Destruction...

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  1. grobar

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    This morning greeted me with another shocking news.


    It is a second day that medieval churches and monasteries are being razed and burnt down in Kosovo. The very Patriarchate of Pec is under threat if not assailed by this hour. Millennium-old relics of the Orthodox civilization are being destroyed in a day of barbaric fury.

    My heart is bleeding.
    Added to the recent fire in the Hilendar monastery...

    Many woes befell the serbian people this month

    they are a bereavement to every slavic soul



    The bombing and setting on fire of orthodox heritage has been continuing in Kosovo and Western Macedonia all since 1999 but in individual terror acts.
    Now it is part of the Kosovo-wide attacks of tens of thousands of albanian extremists on the remaining serbian population, that initiated yesterday. KFOR has not enough people and resolve to bring the situation under control. :(

    Step 5 of the albanian plan for conquest of the province?


    PS: Still more destruction: the century-old mosques in Belgrade and Nish that have survived even the liberation of those places from Turkey have now perished. :( Djole, you been there?
    There is a storm of anger. And mine too.
     
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    ale ne.. _(
     
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    I think an American bombing would give the Albanians something to think about... Where are they when you need them?

    :rolleyes:
     
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    Gro, that is one confusing situation there.

    To an outsider like me can you explain the differences between a Serbian, Bosnian and Albanian etc because up the point where people started killing each other most of us thought you were Yugoslavians (heck is anyone even alive there who remembers it being something other than Yugoslavia?????)

    Malin
     
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    well, malino -- once upon a time there was an Empire and the Empire decided to conquer new land; what they decided they did; they started to force their lifestyle and ideals, reward those who accepted their ways and punish those who resisted. When another empires defeated the Empire, people there re-created their old countries but nobody really remembered where were the borders and there were many people who were not there before the Empires times - and they alltogether started to fight each other for their long forgotten rights. And they were fighting and fighting and fighting and fighting. Then came another Empire and told them -- nono, don't fight - it will be like that. So people stopped fighting but they were not happy about that. When the second Empire gone away they started to fight anew. And they are fighting and will be fighting happily ever after.
     
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    Fires set in southern Mitrovica | 18:36 | Beta

    KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Thursday – Albanians in Kosovska Mitrovica this afternoon set fire to the Church of St Sava. The fire followed another in the Serbian Orthodox church’s residential premises and a grass fire in the Orthodox cemetery in the southern part of the town.

    The church, which is also in the southern, Albanian zone of the segregated town, was protected by Greek KFOR troops.

    Earlier today a large group of Albanians broke through a police cordon in the south part of the town and began to move towards the north, but were dispersed by police and KFOR troops.

    Serbs, including the head of Belgrade’s Kosovo Coordination Centre, Nebojsa Covic, have assembled on the northern bank of the Ibar River to watch events in the southern part of the town.

    The bridge on the Ibar which divides the town is blocked with UN combat vehicles.



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    Protesters block central Novi Sad | 18:00 | B92

    NOVI SAD -- Thursday – Protesting high school students blocked traffic intersections in Novi Sad early this afternoon, lighting candles to commemorate deaths in Kosovo.

    Addressing the protestors, Pavle Stanojevic of the Svetozar Miletic Movement called on the federal army to be deployed in Kosovo to protect remaining Serbs.

    “There is ethnic cleansing of Serbs going on and we must stand up to that,” he told the students.

    Residents of the Adice area of Novi Sad, most of whom are originally from Kosovo kept their children home from school today because of last night’s clashes in the city. The area is one of the most impoverished parts of the Vojvodina capital and its population swelled after Kosovo refugees settled their in late 1999.

    Further protests have been scheduled in Novi Sad for this evening.





    Marchers head for St Sava Temple | 17:51 | FoNet

    BELGRADE -- Thursday – Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle, are leading a procession from the centre of Belgrade to the Temple of St Sava in the inner suburb of Vracar.

    About ten thousand marchers are heading peacefully towards the temple.

    Kostunica and Pavle have been joined at the head of the procession by Federal Defence Minister Boris Tadic and members of the Serbian Government.

    They are to light candles at the temple in memory of citizens of Kosovo who have been killed.



