Events of the Conflict in Macedonia: 2000/2001

[George S.]

How about the big cross that they knocked down & it was fixed again.I don't know what year??
just recently in skopje the knocking down of that building where the albanians want their mosque.I think it's at the kale & it's a 13 century church foundations.How the hell do these people get away withit if it was others they would be locked up.

[Mastika]

Village Jedoarce, Tetovo
Macedonian villagers were evicted from there homes and had to watch as their houses burned down in front of their eyes. Of the 65 houses that were set alight, 10 burnt down completely.

Church Sts Kuzman and Damjan (village Jedoarce, Tetovo)
The church door was set ablaze whilst vandals proceeded to destroy icons and other religious imagery in the church, burnt church documentation, etc. http://star.utrinski.com.mk/?pBroj=791&stID=5307&pR=2

Church St George (village Otunje, Tetovo)
Attackers entered the church, which was built in 1860, and completely vandalised the interior. Icons, seats, the electrical boxes, windows were all broken, amongst other things. The rest of the church inventory was ransacked.
http://star.dnevnik.com.mk/?pBroj=2016&stID=11072

Church Holy Mother of God (village Setole, Tetovo)
The church was forcibly entered and ransacked the church rendering it completely unusable. As usual, what ever was breakable, was broken.

http://star.dnevnik.com.mk/?pBroj=2016&stID=11072

Church St Archangel Michael (Village Neprosteno, Tetovo)
Church was broken into and riddled with bullets.

Church St George (Village Gorna Recica, Tetovo)
Church built on 14th century foundations was broken into and set ablaze.

Church Holy Mother of God (Village Brezno, Tetovo)
The church which was built in the 19th century was broken into and the icons and other church possessions were destroyed and burnt on the bonfire which was started within the church.

May 3 2001, Monastery-Church Holy Mother of God (Village Matejce, Kumanovo)
The church dating from the 14th century was completely ransacked and vandalised; the altar was removed, the living quarters completely stripped of all belongings whilst the walls and icons were attacked by pickaxes.


The following is a list of churches which were desecrated and damaged in the events of 2001:Tetovo Region

Monastery-Church St. Bogorodica – Dzepiste
Sts Kuzman and Damjan – Jedoarce
St Gjorgi – Otunje
St Bogorodica – Setole
St Archangel Michael – Neprosteno
Monastery-Church St Gjorgi – Neprosteno
St Spas – Dolno Palciste
St Atanasius – Dolno Palciste
St Atanasius – Tetovsko Kale
St Gjorgi – Lavce
St Nikola – Dolna Lesnica
St Dimitrija Solunski – Tearce
St Bogorodica – Tearce
St Marena – Tearce
Monastery St Atanasius – Lesok
St Petka – Varvara
St Bogorodica – Brezno
Monastery-Church Ilija – Brezno
St Jovan Bogoslov – Otusiste
St Bogorodica – Jelosnik
St Spas – Jelosnik
St Nikola - Dobroste

Kumanovo Region

St Bogorodica - Matejce

[Mastika]

Pictures of the Albanian destruction of 2001.

Destruction of Lesok Monastery





Desecration of Holy Mother of God Church - Setole, Tetovo



Desecration of Holy Mother of God Monastery - Matejce, Kumanovo





Destroyed church of St George - Mala Recica, Tetovo

[julie]

how utterly despicable and disgusting, filthy Albanian animals can go back to their filthy dog country

[Soldier of Macedon]

An old article from a couple of years ago:

http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/7774/45/

Eight years passed since the Karpalak massacre in which 10 Macedonian reservists were killed by Albanian terrorists. Eight years have gone by and the public is still under the impression that there had been technical undoings that contributed to this disaster, says Janko Bachev, president of the Public Movement of Macedonia at today's press conference in Karpalak.

"Things are not what they seem to be and our citizens must know the truth. The Karpalak disaster is planned, constructed few days before the signing of the so called Framework Agreement in order to remove all hesitations and unwillingness demonstrated by the public during the 'talks'.
During the fighting we had a Government of both VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM, in which the police was controlled by VMRO, while the Ministry of Defense by the SDSM. Both of these fractions (Army and Police) at times were so uncoordinated that they appeared to be at war with each other.

The killing of three policemen in Aracinovo, Karpalak and Vejce are all crimes committed against Macedonian soldiers and policemen where they were purposely sacrificed to be ambushed." says Bachev.
"In the begining of July 2001, whole forty days before the Karpalak incident the Macedonian secret police had documents and information on 15 armed Albanians with names, age, in some case even photos of digging in around Karpalak. Our police infiltrated this group to such an extent that we sent a team to investigate the hidden dug out which was vacant during the night.

We knew everything about these people. Our police identified everyone in the group and with ease we were able to tell that most of the Albanian terrorists were narco addicts with previous criminal history.

