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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (16945)	8/24/2000 7:11:33 PM
From: George Papadopoulos	Respond to of 17770

I posted an article of Emirati KFOR soldiers killing two Albanians (father and son) who assaulted them....I headlined that article with one word: Violence The headline for this article is:Revenge The Albanians used to steal Serbs' cattle by the way. Two Emirati peacekeepers injured in Kosovo revenge attack: KFOR PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, Aug 24 (AFP) - Two Emirati peacekeepers were injured in a revenge attack on their Kosovo headquarters two days after their unit shot dead an ethnic Albanian father and son, KFOR said Thursday. "In what can only be seen as a retaliatory attack for the shooting of two Kosovar Albanians, two KFOR United Arab Emirate (UAE) soldiers were wounded last night by rifle grenades," said Major Scott Slaten, chief spokesman of the KFOR multinational peacekeeping force. "One soldier was wounded in the right leg and another in the ear. Both soldiers received first aid at the scene and were transported to the KFOR Moroccan hospital," he added. An officer of KFOR's French-led northern brigade, which includes the Emirati unit, told AFP that the injuries were "very minor." The attack occurred late Wednesday when two grenades were fired at the Emirati contingent's headquarters in Vucitrn, northern Kosovo. Slaten said the Emiratis had returned fire. An Emirati liaison officer to KFOR, Seif Mouftah Niyadi, told the Emirati news agency WAM that three suspects were arrested after the violence and handed over to UN police. He added that he did not rule out the possibility that a group of people was out to damage the reputation of the Emirati troops in Kosovo. The attack follows the shooting Monday of two Kosovo Albanian men by Emirati troops during a clash at a checkpoint in the village of Svinjare, three miles (five kilometres) west of Vucitrn. Both men, a 54-year-old father and his 21-year-old son, later died. Their funerals were to be held Thursday. KFOR said Thursday that an initial inquiry into the Monday incident indicated that the Emiratis had opened fire after four Albanians, including the two men, attacked the troops and tried to take their weapons. "A preliminary report stated that the two Kosovar Albanians had previously been arrested for stealing Kosovo Serb owned cattle in the region," Slaten said. "Emirati soldiers assisted in the arrest of the two men. Later in the week the two men had verbally assaulted the soldiers manning the checkpoint and had been warned to stop." Slaten said that at around 7:00 p.m. (1700 GMT) Monday the two men had returned with two others and had assaulted a UAE officer, beating him. Two of the men also tried to wrestle away other soldiers' guns. A corporal fired warning shots at first but then shot two attackers after they continued to attack, Slaten said. "KFOR has zero tolerance against criminals who violently attack our troops in the performance of their duties," said General Ken Bowra, acting commander of KFOR. "We will take appropriate action to ensure KFOR soldiers are protected and criminals who perpetuate violent attacks against our troops are brought to justice." The Emirati soldiers form part of the French-led northern brigade of KFOR, a NATO-led force charged with security in the Yugoslav province since the end of Kosovo's 1998-1999 civil war.

To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (16945)	8/25/2000 3:55:10 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Re: And stop taking yourself so seriously man. I'm not taking myself seriously --although I mean to address serious issues (like the French/Mossad connection in the bombing of US embassies in 1998). BTW, I don't think that "serious" people would hang around this thread in the first place --except "Classified Yaacov" of course.... Perhaps it's a matter of style/language: keep in mind that I've got a French mindset. The French language is taught as a SERIOUS matter. Moreover, in French the word itself (whether a noun, a verb, an adverb or whatever) is everything whereas in English most of a writer's sprachgefuehl lies in predesigned idioms.... Hence the preciosity of the French language. Generally speaking, French virtuosity means stacking up convoluted words while English virtuosity means handpicking the right turn of phrase....