POGROM AGAINST KOSOVO SERBS CONTINUES

wonder if the UN will now withdraw due to "security concerns"?

Kofi to Bush: "We could use some help here"

After reports from the Albanian media. Yeah, no bias there.

Sure, all of the US media is taking a "made-up" story from the Albanian media and passing it on as fact. Riiiiggght.

>>>>>>>Only after they've been found dead, does the son of an UCK commander come up with the "dog let loose from another village story"<<<<<<

Another Rajmonda story.

Of course, poor innocent Kosovo Albanians mean no harm - they suffer from MENENDES BROTHERS SYNDROME.

Thank you Bill Clinton
The gift that keeps on giving.

Kosovo Erupts in Clashes, at Least Seven Dead
Reuters
Wednesday, March 17, 2004; 1:38 PM

By Shaban Buza

MITROVICA, Serbia and Montenegro (Reuters) - Serbs and Albanians clashed in Kosovo Wednesday in the worst violence since NATO and the United Nations took control of the region in 1999 and at least seven people were reported killed.

Shooting broke out and grenades were thrown in the ethnically divided northern town of Mitrovica, a notorious flashpoint, as police and troops fired teargas and rubber bullets to stop Albanians storming the Serbian half of the town.

Hundreds of Albanians also broke through a U.N. police cordon outside the Serb village of Caglavica, south of the capital, Pristina, setting two Serb houses ablaze. Serbs were reported fleeing their homes as NATO teargas and stun grenades failed to deter Albanian attackers.

"This is a very dangerous situation. This is very large scale," said U.N. police spokesman Derek Chappell.

U.N. police sources reported four Serbs and two Albanians killed. They were unable to immediately verify reports that a fifth Albanian was shot dead by U.N. police during clashes at a Serb enclave near the western city of Pec.

There was also no immediate word on a report that one French peacekeeper in Mitrovica had died of his injuries.

"This is the worst violence that we've seen for some time," said a NATO official in Brussels. "The key thing is a call on both communities to really desist from violence. Go home."

KOSTUNICA RULES OUT MILITARY RESPONSE

In Belgrade, Serb parliamentarians urged the government to send forces to the Kosovo boundary, which NATO had ordered closed earlier in the day.

But Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica ruled out a military response. He said the scale of the violence was worrying, but Serbia had "no direct access to Kosovo and therefore...(no) real possibility of directly defending" Serbs under attack

In New York, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on local authorities to help restore order.

"He urges all parties involved to bring an immediate halt to the violence, which jeopardises the stability of Kosovo and the security of all its people," he said in a statement issued by a spokesman.

In the Pec district, Albanians were reported to have set fire to three Serb homes as some 30 Serbs took shelter in a church which was being stoned, Serb media said.

In Mitrovica, two red-and-white U.N. police jeeps burned fiercely and wreaths of tear gas drifted over the town as soldiers moving block to block cleared a security zone.

By darkness, peacekeepers had separated the two sides and imposed a curfew on Mitrovica. The situation elsewhere was less clear. Reports spoke of 300 Albanians and 70 Serbs injured.

Local media reported violence in several other places where the Serb minority live close to majority Albanians, such as Kosovo Polje and Lipljan south of Pristina.

Albanians had massed to vent their rage at Tuesday's drowning of two boys. A survivor was quoted as saying they had been hounded into a river by Serbs, who were exacting revenge for a teen-ager wounded in a drive-by shooting in Caglavica.

Kosovo has been under the rule of the United Nations and NATO peacekeepers since the Western alliance bombed Serbia during an Albanian guerrilla uprising, aiming to halt Serb repression of pro-independence Albanian civilians.

Clinton has opened the gates in the East to Europe for the Muslim hordes. This is just the beginning.

The Spanish pushed the Muslims out in 1492, but let Osama win the election in 2004.
The Poles pushed the Muslims out of Vienna in 1683. But Bubba Clinton let them back in via Kosovo... after the idiot decimated the Serb Army... the only force stopping them.

NYC Republican,

You wrote: "The violence began after reports that two ethnic Albanian boys drowned in an icy river trying to escape a mob of angry Serbs, the Associated Press reported."

Since you are bent on "...Engaging the Liars! Yes!!! Let the Battle Begin..."

Can you explain, why Serbs were angry?

Does it have to do something with Poor innocent Kosovo Albanian terrorists shooting to kill an evil 18 year old Serb medical student 2 days ago in Caglavica village?

Feja e Shqiptarit e terrorism.

Is President Bush even aware of Kosovo? He's been awfully silent, don't you think?

