According to Zeljko Raznatovic, the leader of Serb paramilitary forces better known as “Arkan”: “This ghost-state was created by the communist Tito in order to separate Greece from Serbia.” The Serb warlord said two hundred thousand Serbs lived in Macedonia, a fact that gave Serbia every right to take the part that belonged to it and was part of historic Serbia. “Of course,” he continued, “you also have the right to take what remains. It is your natural northern border. Whatever will remain from this state will belong to you.”