Baskim Smakaj, the new and first Kosovo Intelligence Chief - da hat man dem Bock zum Gaertner gemacht und das unter der Aufsicht der EU - na da wird es noch sehr Lustig werden die UCK ist Hoffaehig!

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Kosovo Appoints First Intelligence Agency Chief
Pristina | 04 February 2009 |

Baskim Smakaj, Kosovo Intelligence Chief
Baskim Smakaj, Kosovo Intelligence Chief
Kosovo named a former senior police officer as the chief of its new Intelligence Service on Wednesday, after months of delays blamed on clientelism and political horse-trading with foreign intelligence agencies.

The Intelligence Agency is one of the central security institutions of the new country, that declared independence from Serbia last February. Analysts say Kosovo needs firm leadership at that post to fight the smuggling and organised crime gangs that operate on the territory, and be prepared for possible organised outbreaks of violence in Serbian minority areas.

Bashkim Smakaj, 32, is seen as a consensus candidate between the parties in the coalition government, the Democratic Party of Kosovo of Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and the Democratic League of Kosovo of President Fatmir Sejdiu.

Commenting on the nomination, Sejdiu said it was “a compromise”, while Thaci said “it’s good that we chosen a person with good academic background to serve our country.”

Smakaj, who holds a degree in biology and another in political science, had been heading the strategic planning unit of Kosovo Police. In his first statement as head of the Agency, he said that he was “honoured by this nomination.”
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