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To: Neocon who wrote (15397)	11/29/1999 11:43:00 AM
From: George Papadopoulos	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 17770

We bombed the wrong people... Kosovo Mob Shoots Serb Man Dead, Assaults Women By Andrew Gray PRISTINA (Reuters) - A mob of Kosovo Albanians hauled three elderly Serbs from their car, shot one dead and assaulted the others as celebrations to mark a key date in Albanian history turned ugly, peacekeepers said Monday. The overnight attack took place in the center of the Kosovo capital Pristina as thousands of people celebrated Flag Day, which marks both a 15th century Albanian uprising against Ottoman rule and the 1912 declaration of Albanian independence. General Klaus Reinhardt, commander of the NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force, said most celebrations, which began across Kosovo Sunday and ran late into the night, were peaceful. But the attack showed another side to Kosovo society. ''An elderly man, his wife and an old woman were pulled out of their car and assaulted before the eyes of hundreds of people. As a result, the man was shot, the women were injured, while nobody around them dared to intervene,'' he said. ''I'm appalled by what happened. For me, it unveils a basic lack of humanity by the people in the street and a high degree of intolerance on the side of the attackers and the bystanders,'' Reinhart told reporters at KFOR headquarters. The attackers also set fire to the Serbs' car, Kosovo's international police said. The burned out shell of the small Yugo vehicle could still be seen Monday morning. Kosovo's Albanian majority had been banned from marking Flag Day under Serb rule, which effectively ended after 11 weeks of NATO bombing drove out Serb forces earlier this year. The arrival of KFOR and the United Nations has not stopped attacks on Serbs by Albanians seeking revenge for years of Serb repression. Reinhardt said he understood the exuberance of Sunday's celebrations, during which revelers waved red and black Albanian flags, let off thousands of firecrackers and fired shots from pistols and rifles into the air. ''However, for me it is totally unacceptable that such a celebration results in an outbreak of violence, of hatred, of a mob in the street,'' he said. KFOR and the U.N.-led international administration had been stressing how much progress they have made in curbing attacks on Serbs and other ethnic minorities. But the latest attack demonstrated that ethnic hatreds still run deep and the mood of people in Kosovo can turn to violent anger in a short space of time. Last month, a Bulgarian worker for the U.N. mission was attacked by a mob and shot dead on the busiest street in Pristina after he was heard speaking Serbian. ''Incidents like this can only stand in the way of Kosovo's development into a democratic society,'' Reinhardt said.

To: Neocon who wrote (15397)	11/30/1999 1:57:00 PM
From: MNI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

... and an addendum: it may be worthwile to filter News for 'Kohl' today - (I have not yet seen news today). In the last few days action were faster than me in that matters. The mentioned Glogowski was forced out of office on Saturday - Schroeder was strong enough to have his own prince promoted in substitution. S.Gabriel, who was also Glogowski's favorite, is now the youngest prime minister Germany ever had (roughly your age). On the other hand it became clear that Kohl was pressurized by his own party fellows more than by Schroeder - there was revenge from old rivalry, revenge for the time in which Kohl had himself declared sacrosanct and gently chopped everybody's head off before he became too popular. CDU is trying to make that scandal a Kohl one, not a party one, and Kohl is now repentent and responsive. Whether that will lead to the growth of a renewed leadership inside the party is a doubtful matter. If things run along the lines set now, its' possible final outcome might be that Volker Ruehe will become next conservative top candidate - and he would play as much the Schroeder copy as Schroeder has played the Kohl copy. But that's still a long way to go. btw, SPD has taken my Kiep/Kohl keep/cool pun from last posting and put on flash advertisement/placards. Wasn't very original, anyway. But I am satisfied that Schroeder followed my early observation to pick up the Schmidt image. Gives me hope for a point in the Ruehe prediction for 2001/2002. Bye, and all the best again, MNI