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The "killed and missing" covers at least a three year time frame - much of it after NATO's war when the KLA was going on a killing spree. The official missing list covers January 1998 - December 2000. So you see, they were still counting people who were kidnapped and killed 1 1/2 years after that war was over.

Futher, many of the ethnic Albanians were killed by the KLA who murdered those who differed politically (loyal to Yugoslavia or not Serb haters, for example) and rivals. There were also many Roma (Gypsies) killed by Albanians yet put on lists by Albanians as Albanians killed by Serbs. The Roma of Kosovo often had Albanian names.

Wraith was a British soldier in Pristina after the war and says the KLA had a policy of liquidating witnesses.

Several of the KLA leadership, have been in the last year or so, accused (and some convicted) of kidnapping and killing fellow Albanians - including the recent Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj. He just went to the Hague where he is accused of killing both Albanians and Serbs before, during and after the war.

Also, the ethnic violence was begun by the KLA who started to kill Serb police. Before the KLA, ethnic murders perpetrated by Serbs on Albanians were next to nothing, if not nothing at all.

The KLA did kill Serb civilians too and not just police. They threw handgrenades into a cafe killing around 7 Serb teenagers a few months before NATO decided to help them win Kosovo all for themselves. NBA basketball player Vlade Divac adopted a 4-month-old girl in February 1999, before NATO strikes. Her parents had been killed by the KLA when they were on their way to the market. But you don't hear that reported in the news.

Also, the ethnic violence was begun by the KLA who started to kill Serb police. Before the KLA, ethnic murders perpetrated by Serbs on Albanians were next to nothing, if not nothing at all.

That is what I remember. The rest became sort of fuzzy because so many groups were killing others and the players seemed to change daily. I also recall the comments that these groups had fought among themselves throughout history but then heard that they had peacefully coexisted for recent years until these "terrorists" provoked the Serbs. The Serb reaction to me seemed reasonable, not unlike what Israel, Russia, and even the U.S. are doing.

That is why, after the fact, I came to believe that Bill Clinton played this to his advantage, first by a media buildup about Serb genocide on the Muslims, mass graves, etc., to pave the way for intervention to protect and save the Muslims. His my opinion of his motives I stated earlier.

Thanks for your historical perspective.

Joan you are right on the money in regards to the real reality of what was going on in Kosovo. The KLA and associated criminal groups eat their own and continue to do so. Killing the remaining Serbs is nothing but sport in order to grab the remaining real estate. The US do not know what they have played with and it continues to get out of control. P.S. I was a bit more than just a British soldier....