    Prizren monastery razed | 17:43 | Beta

    BELGRADE -- Thursday – The monastery of St Michael the Archangel and the Church of the Mother of God in Prizren have been destroyed by fire in the rioting which broke out in the town yesterday.

    Kosovo Coordination Centre official Branislav Krstic told journalists today that the churches of the Holy Saviour and St Djordje near Prizren have also been damaged by fire, together with the premises of the Prizren Diocese and Seminary.


    Monks from the monastery were evacuated to a German military base, after which the building was razed, said Krstic, adding that the situation was still unclear because there are no Serbs remaining in Prizren to provide reliable information.

    The headquarters of the Raska-Prizren Archdiocese, the nearby Gracanica Monastery is under heavy KFOR protection and is believed to be safe, he added.





    Independence only solution, say Kosovo parties | 17:18 | B92

    PRISTINA -- Thursday – Representatives of the three largest Kosovo Albanian parties today called for the urgent proclamation of Kosovo’s independence as the only way to restore normality to Kosovo.

    The political leaders of the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo, the Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo called on the Kosovo Parliament today to proclaim the province an independent state.




    Obilic emptied of Serbs | 15:40 | B92

    OBILIC -- Thursday – The Kosovo town of Obilic, near Pristina, has been completely evacuated of Serbs, B92 reports.

    A local Serb said all Serb houses in the town had been set on fire by groups of ethnic Albanians.

    Mirce Jakovljevic told B92:

    “There are no more Serbs in Obilic. They are all in Plemetina now. Cerska Street, where the massacred Stolic family lived, is ablaze. All 15 Serb houses are on fire. Hooligans are now heading towards Plemetina. There are no KFOR forces at all, and only small number of UN forces showed up. They’re located around Albanian houses in Plemetina and they openly say they have come to defend them, I don’t know from whom. That’s why I fear clashes between Serbs and the UN. I appeal to our state to put pressure on KFOR to somehow give us weapons to defend ourselves. We have nowhere else to evacuate to.”





    Serb man and son killed in Strpce | 13:01 | Beta

    STRPCE -- Thursday – A Serb man and his son were killed last night in the village of Drajkovce in Kosovo, Beta reports.

    Dobrivoje Stolic (45) and his son Borko (20) were shot at from the ethnic Albanian village of Firaja, said Kosovo MP Sokol Djordjevic.

    Drajkovce is in the Strpce municipality, which was reported to be quiet overnight.





    Belgrade mosque damaged in fire | 11:38 | B92, Beta

    BELGRADE -- Thursday – The Bajrakli mosque in central Belgrade has suffered extensive damage after it was set ablaze late last night by rioters.

    Around 100 protestors broke through a police cordon, breaking windows in the Mosque complex before setting it on fire. Ten police officers were injured, three seriously.

    Fire-fighters arrived at around 1.30am and extinguished the flames. Police reinforcements managed to clear the area of demonstrators.

    On the other side of town, police fired teargas and stun grenades to disperse demonstrators outside the US embassy.

    By 3.30am, Belgrade medical teams had treated 17 police officers and 11 protestors. At least five photographers and one journalist were injured in the violence.

    Unrest was reported in other parts of Serbia, most notably Novi Sad and Nis, where another mosque was set on fire.






    At least 22 dead in Kosovo violence | 11:07 | Beta

    PRISTINA -- Thursday – At least 22 people were killed and some 500 wounded yesterday, a United Nations police spokesman has confirmed, after the worst violence between Kosovo Serbs and Albanians in almost five years under UN protection.

    Derek Chappell said that so far 22 bodies had been found, but the death toll could rise.

    The situation is calm across the province, he told Beta news agency, adding that cars were on the streets and shops were open.

    The spokesman insisted an investigation was ongoing into how two Albanian boys drowned in the Ibar River near Kosovska Mitrovica. Television reports said they had died after being chased into the river by a group of Serb youths, prompting clashes between Serbs and Albanians in the town.




    Belgrade says army prepared to help protect Serbs in Kosovo | 10:23 -> 10:30 | B92

    BELGRADE -- Thursday – Serbia-Montenegro’s defence minister has said that the army is ready, with the agreement of the NATO-led peacekeepers force in Kosovo (KFOR), to participate in the protection of Serbs in the province, after violent clashes erupted leaving 18 people dead.

