbian civilians, including Slobodan Radojevic, Milos and Milica
Radunovic, Darinka Kovac, Novica Vujsic, Zdravko Radunovic. Some of the
bodies were recovered from Lake Radonjic (Radonjicko Jezero) and from water
wells in the villages of the muncipality of Decani.
Terrorists under the command of Ramush Haradinaj did not kill only Serbs
but also Albanians. Thus the aforementioned commander of the Black Eagles
Idriz Balaj Toger killed Agim Ibrahimi, a taxi driver from Djakovica, at
the end of 1998. At the end of 1999 the Black Eagles of Ramush Haradinaj
abducted Vesel Mursij and four other ethnic Albanians who were thereafter
kept imprisoned in the Dukadjini building in Pec. Vesel Murisi managed
to escape and the other four men were killed. Their bodies were thrown
into the Beli Drim River. Dzafer Djuka, a political official from Pec,
was among the victims.
That the terrorists under Ramush Haradinaj's command killed and abused
Albanian civilians, too, was proven in a trial conducted against Ramush
Haradinaj's brother, Daut, who has already been sentenced by the UNMIK
judiciary for crimes committed against Albanians in June 1999 and is currently
serving a prison term. Since we know that Daut was the deputy of his brother
Ramush in the Metohija headquarters of the terrorist KLA, if we follow
the principle of command responsibility the line leads directly to Ramush
Haradinaj. Unfortunately, the principle of command responsibility has not
been respected in this instance, i.e. the international community has once
again implemented its double standards, leaving Ramush Haradinaj untouched
by justice.
Organizer
of ethnic cleansing
Ramush Haradinaj is the organizer of ethnic cleansing of Serbs and other
non-Albanians from the areas of Pec, Decani and Djakovica. The main perpetrators
of these activities were members of the Black Eagles under the commander
of Toger. For example, in order to intimidate the Serbs and destroy signs
of Serb life and history on the territory of Metohija, the Black Eagles
torched the Serbian Orthodox church in the village of Donji Ratis.
Ramush Haradinaj organized the murder of Zahir Zemaj
Haradinaj described his terrorist activities in an autobiographical
book in which he of course hides the killing of Serbian civilians and his
compatriots. He has gone so far as to organize, in June 2003, the murder
of Tahir Zemaj who testified regarding his crimes before investigators
of the Hague tribunal. The murder of Tahir Zemaj on January 4, 2004 on
Ramush Haradinaj's orders was carried out by the Elsani brothers - Agim,
Avni, Cerim, Adem and Ahmet - together with Sali Lajic and Florim Ejupi
aka Mazul and Luli.
However, evidence against Haradinaj for his crimes did not disappear
with the murder of Zemaj. It is in the possession of the Republic of Serbia,
which is currently conducting a case against Haradinaj before the district
court in Pristina, presently located in Nis, for terrorist activities,
murder, ethnic cleansing and genocide. Evidence has also been provided
to the Hague tribunal which has so far failed to issue an indictment against
this proven criminal.
Organization and financing of terrorist activities in south central
Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia
Haradinaj continued to conduct terrorist activities even after the arrival
of itnernational forces in Kosovo and Metohija and is deeply involved in
Albanian terrorist activities in south central Serbia. Thus, for example,
Malic Ndrecaj was sent on his orders to the district of Vitina to organize
the terrorist Albanian National Army. Today Haradinaj is also especially
active in acquisition of weapons and secret training of Albanian terrorists
from south central Serbia which is being conducted in the villages of Kosovo
and Metohija near the administrative line.
Haradinaj is also involved in the operations of Albanian terrorists
in the Republic of Macedonia and providing financial support to Nazim Haradinaj,
who provided weapons for the Albanian terrorists in Macedonia. Following
the orders of Ramush Haradinaj, until the moment of his arrest by Kfor
in July 2002, his brother Daut was directly involved in organizing the
terrorist Albanian Liberation Army and participated in clashes with security
forces of the Republic of Macedonia.
Ramush Haradinaj acquires the financial means for terrorism through
criminalactivities.
