{"id":82783,"date":"2026-02-10T13:12:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=82783"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:55:34","slug":"prosecutor-says-thaci-lied-to-international-officials-rama-what-an-international-idiot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/prosecutor-says-thaci-lied-to-international-officials-rama-what-an-international-idiot\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor Says Tha\u00e7i Lied to International Officials; Rama: \u201cWhat an International Idiot!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama reacted following a statement by the Special Prosecutor at The Hague Court, who claimed that Hashim Tha\u00e7i was able to mask reality by repeatedly misleading members of the international community.<\/p>\n<p>Rama shared a video clip of the prosecutor\u2019s statement on his Facebook page, accompanying it with the caption: \u201cWhat an international idiot!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his submission, on the second day of statements against Tha\u00e7i and the other defendants, the Special Prosecutor alleged that Tha\u00e7i had repeatedly deceived international officials. For this reason, he argued, statements made by international representatives regarding the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), its command structure and the role of its former leaders should be treated with caution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did not know that Tha\u00e7i was able to make military appointments\u2026 What James Rubin, Wesley Clark and other international figures fail to understand is that Tha\u00e7i was capable of disguising what was actually happening on the ground, and this influenced their perception of how the KLA truly functioned. In particular, Rubin and Clark showed no interest in understanding what was really happening and believed they were on the right side of history, without confronting the reality that this judicial panel is now hearing,\u201d the Prosecution stated.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding their roles as former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the war in Kosovo, the Prosecution has requested sentences of 45 years in prison for each of the four accused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama reacted following a statement by the Special Prosecutor at The Hague Court, who claimed that Hashim Tha\u00e7i was able to mask reality by repeatedly misleading members of the international community. 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