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The following press release has been received from 8th congressional district Republican candidate Steve Greenberg.
He uses opponent Melissa Bean's maiden name “Luburich” in the release ans calls on her to return campaign contributions form “the anti-American Serbian Unity Conference.” Greenberg says she has taken “over $24,000” from its members.

Greenberg points to Bean's sponsorship of House Resolution 445, which “affirms Serbian control over Kosovo, by stating that “since 1999 Serbia has had no political, military, or economic presence in its[emphasis added] province of Kosovo,” and rejects future independence of Kosovo.

While the United States has recognized the new government of Kosovo. Greenberg's press release says,

“Bean even sent a letter to President George W. Bush urging him to not recognize Kosovo as an independent nation.”

“Melissa Bean places the interests of radical foreign nations above the interests of freedom and democracy,” Greenberg says, among other things below:


LAKE ZURICH 2/27/08— Eighth District Republican Nominee Steve Greenberg re-affirmed his support for the newly independent nation of Kosovo and called on Melissa Luburich Bean to follow his lead, by denouncing the Serbian violence against America and the people of Kosovo, withdrawing her sponsorship of controversial H. Res. 445 and by returning campaign donations from the anti-American Serbian Unity Conference.

The United States and eighteen other major world powers, including Great Britain, France, and Germany, have officially recognized Kosovo as a sovereign nation, but Melissa Luburich Bean stands against Kosovo’s freedom and independence.

Last May Bean introduced H. Res. 445, which affirms Serbian control over Kosovo, by stating that “since 1999 Serbia has had no political, military, or economic presence in its[emphasis added] province of Kosovo,” and rejects future independence of Kosovo. Through her continued support of her resolution, Melissa Bean chooses to side with Serbian criminals who attacked America by breaking into and setting ablaze the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade last week while the Serbian government stood by and did nothing.

Bean’s support for anti-American Serbian fundamentalists runs even deeper; she has taken over $24,000 from members of the Serbian Unity Conference which “strongly denounces Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence as well as America’s subsequent recognition of it.” Bean even sent a letter to President George W. Bush urging him to not recognize Kosovo as an independent nation.

Steve Greenberg:

“Melissa Bean chose to side with oppression and anti-American fundamentalists, instead of freedom and independence. Melissa Bean places the interests of radical foreign nations above the interests of freedom and democracy. She must denounce the Serbian violence against Americans at our embassy. She must stand on the side of freedom and withdraw her sponsorship of controversial H. Res. 445 which does not support the American policy of recognition for Kosovo. Finally she should return all money sent to her by the Serbian Unity Conference.”

Labels: 8th Congressional District, American Serbian Unity Conference, Kosovo, Luburich, Melissa Bean, Serbia, Steve Greenberg