Murder and intimidation of political opponents
Ramush Haradinaj does not flinch from murdering his political opponents.
Thus the Eslani brothers together with the notorious Toger followed his
order on January 17, 2002 and liquidated DSK deputy Ismajl Haradnaj and
attempted the murder of Ramiz and Sadik Murici from Pec, both DSK supporters.
As well, the Elsani borthers in 2002 following Haradinaj's order liquidated
his former bodyguard Avni Elezaj, who was supposed to testify regarding
Haradinaj's conflict with the Musaj family and Tahir Zemaj.
Under the patronage (command) of the Haradinaj brothers, prison camps
(detention centers) were formed which functioned from 1997-2003 in the
following locations: Likovac, Orlate, Malisevska Banja, Jablanica, Smonica,
Ozrim, Glamocer, Rakoc, and Kodralija. As an epilogue to this, left behind
them were mass graves in the following locations: Brekovac, Ljubizda, Pec
NN cemetery, Piskote, Radonjicko Jezero, Goden, Rakoc, etc.
It is estimated that the number of their victims (of all nationalities)
may exceed three hundred people, largely civilizans.
It is estimated that Ramush Haradinaj is directly responsible for the
abuction of over four hundred people (1998-2002) of all nationalities.
It is estimated that three groups for stalking and liquidation under
his direct command are comprised of about 30 people specially trained for
this type of task. The punishment for disloyalty or disobedience of members
of the Kosovo Police Service or Kosovo Protection Corps is death and his
groups are responsible for multiple murders of Albanian members of the
KPS and translators.
Threats and intimidation of members of UNMIK (political and police organizations)
as well as their "lobbying" (bribery) also fall under the domain of the
work of Haradinaj's groups. All Albanian leaders in the Kosovo Police Service
must obey Haradinaj. He is the logistical mastermind behind all Albanian
National Army operations and an active participant in its organization
and planning. His men have been appointed municipal mayors and, paradoxically,
are also members of negotiating groups for displaced persons from Kosovo
and Metohija (giving them access to Serbian and UNMIK plans).
In districts under his direct control, he has the most contact with
members of Italian Kfor and also controls the entire UNMIK judicial system
in Pec. He is behind attacks on Serb returnee villages near Klina (Bicha).
His groups is also responsible for the hushed up murder of three members
of UNMIK police in the village of Citak in 2003. Haradinaj also has the
most developed and organized operative intelligence netweork in Kosovo,
which also covers zones of interest in central Serbia and throughout the
territory of Montenegro. His intelligence network also supports the increasingly
strong illegal network of associates and sympathizers of the Party of Democratic
Action (based in Pec with local branches in Rozaj, Plav and in the Sandzak.
Al Q'aida connection
As far as Ramush Haradinaj himself is concerned, it is well to keep
in mind a fact presented before the U.S. Congress on December 13, 2000
by Ralph Machek, the deputy director of the Criminal Intelligence Administration
of Interpol - that Muhamed al Zavahiri, the brother of Dr. Ajman Zavahiri,
the leader of the terrorist organization Egyptian Jihad and ideologue of
al-Q'aida, commanded an elite unit of the terrorist KLA during the time
of the conflict in Kosovo and Metohija. What Machek failed to mention was
that this unit was a part of the military policy of the terrorist KLA for
the region of Metohija under the command of Daut Haradinaj, while the commander
of all units of the terrorist KLA for the region of Metohija was Ramush
Haradinaj.
Even after the arrival of international forces in Kosovo and Metohija
the Haradinaj brothers continued to nurture their connections with Islamic
terrorists. In October 2001 on orders of Ramush Haradinaj his brother Daut
visited Sofia where he met with the aforementioned Muhamed al Zavahiriji
and discussed further tactics and activities by Islamic terrorists in Kosovo
and Metohija and the Republic of Macedonia.
It is not known whether al-Q'aida continues to count on the further
services of the Haradinaj clan, first and foremost, on Ramush Haradinaj,
a proven champion of the terrorist ideology of Islamic extremists.
