CIA-MI6 Interference in Domestic Politics in the Balkans

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CIA- MI6 Interference in Domestic Politics in the Balkans

by Aleksandar Bozinovski

This article points to the establishment of a CIA Country Resident Representative Office, where CIA officials have a permanent base in a foreign country.

While it raises the broader issue of national sovereignty, it also illustrates how the intelligence services permeate the governmental structures of the host country.

The case of Macedonia is crucial because the evidence suggests that NATO and the US (and their the intelligence services) actively collaborated with paramilitary groups linked to Al Qaeda.

And in fact this happened barely a few weeks before 9/11, casting doubt on the official 9/11 narrative, which presents Al Qaeda as "The Outside enemy" of America.

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/BOZ503A.html

Related articles

Al Qaeda and NATO Join Hands in supporting NLA Terrorists in Macedonia, by Marina Domazetovska, April 2002

U.S. Protects Al-Qaeda Terrorists in Kosovo, by Umberto Pascali, November 2001

War on terrorism skipped the KLA, by James Bissett, November 2001

NATO Invades Macedonia , by Michel Chossudovsky, August 2001

Washington Behind Terrorist Assaults In Macedonia , by Michel Chossudovsky, August 2001

The Military Occupation of Macedonia, by Michel Chossudovsky, August 2001

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1. Ethnic Albanians Boycott Macedonian Elections

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-27-voa44.cfm

Voice of America is currently featuring this story about Macedonian election fraud. Maybe the front-runners in Macedonia aren't the U.S.-prefered candidates.

Ethnic Albanians Boycott Macedonian Elections Marred by Reports of Voting Irregularities
By Stefan Bos
Budapest
27 March 2005

Polling stations closed in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia late Sunday after run-off municipal elections which was marred by reports of voting irregularities. The main ethnic Albanian party boycotted the election. Sunday's municipal elections were clouded by reports of attempts to manipulate voters and tamper with ballot boxes in several communities during the second and final round of Macedonia's municipal elections. Officials said police arrested two men on charges of manipulating ballots near the northern town of Kumanovo, and a similar incident was reported in southern Macedonia.


International observers reported the first round of local elections held two weeks ago was also marked by irregularities, including violence or threats from gunmen and vote rigging. These incidents forced the Supreme Court to order a repeat of first-round voting in 33 polling stations at 10 municipalities, including the capital, Skopje, and in the second-largest municipality, Tetovo.

Analyst Ana Petruseva, of the independent Institute for War and Peace Reporting in Skopje, told VOA the irregularities could deal a major blow to the country's ambitions to join NATO and the European Union. "Having in mind that this year this local elections might be the key thing for the EU when they judge our application for membership and it might prove fatal for our hopes to get a positive and gain the status of a candidate country," he said.

The reported vote rigging prompted the main ethnic Democratic Party of Albanians to boycott the ballot. The party accused the authorities of not being able to guarantee free and fair elections for the country's more than 500,000 ethnic Albanians, who comprise roughly 25 percent of the total population.

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