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In Serbia, Hidden Racism Rises To The Surface

June 06, 2009
Serbia's Romany minority has been the target of violent attacks and other hate crimes in recent years. But some Romany leaders say that hidden, institutionalized racism presents an even greater danger. Produced by Iva Martinovic of RFE/RL's Balkan Service.

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by: Michael Averko
June 22, 2009 17:48
Ah, but Abdul deceives once again.

He initates such sleazy manner. His last set of comments are a continuation of such behavior.

I've a right to speak out against such manner when it's directed against me.

The bottom line is that if you play chippy, you shouldn't expect to be treated nicely by the person(s) you direct such manner towards.

What "proof?" Stating opinions as facts isn't proof.

To get to his level, who is paying him to spew out anti-Serb/anti-Russian propaganda?

by: Abdulmajid
June 21, 2009 14:59
Ah, but when Mr. Averko throws invective at me it is all right. When he asks me for proof and I tell him what proof there is he just plainly refuses to acknowledge it. And that too is all right. When I am telling him that I am dishonest (btw, I have never made any pledge of allegiance to him) What is there to discuss with such an individual? I wonder how much the Serbs pay him to do their dirty propaganda work, or if he does it just out of Serbophilia and Russophilia, and Islamophobia.

by: Abdulmajid
June 20, 2009 15:27
Averko, so you can throw invective at me and present me as a liar, but when I do teh same it's wrong. Is it demagogic when I ask you to show me conclusive proof that there was no genocide and no massacre at Srebrenica but on the contrary that Bosniaks are AS GUILTY as the Serbs, or did more wrong, or are at all in the wrong. It is you who has to show the whole world that we are ALL wrong about what the Serbs did at Srebrenica. And you can't. You have no evidence that supports you or that would be admitted as judicial proof. Was that demagogy and misinformation too? The personal testimonies of Bosniaks who escaped the genocide withtheir lives and whom I knew in person in 1992-1995 is that a fake too? Bah, I know next time around you won't answer to that either but only repeat your diatribne against me.
So I am doing pro-Bosnian Muslim propaganda? So what, you are doing pro-Serb and pro-Russian propaganda. And all that does not increase my sympathy for the Bosnian Serbs, all the contrary. All right, all right, here it is:
YOU WILL NOT SEE BOSNIA ERASED FROM THE MAP NOR THE BOSNIAKS TURNED INTO A STATELESS PEOPLE, OR INTO THE PALESTINIANS OF EUROPE!
And I think to prevent this from happening is a noble and just cause. While to defend and abet those who would exterminate the Bosniaks is an ignoble and evil one.
Now go to Bosnia, talk to the people of how you see the reality of their country, especially to the next of kin of Srebrenica (that is, if they don't rip yopu apart as soon as you try to convince them that all what happened to them or their husbansds, sons and brothers was legitimate or is just plain false). Or better, as soon as the Bosnian Serbs try to partition Bosnia and the anti-Bosniak genocidal crusade resumes, go join your B-Serb friends so dear to your heart, take up a gun and try to back them up. Then you will surely win yourself a nice little piece of Bosnian real estate.

by: Michael Averko
June 19, 2009 05:30
Another round of pro-Bosnian Muslim nationalist propaganda, which has an eseecially demagogic tone, with its mix of misinformation and personal insults.

"Abdul" has yet to successfully refute anything I said on the subject. On the other hand, he has been dishonest with his comments about me.

by: Abdulmajid
June 18, 2009 16:37
Dear Michael Averko, why don't you go over to Bosnia and see for yourself, and ask some people (but not just B-serbs!) in Srebrenica, and then you coment on Bosnia. But it is hopeless. You will continue to see what you want to see, and sismiss anything that doesn't suit you as blah blah. You can dismiss my statemets on Srebrenica all you want, but it won't make them less true. And you have not refuted them either, I have no proof from you. No photographs, no video, no testimonies, no documents, no references neither. So youreally should go to Bosnia and se for yourself. But you won't do it, because people might see you for what you are and then you'd get the worse of it. Maybe yu'd even make a nice little real estate deal over there.

by: Abdulmajid
June 18, 2009 09:10
Averko you evil so-and-so, you ask me for proof and then you dismiss it as "nationalist blah blah". Why don't you go to Bosnia and see for yourself? But anyway you will not be welcome among people you want to see destroyed.
I really wish you had to go through what the Bosniaks had to go through in 1992-1995, even for one single day, then you would change your attitude towards them.

