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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (1533)	4/4/1999 7:11:00 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

"Yes .... Were they forced to leave...probably encouraged..." Please don't edit your post, George. Let's come back to it in a couple of years, midstream in the minutiae of the forensic analysis of the bodycount. I just don't see any good guys here. Any. Well, maybe the aid workers. But then we don't know the whole story there either.

To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (1533)	4/4/1999 7:44:00 PM
From: wonk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

...Up to a year and a half ago things were normal (remember Balkans and normal don't quite get along,especially in this decade). Then the KLA miraculously bursts into the scene with lots of weapons hell bent on terrorizing(not just against Serbs but also against everyone overthere) its way to the cause of Kosovo independence. You neglected to mention the 80's; don't forget that the Constitution under Tito granted autonomy to Kosovo. Milosevic rose to power on the basis of nationalism and ethnic hate. We've seen that before. 1980 Tito died May 4, and the absence of the man who had unified an ethnically diverse federation led the region to drift into a decentralized system with some measures of self-government for Yugoslavia's six constituent republics – Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Macedonia – and to the Serbian province of Kosovo, which is 90 percent ethnic Albanian. The development stirred resentment among Serbs. 1987 Feeding off the resentment, political rising star Slobodan Milosevic sparked nationalism by promising Serbs they would reclaim Kosovo. In September, Milosevic became leader of the powerful Serbian Socialist (formerly Communist) Party. 1989 March The Serbian National Assembly ratified constitutional changes in March that returned Kosovo's judiciary and police to Serbian control. Rioting in the province followed, killing more than 20 people. May Milosevic was named president of Serbia, the largest of Yugoslavia's six republics including Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia. November The Berlin Wall fell and communism crumbles across Europe. The eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union sparked nationalism in Yugoslavia's republics. (Continues) washingtonpost.com