[Cronos]

Both groups have a strong historical claim to the area, but the Albanian Kosovars have a more immediate and needful claim

Quite right, but I'm not sure what could be done -- the Albanians are the descendents of the Illyrians who were there during Homeric times, but were pushed out of the Balkans into the Albanian mountains by the Slavs who have lived there since the 600s. Almost like the Israelis returning home. However, the Serbs were not as pyscho as the PLO and were generally willing to live and let live until Slobo came along and started slaughtering Slavic Christian Croats, Slavic Muslim Bosnians and non-Slavic Muslim-Christian mixed Albanians. There is no nice solution. neither side can have it all, they HAVE to live in a mixed society.

I only hope that many Albanians return to the Christian fold from which they were wrest by the Ottoman turks. And many of the Albanians ARE converting back.

[Marko37]

the Albanians are the descendents of the Illyrians who were there during Homeric times

Riiight. And I'm descendant of Ramses the 3rd. Any book to prove your point (other than Enver Hoxa's)? Any other written historical document? Monuments in Albania?

However, the Serbs were not as pyscho as the PLO and were generally willing to live and let live until Slobo came along and started slaughtering Slavic Christian Croats, Slavic Muslim Bosnians and non-Slavic Muslim-Christian mixed Albanians.

Of course. Too bad we're not retards with poor memory. Cause I seem to remember WWII, "Skanderbeg" SS division, Serbian majority in Kosovo pre-WWII, Declaration of Prizren League, and last, but not the least, 1981. riots in Kosovo. And where was Milosevic back then? Where is he right now?

Do yourself a favor, find out who, when and why first mentioned "ethnic cleansing" to describe situation in Kosovo. non-Slavic Muslim-Christian mixed Albanians

Maybe in southern and northwestern parts of Albania. But not in Kosovo. Vast majority of Albanians there are Muslim. Furthermore, even Christian Albanians in Kosovo are threatened by Muslim Albanians.