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To: wonders; *balkans; vooch; Gael
So it begins--read bold

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22323221

22 Jan 2003 20:35

Kosovo UN police building attacked, no casualties

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, Jan 22 (Reuters) - An explosive device hit a United Nations police building in Kosovo on Wednesday, causing damage but no casualties, a U.N. spokesman said.

A Western source said the building in the town of Pec may have been hit by a rocket-propelled grenade but the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) did not say what kind of device was used.

"Tonight, around 7:30 p.m. (1830 GMT) an explosive device hit UNMIK police headquarters in Pec," U.N. spokesman Andrea Angeli said.

It was believed to be the first attack on a U.N. police building in the Yugoslav province, under U.N.-led administration since 1999 when a NATO bombing campaign drove out Serb troops to halt their repression of Kosovo's Albanian majority.

Angeli said the blast damaged two floors of the building which was largely empty at the time.

Kosovo's Albanian leaders are striving restore law and order to win international support for their independence bid.

A few weeks ago three Kosovo Albanian men were shot dead in Pec in what appeared to be part of a feud between gangs from the disbanded ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army.

37 posted on 01/22/2003 10:14:20 PM PST by Destro
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To: Destro
It was believed to be the first attack on a U.N. police building in the Yugoslav province.....

Now they're just lying, which shows how desperate the Gestapo-wannabes are to keep their miserable "careers" as Kofi Annan's protectors of Greater Albania. Who exactly "believes" that it was the first attack on a UN police station? Simon Haselock? Hashim Thaqi? Madeleine Albright?

As for the rest of that sentence, see my post above.

39 posted on 01/22/2003 10:31:56 PM PST by Ichabod Walrus
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To: Destro
Thanks for clearing that up. Was AP confused... or did they want to confuse us? Heh heh.
44 posted on 01/23/2003 6:36:09 AM PST by wonders (If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do librarians eat?)
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