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To: Milk who wrote (12623)	6/22/1999 9:18:00 PM
From: nuke44	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17770

You are using incorrect terminology. I believe it would be more correct to say that if Serbs remain in Kosovo, they are putting themselves in danger of retaliation in response to the atrocities committed by the Serbs against the Kosovars.

To: Milk who wrote (12623)	6/22/1999 9:58:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Serbs jeer Albanians under eyes of Nato By Julius Strauss in Mitrovica Be patient and return safely, says Clinton DESPITE a pledge by Nato to facilitate the return of refugees throughout Kosovo, French peacekeeping forces are standing by while Serb nationalists set up an ethnic ghetto in the northern town of Mitrovica. Separated from the rest of the town by a damaged bridge, a burnt-out car and huge pieces of iron girders, the Serb suburb of Zvecan is guarded by a group of tough-looking men who harass Albanians trying to enter. Only yards away French soldiers in body armour and armoured personnel carriers watch but do not act. When an ethnic Albanian pensioner tried to cross into the Serb-controlled area yesterday he was jeered and gestured at until he turned back. In response to the Serbs declaring the north a no-go area for ethnic Albanians, angry refugees who are now returning to the city from camps in Macedonia and Albania have begun gathering just south of the new demarcation line to protest. The tense stand-off has already spilled over into violence once. On Monday an ethnic Albanian was badly beaten on the Serb side of the line and ethnic Albanians said yesterday that three of their people had been killed. The division of Mitrovica, a town of 60,000 people, has set a dangerous precedent just as it seemed that aggressive peacekeeping by Nato was achieving unprecedented success in knitting the province back together. In the provincial capital, Pristina, highly visible foot patrols by the Parachute Regiment and Irish Guards have brought calm to a city many expected to run with blood as scores were settled. In Mitrovica, by contrast, the French have taken the non-confrontational approach taken with disastrous effects by the United Nations military mission in Bosnia. They defended their conduct yesterday, saying ethnic division was necessary to prevent bloodshed - which was another mantra often heard in Bosnia. Lt Bertrand Guy, a spokesman for the French troops, said: "The aim is to avoid violent contact between the two communities. Only in the long term will we teach people to live together." The results of the French policy were visible yesterday on the two sides of the River Ibar that divides the city. On the Serb side a dozen men had gathered to jeer the return of 70-year-old Hasan Jashari. One Serb turned and raised his bottom in the air by way of insult. A hundred yards to the south a few dozen angry Albanians had gathered in the rain to curse the Serbs - and the French. The soldiers melted away as the babble of anger rose. It seemed that only the insistent, slanting rain prevented fresh violence. telegraph 10 years from today? 20 years from today?