Macedonia Drops Charges in NATO Killings Case

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  • Albo
    Member
    • May 2014
    • 304

    Macedonia Drops Charges in NATO Killings Case

    Macedonia Drops Charges in NATO Killings Case


    Due to lack of evidence, Macedonia’s Special Prosecution, dropped all charges against ethnic Albanian villagers accused of planting a mine that killed two NATO soldiers in 2003, ending their long judicial ordeal.

    Macedonia’s Special Prosecution said on Monday that it is dropping all charges against 11 ethnic Albanian residents of the north-eastern village of Sopot who were being retried for allegedly planting a mine in 2003 that killed two Polish NATO soldiers and one Macedonian civilian.

    “After a complete analysis… we determined it would be fair to drop the charges today due to lack of evidence,” Chief Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva told media in front of Skopje Criminal Court.

    Janeva explained that the Special Prosecution determined that the entire case, one of the longest in Macedonia’s judicial history, had been based on a single witness, Ramadan Bajrami, who had been forced by the authorities to give his testimony.

    Her explanation chimes with what the defence lawyers have been claiming all along.

    “We have been insisting that the people are innocent for 14 years,” one of the defence lawyers told media.

    Janeva however added that the Special Prosecution is not planning to completely close the case and it now has another theory about the incident which it plan to investigate further.

    The defence said it will demand reparations for its clients who have spent many years in jail and in the courts.

    The mine explosion in Sopot happened in 2003 when Macedonia was still recovering from the 2001 armed conflict between ethnic Albanian insurgents and the security forces.

    After a prolonged trial, the 12 defendants were originally sentenced in March 2010 to a total of 150 years in jail, but after Macedonia’s ethnic Albanian political parties complained, a parliamentary commission decided that there were some omissions during the trial.

    The parliamentary commission's decision rested on a claim by one of the defendants, Ramadan Bajrami, that he confessed after being tortured by police.

    This resulted in the court ordering a new trial, which was originally supposed to start in 2011.

    By 2016, one of the original 12 defendants had died.

    The country’s ethnic Albanian political parties have criticised the Sopot case and several others as examples of injustice against Albanians in Macedonia.

    The*Special Prosecution took over the case from the regular prosecution*in July last year based on the fact that it was mentioned by top officials in illegal wiretaps that it was tasked with investigating.

    The Special Prosecution was set up in 2015 to investigate alleged high-level crimes which came to light in the wiretapped conversations which were released by the then opposition Social Democrats earlier that year.

    Due to lack of evidence, Macedonia’s Special Prosecution, dropped all charges against ethnic Albanian villagers accused of planting a mine that killed two NATO soldiers in 2003, ending their long judicial ordeal.

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    Good to see justice finally being served... and these innocent people can be free... why would Albanians have planted a mine that would kill NATO soldiers when 3 years prior NATO bombed Milosevics Serbia and Albanians are the most pro NATO/EU/USA people in europe..

    The question now remains... why and who really planded the bomb? . who organised a forced witness who was threatened to give a false statement (which he later retracted) .. how was the state involved? Who organised the whole event and cover-up? Were there foreign players involved?
  • Risto the Great
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2008
    • 15658

    #2
    Albo, your lot still kill each other if the wind changes direction unexpectedly. Anything is possible here.
    Risto the Great
    MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
    "Holding my breath for the revolution."

    Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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    • mklion
      Member
      • Jun 2014
      • 100

      #3
      People are wrongfully accused all the time including all over countries that have proper law and order like the USA.

      The 14 will emigrate like the rest of the Albanians. That's when justice will truly be served.

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      • Albo
        Member
        • May 2014
        • 304

        #4
        Verry funny...

        The real question is..

        Was this a state sponsored and orchestrated anti Albanian mock murder and trial that kept all these men in Jail for a crime they never commited...

        This is big news..
        If it wasn't them then who?
        Did the Macedonian state plan and murder international NATO soldiers on Macedonian soil....then falsely accused 11 random men who's only crime was that they were Albanian and lived in a village that was closest to where thr bomb went off...???

        The state set up its own citizens and and jailed them on terrorism charges in order to gain sympathy from the world in the "war against terrorism"

        This is state terrorism nothing less...
        This goes beyond ethnic everyday petty politics.. this needs to be condemned by all the people of RoM...

        Macedonian media, NGO's, politicians never once even entertained the idea that these men "might be innocent"

        This case is pure evil.. the people responsible need to be put on trial.. the human aspect needs to be seen here.. an example needs to be set for a better future for all in RoM.

        Another question that now raises is.. what about other ethnic sensitive cases from the past few years that Albanias have claimed have been state orchestrated and organised..
        Eg..
        Brodec, Monstra, Kumanovo..
        Time will tell...

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        • mklion
          Member
          • Jun 2014
          • 100

          #5
          Originally posted by Albo View Post
          Verry funny...

          The real question is..

          Was this a state sponsored and orchestrated anti Albanian mock murder and trial that kept all these men in Jail for a crime they never commited...

          This is big news..
          If it wasn't them then who?
          Did the Macedonian state plan and murder international NATO soldiers on Macedonian soil....then falsely accused 11 random men who's only crime was that they were Albanian and lived in a village that was closest to where thr bomb went off...???

          The state set up its own citizens and and jailed them on terrorism charges in order to gain sympathy from the world in the "war against terrorism"

          This is state terrorism nothing less...
          This goes beyond ethnic everyday petty politics.. this needs to be condemned by all the people of RoM...

          Macedonian media, NGO's, politicians never once even entertained the idea that these men "might be innocent"

          This case is pure evil.. the people responsible need to be put on trial.. the human aspect needs to be seen here.. an example needs to be set for a better future for all in RoM.

