Miftari criticizes Thaçi over statement on the KLA emblem and raises allegations of ties to foreign intelligence services

Former KLA officer Naim Miftari has sharply criticized former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi after the latter said that he keeps the KLA emblem in the left pocket of his shirt.

In a written statement, Miftari questioned Thaçi’s words and asked him where he keeps the emblem of the DGSE, the French secret service, as well as a photograph of Arnaud Danjean, whom he describes as his superior and a French agent linked to him.

“Hashim, where do you keep the emblem of the DGSE, the French secret service, and the photo of your superior, the Serbian son-in-law and French agent Arnaud Danjean?” Miftari wrote.

His statement also refers to the former president’s brother, Ganiu. Miftari claims that he keeps an emblem that he attributes to Ivica Stanishiq of the UDBA.

The former KLA officer also attacked Thaçi over the wealth and career he built after the war. According to him, Thaçi went from being a poor asylum seeker in Switzerland who had stolen Levi’s 501 jeans to becoming a multimillionaire after, Miftari claims, more than 90 percent of the “Vendlindja Thërret” Fund was stolen from the KLA.

Miftari also accuses him of selling and appropriating most of Kosovo’s assets after the end of the war in order to secure power and a political role. He also criticizes him over the K-90 Agreement, claiming that with a single signature, most KLA soldiers were left without support and “out on the streets.”

According to Miftari, Thaçi benefited from the KLA’s war by becoming prime minister, foreign minister and later president. He also claims that corruption during and after the war made Thaçi a multibillionaire and that, through him, the Specialist Chambers were brought against the KLA.

Miftari writes that Thaçi had believed the international community had deceived him, as he thought that he and his fellow fighters would not be tried, while proceedings would instead be brought against the actual commanders of the war.

At the end, the former KLA officer links his statement to the patriot Bahajdin Allaqi. He asks Thaçi whether he keeps the phone or the book under his pillow when he sleeps, implying that this is connected to the question of where Bahajdin Allaqi’s grave is located.

“Hashim, do you keep the phone or the book under your pillow when you sleep? Shall I ask you another time where the grave of the patriot Bahajdin Allaqi is located?” Miftari wrote.