    “We have expressed readiness to participate in the protection of our citizens, respecting international obligations,” Boris Tadic said early this morning following an emergency meeting of the Serbia-Montenegro Supreme Defence Council.

    Tadic said he had proposed to the NATO commander in Kosovo that Serbia-Montenegro troops be allowed to protect Serbs in Kosovo, their property and cultural and historical monuments.

    “The situation is more than an emergency and demands heightened security measures,” said the defence minister, adding that all “hot-lines” were open to NATO, the United Nations and Brussels.

    Tadic said it was possible that the UN Security Council, which is due to sit today to discuss the situation in the UN-governed province, take a decision on how the Serbia-Montenegro military could be used to protect Serbs. He ruled out any “unilateral” action or violations of international agreement.

    A statement from the Supreme Defence Council meeting called KFOR and the UN mission in Pristina to protect the lives of Serbs and Montenegrins and their property in Kosovo.

    Tadic said that the situation in the ground security zone, a thin strip of land along the administrative border with Kosovo, was calm. The minister said he had information on movements of “Albanian terrorists” in the area and the situation was being watched closely.





    Violence coordinated and planned: UNMIK | 02:42 | Beta

    VIENNA -- Wednesday – The violence in Kosovo today has obviously been planned in advance, UNMIK spokesman Derek Chappell told Austrian state television ORF this evening.

    In a report broadcast at midnight, Chappell described the situation as chaotic. “There has been violence in Kosovo before, but this time it’s coordinated action. The violence erupted in a number of places at the same time which shows that it was planned in advance,” he said.

    Speaking on the same program, KFOR spokesman Stefan Racenberger said that years of failing to resolve the status of Kosovo had increased tension in the province.

    “Since the Albanians have been facing uncertainty over Kosovo’s status for quite a while now, and are nervous and tense, the case of the Albanian children led to this escalation. It all began in Mitrovica and the violence soon spread throughout Kosovo,” he said.

    Racenberger emphasised that the conflict is continuing and that tens of thousands of Albanians are on the roads heading towards Pristina. No one knows, he said, what will happen when the mob reaches the city.



    Police clash with rioters at Belgrade mosque | 02:10 | B92

    BELGRADE -- Wednesday – Hundreds of protesters broke through a police cordon shortly after midnight tonight and began smashing windows on a mosque in central Belgrade.

    After a protracted clash with police they managed to enter the courtyard of the mosque.

    B92 has learnt unofficially that there a large number of people injured in the clash.

    Police began to withdraw after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the mosque building.

    Serbian Orthodox Archbishop Amfilohije is in front of the mosque attempting to calm the protesters down.

    Police Minister Dragan Jocic has appealed to Belgraders to refrain from violence in protests against the ethnic clashes in Kosovo.

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    No Serbs involved in drowning: UNMIK | 01:58 | Beta

    PRISTINA -- Wednesday – UNMIK spokesman Derek Chappell said tonight that the survivor of yesterday’s Ibar River drowning has told his parents that he and three friends entered the river alone and were immediately caught up in the heavy current.

    The boy managed to reach the opposite bank of the river, but his three companions were swept away.

    The incident happened at about 4.30 p.m. and police began a search of the river about an hour and a half later. Two bodies have been found so far.

    Today’s violent incidents around Kosovo were sparked after claims that the boys had been chased into the river by Serbs with a dog.

    Chappell told media in Pristina tonight that this was definitely not true according to the account of the surviving boy.




    Conflicts spreading throughout Kosovo | 01:43 | B92

    PRISTINA -- Wednesday – US marines have succeeded in forcing thousands of Albanians back from the town of Caglavica after several earlier failed attempts by other KFOR troops.

    Meanwhile, the Albanian mob, which descended from Pristina early on Wednesday, has set fire to two more houses in the town, together with a number of KFOR vehicles on the highway between Caglavica and Pristina.

    The town’s Serb residents were evacuated early this evening.

    The Archdiocese of Raska and Prizren has reported mortar rounds fired on the Visoki Decani monastery at about 10.30 p.m.

    The monastery is at present being guarded by Italian KFOR troops and special US troops are expected to arrive soon.



    Mosque set alight in central Nis | 00:23 | Beta

    NIS -- Wednesday – A mosque in the southern Serbian city of Nis has been set on fire as thousands of local Serbs protest against ethnic violence in Kosovo.

