@Skybird.

[Fish]

Do you know this is serieus by any chance, Sky?

http://eurabia.blogse.nl/log/eurabia/inquiry-sought-in-ahtisaari-bribery-allegations.html


Inquiry sought in Ahtisaari bribery allegations

June 25, 2007 -- The Speaker of the Parliament of Serbia, Oliver Dulic, is calling for a formal inquiry into allegations that the Finnish UN Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari, has received bribes in access of 2 million Euros from an Albanian organized crime figure in order to have Ahtisaari write a proposal that will recommend independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo.
A report alleging Ahtisaari took bribes was reported over the weekend by a Bosnian news agency, Focus, specifying that German intelligence, the Bundesnachrichtendienst or BND, has uncovered accounts held by Ahtisaari that received 2 million Euros and that on at least two occasions Ahtisaari was a recipient of cash payments totaling in access of 40 million Euros.

[Skybird]

The online edition of Focus still does not mention this story. I do not buy the print edition.

I know somebody in the BND whom I could call and ask. But if there is sufficient truth in this story, he probably will be adamant in not confirming nor rejecting it as long as I have no personal security interest in the story (which then would be a friend's service, and I do not intend to abuse that by talking about it in public).

I will put up a link if the story will appear in online-Focus tomorrow.

However, I do not like this Fin. His political intentions, as far as they lead beyond Finland, are not what I want for Europe. His position on Turkey's EU membership and the purpose of the negotiations, and my opinion on all this, couldn't be more apart. His remarks on the Balkan's problems often made me wonder if he could really be serious. If the accusations with regard to the Serbian issue are true, I would also like to examine if he also was bought by the Turks. Some statements he made, and more: the way in which he put them, really made me wonder if he really is representing the official EU line of "open negotiations", because he often made it sound like if Turkey's membership already is decided. Hope he brakes his teeth when trying to bite it out with Sarkozy.