by: Abdulmajid
June 17, 2009 14:32
I have nothing to prove to Mr. Averko the Srebrenica genocide denier, besides that, even if I could include here photos, video clips, audio streams, that subject and others of his ilk would just ignore them. Shame on RFE/RL which for decades fought against Russian imperialism and its proxues now allows its apologists to spew all their venom and hate here. And whoever denies, relativizes or justifies genocide, especially at Srebrenica or against the Bosniaks is for me beyond good ad evil. And that Averko has NOT shown me videos, documents, photographs, lists of names, forensc reports or any such tangible evidcence that would substantiate his claims, nor where they could be found. And, sirrah, just saying "others too say so" is not proof. If the Emperor of Japan said publicly that his country never did werong during the war I wuldn't believe him either. And besides that, in the context of this article here this is al disgression. It is not the point that the Serbs are particularly evil to Roma, actually they treat them no worse but also no better than other peoples in the region. It can't even be said that ALL serbs are better or worse than other people, but the attitude some of them display towards non-Serbs in Bosnia or elsewhere in the region, that they pretend they never did anything wrong and how they gloss over or belittle the war crimes that were committed by Serbs in tehname of Serbdom, that's beyond good and evil, and nobody can expect of me to love, admire and respect such people. Rather the contrary. And since I know how little respect they have of others' lives (let alone ideas or lifestyle), they need not expect more respect from me.

by: Abdulmajid
June 17, 2009 10:50
Averko you LIAR! You have NOTHING to stand on! The Bosniaks were the VICTIM of Serb aggression in Bosnia, there is enough Proof of it I don't have to prove it to you again and when I do you just ignore it what use is there talkihng wioth an evil subject like you,if it were for you all of western Europe would be under the Russian knute you goebbelsian worm, do you have the NERVE to say all this was FAKED???? If you do, then I wish that what Milorad Dodik wishes for Bakir Hadziomerovic to happen to you, or that you meet the fate of Meir Kahane! Why don't you post on "Noz, zica, Srebrenica"? ah, they closed it down. Well too bad for you

by: Michael Averko
June 17, 2009 09:04
Another long-winded barrage of pro-Bosnian Muslim nationalist babble from Abdul, who has yet to successfully refute what I've said.

So much for his ongoing misinformation.

On another recently brought up matter, the blatant destruction of Serb churches in Kosovo is in line with attempting to deny the Serbs' long term presence in that province. There's a good deal of reasoned historical questioning on the origin and development of an Albanian identity. Saying that the Albanians predominated in the Balkans before the Serbs is misleading, when not specifying where specifically in that region.

Note the frecent reference to "Greater Albania is at work."

by: Dritan from: Vancouver
June 17, 2009 08:16
Dear Mr Dorich ,
Your storytelling goes as far as to meet your ego or needs ,
Dear Sir Your Dream of a Greater Serbia is Dead .
Time for you to write "Where did Serbia and our bloody Dream go wrong" in your spare time .
Also if you find space you should mention that we Albanians have lived in Kosovo and Balkans long before the Serbs where trying to find a warmer place away from the cold of Russian Steppes and i mean Longer than your 1000 years .
We fought in the Battle of Kosova against the Ottoman Empire ,
We Albanians fought for 25 Years and saved Europe from the Ottoman Plague ,What did your Great Kingdom do ,
nothing but try to disrupt efforts From Johannes Hunyad and George Scanderbeg .
You leave out by choice to mention that we have guarded this Burned Churches for centuries with our blood and lives as well .
We as Antaeus feed of this piece of land we call Home that's why when you shoot us we get back again and again .
Its our home ! we dont have Steppes to go to.
I am sorry for innocent Serbs that have suffered at any time ,but you know very well that you are knee deep in Albanian Blood (need i remind you of late 1800's, early 1900's and closer) therefore i have no sorrow for Pseudo-Historians like you who brought your Nation to this path .Need i remind you of your Psycopathic spiritual leader Vaso Čubrilović "The Expulsion of the Albanians"memorandum ,dam sounds just like The late Idiot himself Miloshevic doesn't it ,so save all you crying and victimizing your people .Do some good to yourself for your soul and most important your nation.You wrote and acted a bad script and lost .
Unfortunatly for you , we will be here another 10000 years and another 100000 after that .
What has and gives us strength is this land and Albanians Religion is this land AlbaniaKosova .
Vjecnaja Pamjat To Greater Serbia RIP.
Your greatest nightmare has come true ,
Greater Albania is at work.
lets live in peace


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