    The blaze erupted at the mosque immediately after demonstrations in the city’s central square.

    Protesters have gathered around the mosque watching it burn and shouting anti-Albanian slogans as locals photograph one another against the blazing mosque.

    Fire fighters have arrived at the scene but taken no action.

    Meanwhile, in Belgrade, protesters have clashed with police who have blocked attempts to march on a mosque in the central city.

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    Thousands protest in Belgrade | 00:00 | B92

    BELGRADE -- Wednesday – Thousands of Belgraders have gathered in the Serbian capital’s central Knez Milos Street, protesting against ethnic attacks in Kosovo.

    The protest began about 9.00 p.m. with a handful of protesters and taxi drivers blocking the street outside the federal Foreign Affairs Ministry, but by 10.30 had swelled to thousands.

    A number of taxi associations have stopped working and parked in the street, saying they are demonstrating solidarity with Kosovo Serbs.

    The protesters are chanting, “Serbia arise!” and “We’re going to Kosovo!”.


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    Serbs wounded in Caglavica clash | 17:57 -> 20:17 | Beta

    CAGLAVICA -- Wednesday – At least ten Serbs have been wounded in the village of Caglavica by sniper fire from a hilltop near Pristina. They have been transferred to hospital in Gracanica.

    Most Serb women and children from the village have been evacuated to the neighbouring settlement of Laplje Selo.

    Clashes continue between Albanians and international forces at the entrance to the village, which is completely obscured by smoke from Serb houses set on fire by the angry mob of Albanians from Pristina. Gunfire and explosions can be heard through the smoke.

    The conflict in Caglavica began soon after 1.00 p.m. today when thousands of Albanians from nearby Pristina charged the village.

    Serbs have been blocking the Pristina-Skopje road since last night in protest at the drive-by shooting of eighteen-year-old medical student Jovica Ivic on Monday evening.


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    Serbian houses torched near Pec | 18:04 | Beta

    PEC -- Wednesday – Serbs repatriated to the village of Belo Polje say their houses have been set fire by bands of Albanians from the nearby town of Pec.

    Thirty of the repatriates have sheltered in the Orthodox church in the centre of the village. Italian KFOR troops are standing guard while the mob of Albanians throws rocks at the church over their heads.

    There are believed to be about a thousand Albanians surrounding the village, with KFOR troops barely managing to keep them from reaching the camp for repatriated Serbs.




    Serbs, international troops forced to retreat | 17:49 | Beta

    CAGLAVICA -- Wednesday – International troops and Serb citizens in the strife-torn town of Caglavica are fighting a losing battle to maintain their territory, being forced back towards the Serb part of the village.

    Stun bombs and tear gas deployed by KFOR troops and UNMIK police have had little effect on the thousands of Albanian who have arrived from Pristina to storm the town.

    Two Serbs have been reported wounded by sniper fire near the village, which houses about a thousand Serb residents.

    Dozens of women and children have gathered in the centre of the village preparing to evacuate, as about ten Serb houses near the village entrance have been set on fire.

    For now there seems little hope of international peacekeepers arriving to evacuate. Them.






    At least three reported killed in Kosovo clashes | 13:56 | AP

    KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Wednesday – At least three people were reported killed and dozens of others were wounded Wednesday, as Serbs and ethnic Albanians clashed and peacekeepers fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to keep them apart.

    Hospital personnel on the Serb and ethnic Albanian sides of divided Kosovska Mitrovica said two ethnic Albanians had died, apparently of gunshot wounds, and a Serb woman also was shot to death.

    After heavy bursts of gunfire, dozens on both sides were hospitalized, said medical personnel.

    Employees on the southern side, dominated by ethnic Albanians, counted 42 hurt, among them several who were shot. Xhelal Ibrahimi, an ethnic Albanian witness, said gunfire came from the Serb-dominated part of the town, and he saw several people falling in front of him.

    On the Serb side, hospital personnel said 22 Serbs were injured, among them five seriously, including a man shot in the head and one in the lungs. Others were hit by stones, rubber bullets fired by the peacekeepers or shrapnel from their stun grenades.

