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BBC seeking to further confuse Macedonian situation

To clarify, since the BBC seeks only to confuse: While the Macedonian government has yet to accept the "peace agreement" signed by the president on Monday, NATO is meeting on Wednesday to consider if "conditions for deployment have been met"; have plans to "order the NATO deployment…as early as Friday"; and are ready to move troops in "by Sunday afternoon."
Under intense pressure from the United States and the European Union the Macedonian president and prime minister signed what the international news media calls a "peace deal" Monday.


The "peace deal" comes days after members of the US/British trained Kosovo Liberation Army, operating in Macedonia as the National Liberatin Army, ambushed and killed seven Macedonian security officers. The "peace deal" come weeks after the mysterious NATO helicopters dropped canisters into Macedonian territory and fired rockets over the Macedonian president's residence.


Employing geo-political tactics reminiscent of Nazi Germany, the "peace" brings NATO to the rescue of Macedonia . The same forces behind the destabilization of Macedonia, and the supplier of arms to those who have been attacking the state of Macedonia, will now usher in a time of "peace".


The situation in Macedonia may, on the surface, appear to be improving but that's the type of game NATO is playing. (It's the same game we saw in Kosovo only this time NATO won without going to war.) It's a game in which they play both the good and the bad and force nations to accept "peace" on NATO's terms. (This mean a restructuring of their government as NATO would like it. More to come on the actual text of the "peace deal".) Such games depend on confusing everyone not directly involved.


In this game with Macedonia, the BBC, in Tuesday's article, "Macedonia rebels agree to disarm", adds to the publics confusion yet allow NATO to speak clearly to Macedonia.


In the 23rd graph of the article, the BBC states that "Nato told BBC…that [Macedonian] parliamentary ratification was an absolute condition for it to begin overseeing the disarmament process."


As of Tuesday Macedonia has yet to ratify the "peace deal." The Macedonia Information Agency, a for profit news organization, reports Tuesday that Macedonian president "Boris Trajkovski will submit a letter of initiative for starting of procedure for constitutional changes tomorrow. This would practically mean the beginning of the implementation of the peace agreement…"


However, this small question of Macedonian actual ratification of the "peace deal" matters little to NATO.


In the seventh graph the BBC writes that "Nato ambassadors will meet on Wednesday to decide [if] conditions for deployment have been met." In the fifth graph the BBC writes that "the first Nato troops [totaling 400] to be deployed in Macedonia…are expected to arrive at the weekend…to collect rebel arms." In the ninth graph we hear that "the order for the Nato deployment may be issued as early as Friday." "The first Nato contingent" could arrive "by Sunday afternoon" the BBC reports.


To clarify, since the BBC seeks only to confuse: While the Macedonian government has yet to accept the "peace agreement" signed by the president on Monday, NATO is meeting on Wednesday to consider if "conditions for deployment have been met"; have plans to "order the NATO deployment…as early as Friday"; and are ready to move troops in "by Sunday afternoon."


In short, occupation of Macedonia will go ahead with or without the sanction of the Macedonian government.

 
 

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