Wanting to be part of “The War on Terror”

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When I first heard about this story several months ago it just really got under my skin. Apparently these Macedonian police decided that they would prove that Macedonia was fully committed to the U.S. led global war against terror. They did so by luring innocent Indian and Pakistani illegal immigrants into Macedonia and then presenting them to the world as captured terrorists shortly before executing them. Their trial has now commenced. From Aljazeera:

The four defendants include police general Goran Stojkov, intelligence officer Aleksandar Cvetkov, the former commander of a now disbanded special police unit, Boban Utkovski, and businessman Mitko Kikerkov

Former Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski was initially also charged as the main organiser of the slaying but fled to Croatia. He is in detention in the coastal Croatian town of Pula and the case against him will be handled by authorities there.

Ahead of the trial, the defence lawyers claimed their clients were innocent and victims of “politically motivated” proceedings that are part of “political revenge” by the new Macedonian government.

Sources at the court, who asked not to be named, said that at least 30 witnesses will testify during the trial.

The defendants face sentences of up to 20 years in prison.

4 thoughts on “Wanting to be part of “The War on Terror””

  1. luring innocent Indian and Pakistani illegal immigrants into Macedonia

    and how does one go about doing that? in much the same way i lured that innocent burglar into my home?

  2. GC, read the articles. I am sure you think because they were “illegal,” that executing them illegally is okay too.

  3. Officials put a special police unit, the Lions, into training for an antiterrorist operation. Believing they were on their way to Greece, the seven immigrants crossed the Bulgarian border into Macedonia and spent one night in Delcevo. The next day they were taken to an apartment in the capital, Skopje, where their handlers provided food and clothing. Early on the morning of March 2, 2002, the Muslim migrants were driven to a farm on the outskirts of Skopje. After parking the minivan, the driver fled. Within seconds, the Lions opened fire, killing all who remained aboard. [Source]

  4. GC, maybe they pretended to be angry ethnic activist leftist with the promise that they were working to restore the liberal-socialist-communistic-islamo-fundamentalistic agenda. And to ensure this they gave them spittle flecked reading material created by angry ethnic non-activist rightist.

    Your analogy, much like your cognitive elitism, is flawed.