    Ambulances transporting the wounded lined up near the hospital in the southern part of town dominated by ethnic Albanians. Those with more serious injuries were taken to Pristina's hospital. Dozens of armored vehicles streamed toward town, as North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led peacekeepers beefed up security.



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    Kosovo Serbs continue protest in wake of shooting | 11:37 | B92

    CAGLAVICA -- Wednesday – Serbs in central Kosovo are continuing to block two main roads in the province in protest at the near-fatal shooting of a Serb teenager on Monday evening.

    The Serbs, from the villages of Caglavica and Gracanica, say the roadblocks will stay until the international police and peacekeeping troops track down those responsible. Eighteen-year-old Jovica Ivic was hit three times in the drive-by shooting near Caglavica. He was transferred to the hospital in Kosovska Mitrovica, where his position is said to be stable.

    A protest rally has been announced for midday in Caglavica.

    Dragan Velic, a member of the regional “crisis staff”, said the Serbs were demanding reinforced KFOR patrols in Serb villages around the capital Pristina and for checkpoints to be restored.

    The department of education and sport in Gracanica has decided to suspend all classes in schools from March 23, Velic told B92.
     
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    this will never be forgotten; they went too far; only 1 nation can stay there
     
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    hopefully not ever after.
    my theory is that the albanians are late with 100 years in their development.
    so in about 30 years we may hope they will sit back on their arses and start cultivating and nobling their new lands...
     
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    if something extraordinary will not happen in those 30 yrs ...
     
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    See the world as your self. Have faith in the way things are. Love the world as your self; then you can care for all things.

    Tao Te Ching
     
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    WHAT-THE-FUCK!?!?

    Terrible!

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    This is true for the wars of the first half of the century.
    The wars in the 90s follow the same scenario but after the collapse of another Empire - Yugoslavia. People there mixed for decades, and it is difficult to seperate and displace them now to make monoethnic regions.
     
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    Some countries werent happy only with the lands their populace occupied but wished to imitate the Empires of Europe and be deemed Great. To be a mini-Empires, a humble but noble rank to suit their scale.
    Unfortunately they betted on the winning sides in the Great wars. As soon as the enemy surrendered its defence the beautiful words of Equality of nations, Self-determination of peoples and Just peace were forgotten by the suddenly-grown to a solitary Lords of the world. Clemanceau, LLoyd George and Wilson - curse be on their names! The Winners gave their little friends and hired servants sweety prizes - booty from the bare torso of the defeated and helpless.

    So the newly-made mini-Empires ruled over their subjects colonializing the acquired lands, forcibly assimilating the foreign peoples - some successfully but most - not, destroying the cultural heritage to rid the people of their roots, ruthlessly combating the underground resistance.

    The people suffered and coped. The young and the bright volunteered to become Workers. The profession of Terrorist in those times had noble reputation. It did not bother the common people, but avenged the oppressors. The weapon of choice was not the bomb but the revolver and the blade. Many imperial statesmen found the bullet. Many a hero were born. The working people - fathers, sisters and wives - coped, eyes in the earth, but stored everything in their hearts.

    Then a man came to power in Europe who wanted to restore justice. Spirit of the oppressed raised - the World order that doomed them to eternal suffery despite their fight, was now challenged by a man of strength enough! Indeed, one day his army reached the Peninsula and new borders were drawn on the map, new countries appeared. Not perfect but people were happy anyway. Happiness was darkened by the war continuing around the World. They had to take their small share of it, but they thought for the time peace will reign again and they will enjoy their future freedom.

    But the end of this chapter is known to everyone. Empires were reerected with the promise they will not be imperial in nature. Maybe they were maybe not. People were tired, their last hopes - broken. New regime was extraordinary effective in suffocating resistence.
    Bright and common future was promised. Peace finally reigned.

    The people who remembered the oppression and the battle died one by one. The new generations lived in new realities and oppressions. But the pile stored in the heart passed down to the hearts of the children - deeply buried.

    While those who were masters before, unconsciously aspired to mastership again.

    Then the wind of change came all over Europe. Yet other empires crumbled. Men of initiative and wit observed what is happening in other lands and decided the time is ripe. And they stretched hands for their compatriots` hearts. Carefully blazed up the tiny almost forgotten sparks burning there. The work is difficult in the beginning but flame sets another flame.

    Until a firestorm is raging soon.

