lennart
14-08-03, 18:02
The Serbian authorities have vehemently condemned the killing of two Serb teenagers in Kosovo, and the wounding of several others.
Unknown attackers sprayed the youths with machine-gun fire on Wednesday as they were swimming in a river near the Serb-inhabited enclave of Gorazdevac.
One of the dead is reported to have been 12 years old.
A big police search operation is under way in Kosovo following the murders.
The Serbian Deputy Prime Minister, Nebojsa Covic, called for an urgent session of the United Nations Security Council to stop what he described as "a wave of violence by the ethnic Albanian extremists".
"Kosovo is descending into a catastrophe," he said, calling the attack "a continuation of ethnic cleansing of Serbs from Kosovo".
In words that some have interpreted as raising the possibility of sending Serbian security forces back into Kosovo, he stressed that Serbs must defend themselves.
The attack on the youths - among the worst ever carried out against the Serbian community - coincides with a visit to Kosovo by the newly appointed head of the UN administration here, Harri Holkeri.
Mr Holkeri is due to take over officially later this year.
Concerns about violence
The Serbia and Montenegro news agency Tanjug said the situation in the village remained tense, with Serbs saying they no longer trusted the international community and increasing numbers saying they would leave the province.
UN officials said local Serbs blocked a key road in the village of Osojane in western Kosovo.
There were also reports that unknown suspects had thrown a grenade at the house of an ethnic Albanian in the divided northern town of Mitrovica.
There are concerns about an upsurge in violence in the province ahead of proposed talks between ethnic Albanian officials and the Serbian authorities.
The talks, which Mr Holkeri is expected to push ahead with, are expected to focus on common concerns while steering clear of the subject of the province's legal status.
The dialogue would be the first since the end of the 1999 conflict.
The Serbian Government has said it is prepared to grant autonomy to Kosovo but not full independence as demanded by ethnic Albanians.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3150775.stm
Stijgende spanningen in Kosovo, waarschijnlijk veroorzaakt door moslim-fundamentalisten ondersteunt door Al-Qa'ida. Ps. dit roept ook weer vragen op over de CIA. Het was namelijk de CIA die tot ver in de jaren negentig Arabische moslim extremisten naar Kosovo en Bosnie heeft gehaald (met behulp van Saudisch geld).
Unknown attackers sprayed the youths with machine-gun fire on Wednesday as they were swimming in a river near the Serb-inhabited enclave of Gorazdevac.
One of the dead is reported to have been 12 years old.
A big police search operation is under way in Kosovo following the murders.
The Serbian Deputy Prime Minister, Nebojsa Covic, called for an urgent session of the United Nations Security Council to stop what he described as "a wave of violence by the ethnic Albanian extremists".
"Kosovo is descending into a catastrophe," he said, calling the attack "a continuation of ethnic cleansing of Serbs from Kosovo".
In words that some have interpreted as raising the possibility of sending Serbian security forces back into Kosovo, he stressed that Serbs must defend themselves.
The attack on the youths - among the worst ever carried out against the Serbian community - coincides with a visit to Kosovo by the newly appointed head of the UN administration here, