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To: GeraldP; Jane_N
"11 Albanians and 8 Serbs lost their lives"

GeraldP, you are probably correct on this, but was it publicly ever reported how they died? Since the March events constituted a coordinated attack against UNMIK-protected Serb life, property & cultural heritage (this is not the subject of any controversy), one can plausibly assume that most of the Serb dead were murdered by the attackers, whereas most of the Albanian dead were killed by the defending UNMIK.

5 posted on 08/26/2004 1:20:30 PM PDT by pythagorean
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To: pythagorean

>>>one can plausibly assume that most of the Serb dead were murdered by the attackers, whereas most of the Albanian dead were killed by the defending UNMIK.

I agree with this assessment. The protests which really and truly had their roots in the discontent with UN administration, and the failure to make any sort of movement toward final status, were usurped by extremists and took a turn toward violence directed at the Serb minority. For the sake of Kosovo's own welfare, I hope this never occurs again. Personally I do not see it occurring again, however the status quo needs to improve for both concerned nationalities.


6 posted on 08/26/2004 1:29:18 PM PDT by GeraldP (Non-violence never solved anything.)
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