Haradinaj Released Because of Politics?

Rumor has reached MTCowgirl that former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj was ordered to be released from the Hague and all charges to be dropped due to "political reasons".  While so far I haven't found any news reports (the chance of this hitting the headlines is slim given the chance for criticism of the decision) the news came from an extremely reliable source and MTCowgirl is inclined to believe the information to be true...but you do never know!  In late December, Ramush and another Kosovar on trial at the Hague were released for the winter break and France's Le Monde took a scathing look at the release.
Other Kosovo news is that the US and Germany are planning to recognize Kosovo's declaration of independence according to a "senior European official" who of course remains anonymous.  The quote that I like in the article is "The cake has been baked, because the Americans have promised Kosovo independence"...that's a great line, I'll have to use it sometime :)

Other Kosovo News...

• What Kosovo stalemate really means for Russia, the Journal of Turkish Weekly
• Contradicting earlier reports of mass exodus of Serbs from Kosovo, MedianaAdria reports that 60.8% of Kosovo Serbs would remain in Kosovo following independence
• Kosovo fire to be extinguished with gasoline (another great line!) according to Russia's new ambassador to NATO
• EU to wait until February to deploy mission to Kosovo due to fears of Serb backlash
• Serb ultranationalists confident of victory in elections
• Independence within a few weeks says Thaci (do you think he'll do the same as Ceku...finally resorting to saying soon in the very end?)
• Vetevendosje slams plans for EU mission (I thought they had been quiet for far too long!)

MTCowgirl's Interesting Articles...these articles are more commentary/editorial and not checked for accuracy!

• The limbo beyond Kosovo, an editorial from the Financial Times
• Kosovo coalition government pact harms democracy
• Next war on Kosovo, an editorial in dtt-net
• Kosovo UDI is traditional way of declaring independence according to US law professor