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James Traficant: “I hope for the best, but this peace agreement seems very fragile. After rape, murder, and genocide, no simple piece of…”

On the recordJune 10, 1999
I hope for the best, but this peace agreement seems very fragile. After rape, murder, and genocide, no simple piece of paper will stop the war in Yugoslavia. Ethnic Albanians did not fight and die for autonomy or self-rule. Neither did George Washington, Congress. But, for sure, ethnic Albanians did not die for the right to live in a suburb of Belgrade. Congress was warned in 1986 that without freedom for Kosovo, there will be no long-lasting peace in the region. I say, "Free Kosovo, protect a sovereign border, or there will be no long-lasting peace."
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Discussing the fragile peace agreement in Yugoslavia and the need for freedom for Kosovo.

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