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Yes but isn't this supposed to be a NATO/UN thing? I wouldn't expect Bush to give all of his concern to that when he has wars and homeland defense to worry about.

Clinton and friends chose to side with Bin Laden to fight a war against the Christian Serbs so let's not be real shocked by the obvious outcome.

Our war against the Serbs is the worst shame in the history of this country and the reason why the left is so loud about our war on terror is that they can distract us from the fact that there was a war(crime) once that they loved.

Christians and Jews will never live in peace side by side with Muslims who have an OBLIGATION to their very being to kill non-Muslims...wars that are based on such a pipe dream are psychotic. You can write the Serbs off as dead, it's the only logical outcome because no one is going to go in and remove the Muslims.

In the Serbian version of B92 news I understood that Serbian military is at the border of the Serbian province and ready to protect their people at the moments notice.

My phrase "Engage the Liars" has nothing to do with the region. I'm on FR because I'm a proud conservative. It has to do with engaging the lying liberal swines (Kerry and his party), after Bush has been reticent for so long to counter-attack against their (libs') daily lies.

>>>>>>Look at that source, a Serb news agency... No bias there, huh?<<<<<

So, this is your strongest argument? The facts reported by Serbian agency are confirmed by UNMIK. Here is the news from Reuters, written by non-Serb:

Quote: "TURNING ON THE SAVIOURS?

...Fuelling fears that Albanians might turn on their NATO and and U.N. saviours if independence is delayed, mobs on Wednesday clashed with peacekeepers and police across the province..."

The only government to Kosovo Albanian liking was HITLER'S THIRD REICH.

Any attempt by the Serbs to enforce law-and-order in their own province would undoubtedly bring howls of rages from the Euro-wimps (and their gutless supporters here on FR). The Serbs have to be concerned about NATO bombing their civilians again. You know the Euro-wimps would love to do something bold to appease the Moslems (al-Qaeda) once again.

See, if Joan posts these types of stories, from non-partial sources, it's much more palatable.

>>>>>I understood that Serbian military is at the border of the Serbian province and ready to protect their people at the moments notice<<<<

No. According to UNSEC 1244 Serbian Army can not enter Kosovo without UN invitation. It is more likely Serbian Army will clear way for American evacuation route from Kosovo into Serbia proper.

THE REAL MESSAGE IN THE WAR ON TERROR IS THAT It took American RAPID DEPLOYMENT FORCE 6 hours to move from Bondsteel to Ceglavica flashpoint.

This fact will not pass unnoticed by the terroristrs.

Yes indeed. However, if the foreign military troops in the Serbian province are their to protect themselves and not the minorities in the Serbian province it should be comforting for them to know that their is a party on stand by that can protect their exit and restore order in the province.

Awhhh yes the liberal legacy of war. Hmmm let's figure this out, Democrats help religous terrorist extremist take power. While Republicans fight against them.

I know, I know, everyone can misinterpret the UNSEC 1244 except the Serbs.

Derek Chappell's statement, press briefing, Pristina, March 17.

CHILDREN DROWN IN RIVER IBAR

The tragic case of the children lost in the River Ibar in Mitrovica continues to unfold today.

Police were first informed of the possible drowning at 6 pm yesterday evening. A child had returned home and told their parents that at about 3:30 PM, near the village of Zubce, he and three other children had entered the river and had immediately got into difficulty in the water. He had reached the other side but his three friends had been swept away and lost as they attempted to cross the river.

Police responded immediately and began a search of the river, starting from the point where the children entered the water and continuing downstream.

All elements of the police were involved with support from KFOR. The search continued through the night and at 2345 last night, 16 March, the first body was recovered.

Twelve-year-old Egzon DELIU was found about 200 meters downstream. At 0630 today, 17 March, a second body was found, about 400 meters downstream from the point of entry. We are continuing to search for the body of the third victim, believed to be nine years of age.

Our thoughts and our deep sorrow are extended to the families of the victims.

Police were first informed of the possible drowning at 6 pm yesterday evening. A child had returned home and told their parents that at about 3:30 PM, near the village of Zubce, he and three other children had entered the river and had immediately got into difficulty in the water.

Why the 2 1/2 hour delay between the troubles and the police being notified? Was the spot far from the child's home? Was he in the water for a long time or did he try to search himself before coming home? Why did the children go into the water in mid-March? Did they believe it only ankle deep, were they walking across rocks, was there an icy part that later cracked? It still seems strange. How long after 3:30 PM did he make it home and how long after that did the parents call the police? If they called right away, as they should have, then the boy was outside from 3:30 PM to almost 6:00 PM in wet clothing. Would probably have hypothermia.