Czechs hold line in Kosovo

The Prague Post ^ | March 25, 2004

[joan]

KFOR soldiers defend Serb enclaves against attacks by Albanians

Reading the article shows they DIDN'T defend the enclaves - the Albanians got in and destroyed them. What the Czechs did was evacuate the Serbs, save a certain number who were lynched.

[joan]

"Sorry, we've been on our feet since last week," he said. "Our boys have been rounding up Serb families, pulling them out of cellars and out of burning houses -- saving their lives."

Here are soldiers who are eyewitnesses AS IT HAPPENED. Come five years later as a peacekeeper and hang with Albanians - they'll say the wreckage was caused by Serbs, the bones found from the cemeteries they dug up - they'll say they are Albanians from mass graves...

[dasboot]

Albanian rage

Who's financing the thugs? Mebbe some of that missing several billion from UN's FFO program in Iraq found its way east.

[dasboot]

north? north-west? ugh!

[abclily]

The Albanians are Muslims?

[dennisw]

The Albanians are Muslims?
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What do you think? Actually 25% of them are Catholic of some kind but they don't make trouble.

[sockmonkey]

Ping!

[2banana]

"The Serbs are very happy to see Czech and Slovak troops. They see us as keepers of the peace," Plescher said.

The Poles saved Vienna from the Muslim hordes (while the rest of Europe did nothing), maybe these two small countries will do the same...

[DTA]

>>>>>They knocked over tombstones, dug up the coffins and scattered the bones in them."<<<<<<<

eyewitness account.

[wonders]

Catholic population of Kosovo was estimated at 60,000; total population at about 1.9 million. That about 3% Catholic. Perhaps 25% applies to Albania, not Kosovo?

I'm confused about where everyone is getting this 25-30% Catholic figure for Kosovo. Not trying to pick on you at all, just confused and curious.

[wonders]

Who's financing the thugs?

Mainly they're financed by drug-running/white-slavery/gun-smuggling -- known to Interpol as "the scourge of Europe" -- typical mafia stuff. They also got some help from the good old USA and Germany and Iran and... You get the picture.

[gitmogrunt]

"...Burning houses & churches, chasing people, even lynching..."

The sounds of peace,according to the U.N./NATO.

[dennisw]

Catholic population of Kosovo was estimated at 60,000; total population at about 1.9 million. That about 3% Catholic. Perhaps 25% applies to Albania, not Kosovo? .................


YES ALBANIA is 25% Catholic. I'm sorry to be so sloppy.

[getgoing]

think anyone will listen?

all from: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/

Tanjug - International peacekeeping force for Kosovo and Metohija KFOR commander, German General Holger Kammerhoff on Tuesday said any attempt at rekindling violence in the province would be countered with a strong response. Anyone who tries to attack Serb enclaves or cultural objects will have to deal with KFOR, the German officer said in an interview to the Frankfurt daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. It would be necessary to return the strength of the KFOR composition to 40,000 troops in order to prevent murders of Serbs, General Kammerhoff said. KFOR currently has 20,000 troops.

OSCE chairman: there can be no talk of cutting down the number of international forces in Kosovo-Metohija or their departure, but only of beefing up the forces.

Montenegrin Premier Milo: Djukanovic and Russian Minister of Emergencies Sergei Shoigu agreed late on March 23 that strict adherence to the U.N. Security Council's resolution 1244.

[wonders]

No need to apologize. You're usually very careful, dennisw. I just wondered where everyone was getting this 25-30% Catholic stuff lately.

[Monterrosa-24]

Remember too that in Eastern Europe the Othodox Church is The Church, there is the Roman Catholic Church, and then there are Protestants. It is not like here where we refer to all churches that are not Roman Catholic as Protestant. Typically Croats are Catholic, Bosnians and Albanians are Muslim, and Serbs are Orthodox but sometimes reports lump Othodox and Roman Catholic together especially in majority Muslim areas.

[dennisw]

Also I heard that Albanians worldwide are about 25% Catholic. This means all Albanians in USA, Europe, Canada, Kosovo, Albania etc., etc. This figure may be too high, eh?

[dennisw]

Are Christian Albanians Catholic or Eastern Orthodox? Thanks!

[wonders]

No, I really don't think it's too high worldwide or in Albania. Just way too high for Kosovo.