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There are hardly any Serbs left south of Mitrovitsa -- with the exception of a couple of ghettoes in/around Prishtina and Gnyilane. Contrary to your claim, as much as 80%-85% of the remaining Serbs live in the North.

Hmmm...

JESSEN-PETERSEN: Those Kosovo Serbs who are in Kosovo do seem to remain but we should -- and I didn't mention that in my opening remarks -- we should be very careful. On one hand, we should work on promoting the return of the displaced, the structures and the conditions that would allow them to make a choice.

But our efforts should equally be focused on consolidating the presence of those who didn't leave, make sure that they feel safe, that they feel they have a future in Kosovo.

And I will just mention here, two-thirds of all Kosovo Serbs live rather scattered in small villages in the southern part of Kosovo and not up in the north near Mitrovica where we seem to have most of our attention.

Seems easy enough to clear up, Banat - what's the source for your claim?

At the same hearing which Jessen-Petersen was speaking at above: (CSCE "THE FUTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN KOSOVO", Transcript available online) the issue of Serbian Orthodox Churches is also discussed, albeit without providing a solution to the issue, which is to be left to Belgrade and Prishtina to negotiate.

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Banat is correct in very few Serbs, less then 100 live in South Mitrovica. They live in a virtual ghetto protected by KFOR and that proforce is nominal at best. Making the Serb decision to leave that much easier for them to make.

Leaving the protection of Serb tenenaments in a weak state hastens the partitioning of Kosovo into two pieces.

This area will become the Ireland region of the Balkans, the Northern Iere and Republic of Ireland.

The war is done and over with. Get over it, accept it, move on.