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To: Sparta
While we all are concerned with even one church being damaged by the "religion of peace", let's not forget about our Christian brothers, orthodox Serbs.
Orthodox Church in Kosovo first suffered in the 1999 NATO campaign. Stray bombs from NATO planes hit indiscriminately at either old churches or monasteries. The arrival of the KFOR international force did nothing to preserve the Serbs' cultural heritage. Albanian terrorists in Kosovo have demolished more than 120 Orthodox churches.
The Serbian Orthodox Church repeatedly turned to the United Nations for protection for religious monuments, many of which date back to the 14th - 16th centuries. It is important to safeguard the shrines from explosions or arson and from acts of vandalism and looting. In an attempt to clear Kosovo of Serb culture and religion, Albanian extremists are getting at Orthodox monasteries destroying murals, crumpling worship structures and stealing whatever they lay their eyes on.
As a result, many priceless icons, holy vessels and church books have been smuggled out of Yugoslavia and are now spotted on the "black markets" in European countries, such as Germany and Greece.
Such barbaric attitude towards religious, architectural and historical monuments in Kosovo have to be stopped. The Serbian Orthodox Church also needs assistance from the international community in construction and restoration work. At the moment it's still possible to save unique murals on the walls of semi-destroyed churches and provide shelter for icons and church items. The centuries-old legacy has to be preserved for the generations to come.

Even BBC put it's own spin on the situation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/1717349.stm
16 posted on 12/25/2002 3:07:27 PM PST by uplandgame
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To: uplandgame
NATO's unwillingness to protect the Serb minority against the Al-Qaeda backed KLA is truly sickening. I think the untold front in the War on Terror is the Balkans, because many governments in the region have ties to the Axis of Evil.
18 posted on 12/25/2002 5:24:50 PM PST by Sparta
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