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Serbia war crimes prosecutor says more than 160 Kosovo Albanians under investigation
International Herald Tribune ^ | November 7, 2007 | AP Staff

Posted on 11/10/2007 12:19:11 PM PST by Bokababe

BELGRADE, Serbia: More than 160 Kosovo Albanians are under investigation in Serbia for alleged war crimes during the 1998-99 conflict, a prosecutor's office said.

The suspects are being investigated in connection with kidnappings, torture and killings of Serbs and other non-Albanians in the U.N.-run region, said Bruno Vekaric, the spokesman for Serbia's war crimes prosecutor.

"The families of the victims have the right to find out the truth, especially if we have information on who is behind the crimes," Vekaric said in Belgrade.

Serbia's war crimes prosecutor has won international praise for efforts to prosecute those responsible for atrocities committed during the Balkan wars, including the Serbs.

So far, the office also has charged two Kosovo Albanians suspected of wartime atrocities against Roma, or Gypsies, in Kosovo, as well as against Serbs, Vekaric said....

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: albanians; islam; kosovo; serbia; warcrimes

1 posted on 11/10/2007 12:19:24 PM PST by Bokababe
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To: joan; Smartass; zagor-te-nej; Lion in Winter; Honorary Serb; jb6; Incorrigible; DTA; ma bell; ...

2 posted on 11/10/2007 12:21:17 PM PST by Bokababe ( http://www.savekosovo.org)
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To: Bokababe

BUMP for real justice...not Orwellian justice of the Hague


3 posted on 11/10/2007 12:25:11 PM PST by eleni121 (+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)
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To: eleni121
I don’t see this going very far. Not if Bush and his state Dept. have anything to say about it. They won’t want anyone making the muzzie murderers look bad since they want to give them Kosovo.
4 posted on 11/10/2007 3:10:17 PM PST by isrul (Lamentations 5:2)
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To: Bokababe

About time...


5 posted on 11/10/2007 7:23:00 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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