England were very warmly welcomed in Kosovo today, acknowledging our role in liberating them in 1999.
If it had been left to Corbyn many in the stadium would have been 'ethnically cleansed' and Kosovo itself would never have existed.
Corbyn on the wrong side of history. 1/11
If it had been left to Corbyn many in the stadium would have been 'ethnically cleansed' and Kosovo itself would never have existed.
Corbyn on the wrong side of history. 1/11
In December 1998 Serb forces invaded Kosovo.
'The bodies of 45 ethnic Albanians were discovered outside a village in Kosovo...
Many of the victims, who included three women & a child, had been mutilated, Some had their eyes gouged out. [Times 17 Jan 1999] 2/11
'The bodies of 45 ethnic Albanians were discovered outside a village in Kosovo...
Many of the victims, who included three women & a child, had been mutilated, Some had their eyes gouged out. [Times 17 Jan 1999] 2/11
Peace initiatives faltered as the Serb leader Milosevic rejected any peace keeping forces, NATO threatened airstrikes unless the Serb's ceased their attacks upon the largely defenceless Kosovans, but held back on any engagement. (Times 21 Feb 1999, p.20) 3/11
How did Corbyn react to the news of a humanitarian NATO intervention? He called it 'criminal'.
Corbyn then ridiculed Labour leader Tony Blair, adding that the real reason for the intervention was 'grabbing of resources and weapons sales'. [Morning Star 22 Feb 1999 p.4] 4/11
Corbyn then ridiculed Labour leader Tony Blair, adding that the real reason for the intervention was 'grabbing of resources and weapons sales'. [Morning Star 22 Feb 1999 p.4] 4/11
One month later.
'reports of summary executions when armed Serbs forced people out of their homes in the town of Srbica.'
'"We do not know where it is safe to so we are running" said a woman with an 8 month old baby girl wrapped in blankets under her arm.' [Times 21 Mar] 5/11
'reports of summary executions when armed Serbs forced people out of their homes in the town of Srbica.'
'"We do not know where it is safe to so we are running" said a woman with an 8 month old baby girl wrapped in blankets under her arm.' [Times 21 Mar] 5/11
Kosovo was debated in Parliament, but split the Hard-Left, with Harry Cohen taking the opposite line to Corbyn, and lectured him on preventing holocausts:
"War makes me sick, but we must stand up to ethnic cleansing" [Hansard HC Deb 23 Mar 1999 v 328] 6/11
"War makes me sick, but we must stand up to ethnic cleansing" [Hansard HC Deb 23 Mar 1999 v 328] 6/11
What did Corbyn do next?
He joined up with the British Serbian Alliance for Peace (some of who vowed to fight for Serbia), the Socialist Worker Party, and the British Communist Party to demonstrate on behalf of the ethnic cleansing Serbs!
[Guardian 27 Mar 1999] 7/11
He joined up with the British Serbian Alliance for Peace (some of who vowed to fight for Serbia), the Socialist Worker Party, and the British Communist Party to demonstrate on behalf of the ethnic cleansing Serbs!
[Guardian 27 Mar 1999] 7/11
'after NATO announces that it would begin low-level bombing missions against the Serbian forces in response to reports of hundreds of Albanian civilians being massacred during an all-out offensive in Kosovo.
[Times 28 Mar 1999 p.1] 8/11
[Times 28 Mar 1999 p.1] 8/11
How did Corbyn respond to reports of massacres?
'He said that NATO had deliberately kept the UN out of the Kosovo conflict & had known that Rambouillet proposals to occupy (with peacekeeper) Kosovo would not be acceptable to Belgrade.'
No condemnation of the Serbs. 9/11
'He said that NATO had deliberately kept the UN out of the Kosovo conflict & had known that Rambouillet proposals to occupy (with peacekeeper) Kosovo would not be acceptable to Belgrade.'
No condemnation of the Serbs. 9/11
While Corbyn acted as an apologist for the ethnic cleansing Serbs, PM Tony Blair said "Our message to Milosevic is very simple, Your policy of ethnic cleansing is an act of barbarity. We will defeat you over it." [Times 4 Apr 1999] 10/11
The slaughter of the Innocents
'I was holding my baby girl. The explosion has taken away half her head'
'The men were made to stand against a wall in the sitting room & were shot dead in front of their wives and children.'
Corbyn's shameful action on Kosovo conclude tomorrow.
'I was holding my baby girl. The explosion has taken away half her head'
'The men were made to stand against a wall in the sitting room & were shot dead in front of their wives and children.'
Corbyn's shameful action on Kosovo conclude tomorrow.
The reason why we intervened.