          Another question that now raises is.. what about other ethnic sensitive cases from the past few years that Albanias have claimed have been state orchestrated and organised..
          Eg..
          Brodec, Monstra, Kumanovo..
          Time will tell...
          If they are so unhappy and fear the "state is out to get them " why not emigrate and move to Kosovo and Albania which are very low on the corruption index. I'm sure their quality of life will improve there lol

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          • Risto the Great
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2008
            • 15658

            #6
            Originally posted by Albo View Post
            Another question that now raises is.. what about other ethnic sensitive cases from the past few years that Albanias have claimed have been state orchestrated and organised..
            Eg..
            Brodec, Monstra, Kumanovo..
            Time will tell...
            Other questions include how many ethnic Albanians remain uncharged for acts of brutal criminality as a consequence of political machinations.

            Time will not tell ...
            Risto the Great
            MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
            "Holding my breath for the revolution."

            Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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            • Albo
              Member
              • May 2014
              • 304

              #7
              Your not dealing with the topic...

              Do you condemn this orchestrated event?

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              • Phoenix
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2008
                • 4671

                #8
                Originally posted by Albo View Post
                Your not dealing with the topic...

                Do you condemn this orchestrated event?
                About the only thing that has been "orchestrated" has been the setting up of Zaev's Special Prosecution Office as well as his treasonous alliances with shiptar terrorists and crime figures to usurp power in Macedonia...

                Zaev sold his soul to the shiptari, now he's paying them back through the illegal and corrupt workings of the SPO...

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                • Risto the Great
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2008
                  • 15658

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Albo View Post
                  Your not dealing with the topic...

                  Do you condemn this orchestrated event?
                  You mean the one where now it all isn't true? Yeah, probably. Who knows.
                  Risto the Great
                  MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
                  "Holding my breath for the revolution."

                  Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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                  • Albo
                    Member
                    • May 2014
                    • 304

                    #10
                    If this isn't state sponsored anti Albania abuse and discrimination nothing is..

                    Then people complain about Albanian loyalty to the state.. ��

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                    • Phoenix
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 4671

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Albo View Post
                      If this isn't state sponsored anti Albania abuse and discrimination nothing is..

                      Then people complain about Albanian loyalty to the state.. ��
                      http://a1on.mk/archives/868514
                      What has the state got to gain from "anti Albania abuse and discrimination"...?

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                      • mklion
                        Member
                        • Jun 2014
                        • 100

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Albo View Post
                        If this isn't state sponsored anti Albania abuse and discrimination nothing is..

                        Then people complain about Albanian loyalty to the state.. ��
                        http://a1on.mk/archives/868514
                        Name me one piece of legislation the Albanians have passed or introduced into parliament that benefits the entire country ?

                        There is your true face of loyalty

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                        • Albo
                          Member
                          • May 2014
                          • 304

                          #13
                          If they are so unhappy and fear the "state is out to get them " why not emigrate and move to Kosovo and Albania which are very low on the corruption index. I'm sure their quality of life will improve there lol
                          It's comments and a mentality like this that creates less loyalty to the state.. Loyalty needs to be a 2 way street..

                          Its clear many Macedonians don't want Albanians to be a part of the state.. and Many Albanians don't want to be part of a state where they feel like second class citizens..

                          If we don't learn to live work and strive together for a better future .. the future of Macedonia will be bleak with a drained population with no hope and perspective.. just a story of what once was..!!

                          Other questions include how many ethnic Albanians remain uncharged for acts of brutal criminality as a consequence of political machinations.

                          Time will not tell ...
                          How many.. tell me? Will I support them.. Noo

                          Zaev sold his soul to the shiptari, now he's paying them back through the illegal and corrupt workings of the SPO...
                          Does using the term 'shiptari' make tou feel powerfull behind a keyboard?

                          How is the the SPO fault that the state organised an horrendous crime against international NATO soldiers causing death... and then tried to blame the whole event on innocent Albanian villagers from a lost village in Kumanovo... Jailed 12 innocent men for NOTHINGGGG..

                          another great way to build loyalty don't you think?

                          [QUOTE]You mean the one where now it all isn't true? Yeah, probably. Who knows./QUOTE]

                          Comon' mate you can do better than that!
                          Surely you can see the evil in this story.. ??

                          What has the state got to gain from "anti Albania abuse and discrimination"...?
                          absolutely nothinggg.. hence the question why do they orchestrate state sponsored set ups and mock trials like this??? They only damage the internal fabric of the state and only spreads anger, hate and irredentism..

                          Hang on we can fund all these set up mock trials but we paying for wider use of Albanian is too expensive..

                          Name me one piece of legislation the Albanians have passed or introduced into parliament that benefits the entire country ?

                          There is your true face of loyalty
                          I posted earlier how laws are drafted by ruling coalitions!

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                          • Soldier of Macedon
                            Senior Member
                            • Sep 2008
                            • 13670

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Albo
                            Due to lack of evidence, Macedonia’s Special Prosecution, dropped all charges against ethnic Albanian villagers accused of planting a mine that killed two NATO soldiers in 2003, ending their long judicial ordeal.
                            If they are innocent, then it's a good outcome, but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Hopefully the truth will conclusively be revealed in the future, maybe when the country isn't being run by a traitor prepared to cater to any and all enemies, be they foreign or domestic.
                            ...why would Albanians have planted a mine that would kill NATO soldiers....
                            Seeing as you're asking, perhaps they wanted to create a false flag scenario in order to entice NATO to stay in Macedonia and fight their battles like it did in Kosovo, with the aim of obtaining the same outcome as Kosovo.
                            In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.

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