Albanians Honor Bill Clinton
Posted: November 2nd, 2009 | Author: Javi | Filed under: Current Events, Political & Social Issue | Tags: Bill Clinton, ethnic Albanians, Kosovo, Slobodan Milosevic, statue | No Comments »
Thousands of ethnic Albanians honored former President Bill Clinton in Kosovo yesterday with a statue for his role in helping them fight off, then Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic’s ethnic crackdowns in 1999.
Clinton was celebrated as a hero for launching an intense 78-day bombing campaign that returned Albanians back to their homes in Kosovo after Milosevic’s brutal ethnic cleansing displaced close to 800,000 Albanians – in the process killing 10,000 Albanians.
Eleven-feet high, Clinton’s statue is positioned on top of a white-tiled base, and is located on a street in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, that is also named after him. His left arm is raised congenially as he clutches a portfolio bearing his name and the date when NATO started bombing Yugoslavia, on March 24, 1999.
“I never expected that anywhere, someone would make such a big statue of me,” said Clinton of his statue.
