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To: scanshift who wrote (31280)	4/20/1999 9:45:00 AM
From: KMT	Respond to of 122087

Scanshift: One thing that has definitely stood out in my mind is the significant lack of United States presence in the refugee camps. Many other countries are represented except the United States. Perhaps so...but what percentage of the entire military operation is being underwritten by the US taxpayer? I don't know personally, but my guess would be that a majority of the troops, planes, and bombs are from the US. I heard last night on MSNBC that the Serbs are telling us that if we send in ground troops, we can say good bye to all the Albanians. I'm still waiting for the current administration to come out with a clear cut objective to this mission...Clinton foreign policy at its best. God speed on your trip...and may He have mercy on all those whose lives are being destroyed by this tragedy. KMT

To: scanshift who wrote (31280)	4/20/1999 10:10:00 AM
From: ACS_101	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

Appx. 4 years ago UNHCR developed a very sophisticated database program explicitly for the purpose of tracking refugees to help reunite them. It was multi-lingual and ran on laptops. Any sign of it in use there? I wrote a software product that was the reporting component of that project; it was one of my happiest days as a software developer when they included it and wrote us a commendation letter. Now I can only pray its finding some good use. Gathering the data is no small matter. You need fluent speakers in all the relevant local dialects, copious data entry (tracking familial connections is a complex database relationship), and of course, refugees continue to move due to changing circumstances. Though less dramatic than outright murder and rape, confiscating all the refugees' travel papers was one of Milosevic's cruelest tactics. It makes this process infinitely more difficult and time consuming, and just increases the refugees' suffering exponentially. The feeling of powerlessness in the face of this disaster is awful. My family is holding you in our hearts and minds. -- Alan