Monitor: What Happened in Racak? (sic)

Call Number
350-1-1:817/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:817/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #817 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000817
Original Title
Monitor: Es Began Mit Einer Luge
Date of air
2001-02-08
Date
2001
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
German
Duration
53 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Documentary film
Contents Summary
00:00:00 - 00:07:00 What Happened in Racak? This program explores what happened in Racak, Kosovo. It assert that the men killed in Racak were killed in skirmishes between the KLA and the Serbian police and that the massacre could have been staged by the KLA. Confidential documents from the German foreign ministry are cited. Dr. Helen Ranta and General Loquai state it was Walker who deemed the deaths in Racak a "massacre," without sufficient evidence thus giving NATO ja necessary ustification for a military intervention. Wayne Merry states the U.S. government was aware the KLA knew that sacrificing several Albanian civilians would give NATO sufficient reason to bomb Yugoslavia. Statements by: Dr. Helen Ranta, Pathologist in the Racak investigation; OSCE Representative William Walker (1/16/1999); KLA member Zymer Lubovci; former U.S. government advisor Wayne Merry; and Helmut Loquai, former OSCE general. Used by Milosevic in his defence 2/14/02 00:07:00 - 00:53:00 Es began mit einer Luge - This program analyzes the importance of public support for NATO's bombing campaign of Yugoslavia. Discussed is how NATO used propaganda and public relations to gain and keep support of their own public for the military action. The reporters particularly quiz German Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping on the specific incidents he would bring up to rally support for NATO policies. The particular incidents mentioned (made up?) by NATO to gather public support are: a concentration camp set up in Pristina's soccer stadium; Rugovo village skirmishes which left 24 men dead; no UN mandate for the Yugoslavia bombing; "operation horseshoe"; Rundubrava village house burnings; and Sanovici (Petershtica) village. Confidential documents from the OSCE, NATO and the German government are shown. Statements are made by: NATO Spokesman Jamie Shea; U.S. Representative to the OSCE Norma Brown; German Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping; Albanian Politicians Shaban Kelmendi; Rugovo villager; Remzi Shala; OSCE Monitor Henning Hensch; U.S. government advisor Wayne Merry; Rundubrava villager Shaip Rexhepi; and Sanovici (Petershtica) villager Fatmir Zymeri.

Context

Associated Names
ARD (Producer)