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To: robnhood who wrote (10944)	6/1/1999 9:13:00 PM
From: RavenCrazy	Respond to of 17770

These are not my own convictions (re the bombing), but I'm posting this as it supports what volunteers Dana and Dusty heard from the in-town refugees in Skopje. I really am simply trying for accuracy. quoting: KOSOVANS: RETURNS -YES, BUT NOT UNDER SERBS 1 Jun. 99 – As badly as Kosovan refugees want to return to their homes in Kosovo, most do not want to go back if it remains part of Yugoslavia – even if it is guaranteed political autonomy and foreign peacekeepers, reports the Christian Science Monitor. That was one strong message in a Christian Science Monitor/TIPP poll of Albanian Kosovans now at Fort Dix, N.J., awaiting resettlement elsewhere in the United States. While this survey is only suggestive of the views of roughly one million Kosovo refugees, it is the most comprehensive survey of the refugees yet published. The yearning to go home was a powerful theme among those interviewed. More than 8 out of 10 wanted to return to their homeland. But more than three-quarters of the 459 refugees polled say they do not want to go back to a Serbian-controlled country, even if a peace settlement included international peacekeepers to maintain their safety – which is the outcome NATO officially supports. The Christian Science Monitor also reports the Kosovan refugees are adamant about the necessity of NATO's bombing campaign, according to the poll. Almost all – 98% of those polled – say they support the campaign. They say NATO is their best hope to return home. Almost as high a percentage of those polled – 97% – favour a land invasion of Kosovo. Of the refugees polled, 9 out of 10 supported the KLA. [Refugees want only a free Kosovo + Refugees say their future hangs on NATO ground force – www.csmonitor.com]