The Police gave this information to the Ministry of Defense who for 40 days did nothing. The MoD could have sent a helicopter, a small elite team that would have wiped out this small terror group within a second, or even arrest the terror group at their homes. Not just that nothing was done, but the Ministry of Defense ordered the removal of a Skopje-Tetovo army checkpoint, near Karpalak, "says Bachev.


After the attack, the Macedonian reservists were left alone, the Ministry of Defense did not send help, even though the Army could have sent a gunship from Petrovac airport which needed only a 5 minute air time to reach Karpalak.
The Army, to make sure there are no survivors, sent a gunship full 60 minutes after the ambush." says Bachev.

"At the court hearing when Macedonian reservists sued the Government, I offered to be an expert witness where we can pin point which of the Government officials needs to stand trial, however one of the Attorneys refused my participation.
People need to know what happen and that this was all planned", concluded Bachev.

[ProMKD]

Thank you for bringing the topic back to life, SoM. I hadn't found it yet, it must have been buried a few pages back in this sub-forum.

It makes me sick this whole 'war', however I must admit that I was very obsessed with this conflict during it happened, and long after it. The heart-wrench my family and I had to go through to watch our own country in flames on CNN, BBC, etc, and to watch as the government pretends that it can't coordinate itself against a couple of hundred JUNGLE MONKEYS shooting at us with ancient weapons, in their uniforms bearing long beards and white caps.

I have seen more than a few interviews with some high-ranking police/military figures at the time who talk quite openly about the war. The names include Goran Stojkov and Stojance Angelov. Angelov being the leader of the current "Dostoinstvo" organization for the rights of the injured veterans.

I will try to find the interviews and post them here. Stojkov and Angelov both fought and led others during the war, and Angelov was very badly hurt during the fight for the liberation of Aracinovo, just outside of Skopje. Angelov was shot in the chest, and was rushed to the hospital in Skopje where the doctors had to wire his rib-cage back together and barely managed to save his life. After the war, he was fired from his position, was degraded to a very low paying and embarassing interior ministry job, and then eventually fired from that.

Stojkov on the other hand was thrown in jail along with three other men he fought with during the war. He only recently finished serving his sentence, and there is a video somewhere on youtube of him talking about the situation on some TV show.

I have uploaded a TV Show on tracker.mk, for which I will provide a link here, hopefully the admins have no problem with this. The video is "KOД - Кој Ја Сакаше Војната Во Македонија" or "KOD - Who Wanted the War in Macedonia". There's another one called "Српските Тајни Служби во Македонија 2001" and it discusses the serbian secret services and their involvement in instigating the war in Macedonia and pushing the KLA terrorists over the mountains into our country.

I could discuss this topic for hours, and I think it should be mentioned on this forum for everyone to see. This is a topic that the younger generation doesn't understand all that well, and some of the older generation didn't quite understand all of the events as they unfolded, given the brainwashing media at the time. Here are the links:

KOD - Koj Ja Sakase Vojnata vo Makedonija

http://tracker.mk/details.php?id=9971

Srpskite Tajni Sluzbi Vo Makedonija 2001


http://tracker.mk/details.php?id=10079

[ProMKD]

Goran Stojkov speaking before the 2011 Elections on a TV Show

Agora - General Goran Stojkov del 1.mpg - YouTube

Agora General Goran Stojkov del 2 - YouTube

[ProMKD]

Who fought for what - war in Macedonia 2001 - Download

http://tracker.mk/details.php?id=9828

Braniteli vs Teroristi - TV Duel - Stojance Angelov (Very good)
http://tracker.mk/details.php?id=9814

Filip Petrovski in Macedonian parliament in 2001 - telling everyone they will regret their traitor decisions in the future
http://tracker.mk/details.php?id=9813

[DedoAleko]

War in Macedonia 2001 1/3

War in Macedonia part one - YouTube

[Čento]

Macedonian army tank maneuvers on the outskirts of the village Aracinovo near the capital Skopje June 22, 2001.



A house burns in the village of Aracinovo after a Macedonian MI 24 attack helicopter fired missiles June 22, 2001.



Vejce Massacre.



Vejce Massacre.



A Macedonian MI-24 2001.



Thick smoke rises from a burning house in the village of Aracinovo after a Macedonian MI 24 attack helicopter fired missiles June 22, 2001



A Macedonian MI 24 attack helicopter fires missiles at the Village of Aracinovo near the capital Skopje June 22, 2001.



A Macedonian "Tigar".



The brother of a killed Macedonian soldier cries over his coffin June 7, 2001 during Orthodox funeral ceremony in southern town of Bitola. The soldier was one of five killed two days ago in Tetovo and Macedonians.



Village Vaksince.



Macedonian Soldier in Tetovo.



President Boris Trajkovski with Komandant Mujo 2001.