nytimes.com
The tragedy unfolding in Kosovo is not just the human suffering, so obvious
in the faces of hundreds of thousands of refugees. There is also confusion
over what is really happening. Kosovo is in a torrent of pain and panic,
fueled by fear, long memories, burning houses, machine-gun fire and
rumors. There are many accounts of atrocities that might never be
verified.
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Refugees these days describe the Serbian military as an all-powerful killing
machine. But Bolt, a British policeman, portrayed them -- at least until his
evacuation -- as scared and undisciplined, patrolling K.L.A.-infiltrated
areas around Suva Reka like "cornered rats."
"What is being carried out in Kosovo today is Belgrade's policy," he said,
"but the policy works because the police feel the way they do." |