    And so destruction continues...
     
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    I have bought newspaper after long time. There were one long article about situation in Kosovo - some reports from czech units of KFOR. -- some exceirpts:

    Evacuation of village Obilic - 4th platoon arrived into village when it was alredy burning. Albanians were using any weapon they found. They were wielding axes, poles and fire arms. Houses were undermined and were exploded just as we evacuated Serbs out of them. It was "very unpleasant". At the end all 60 houses of Serbs stood in flames.

    In Pristina policeman Jan Minar was shot into leg as Albanians attacked house of Serbs where he lived. He is said to saved ten Serbs of lynch. Serbs attacked house, shooting and throwing molotov cocktails. Information "how he saved them" is missing.

    On Thursday group of czech soldiers was guarding church in Podujevo. They had "obrneny transporter"(ah.. APC said dictionary) but suddenly group of 500 albanians emerged from all sides and went just through them breaking walls and destroying church in few instances. Fire into air didnt help. Troops are allowed to use firearms only when their or others life is in threathened. Property is not enough.

    Next day a grenade was thrown at them while guarding church in Lipljan - it didnt explode, tho it was live and locked off.

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    There is quite frustration in their voices. Reminds me one british film about british soldiers in Bosna - how they are insinde chaos and killing but they can't do a thing about it... Forgot the name. One must to be seen tho!
     
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    however (AFAIK) troops were deployed in Bosnia as humanitarian aid amidst civil war and they were forbidden to take part to any side.

    While in Kosovo they replaced the national security forces and police and are supposed to mintain law and order instead of them.



    KFOR warns of violence at children?s funeral | 22:30 | FoNet

    KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Saturday ?
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    KFOR say they will attempt to prevent any violence but cannot guarantee that international troops will be able to provide adequate protection for people and their property.
    ...



    KFOR cant even communicate to the locals it seems:

    Serb refugees in clash with peacekeepers | 22:38 | B92

    PRISTINA -- Saturday ? Serb refugees from Pristina and Obilic sheltered in a KFOR camp in Pristina clashed violently with KFOR troops this morning.

    KFOR representatives played down the incident, describing it as only a scuffle.

    One refugee, Novica Stolic, told B92 that the conflict erupted after the arrest of Serb Ivan Carapic.

    After the international troops used physical force on Serbs who came to Carapic?s rescue, said Stolic, a British KFOR commander brandished a handgun and threatened to fire.

    ?After this, we had to retreat because they were stronger, and also there were children present,? he said, adding that no explanation was given for Carapic?s arrest except that the troops had order to arrest him.

    KFOR spokesman Peter Appleby told B92 that Carapic was being taken to speak to representatives of the UNMIK mission at their request.

    ?We don?t know what they wanted to talk to him about, that?s not our job,? said Appleby.
     
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    Hi,

    Today i don't belive that word is divided to "good" and "bad" people. That war is great example. Take a while to look at non official history of NATO role in that conflict. Some interesting sources:

    Bob Djordjevic, Soap Laced with Blood Served as ?Truth? to Unsuspecting Public http://www.truthinmedia.org/Activism/macleans3-22-2K.html

    William Dorich, The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions: The editorial in the Emmanuel Goldstein, Kosovo Was Illegal. So What? www.antiwar.com/goldstein/g061300.html z 13.6.00

    Robert Fisk, Nato ?deliberately attacked civilians in Serbia? www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Europe/2000-06/serbsattacked070600.shtml

    Marcus Gee, Death of innocents http://news.suc.org/bydate/Mar_12/5.html

    Alex Todorovic, Families of NATO bomb victims demand accounting http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/06/12/fp7s1-csm.shtml

    Bruce Wallace, Canadian Aces over Kosovo http://www.macleans.ca/pub-doc/2000/03/27/Cover/32434.shtml

    The Kosovo Crisis: A Paper by Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, 6.10.99, www.mod.uk/news/kosovo/account/personal.htm)

    NATO used speeded-up film to excuse civilian deaths in Kosovo
    www.computec-int.com/bsc/index.htm, www.truthinmedia.org/Bulletins2000/tim2000-1-3.html

    Wall Street Journal ?Truth Wins One? (June 7, 2000) http://www.serbianna.com/dorich/stories/00_06_09.html z 9.6.00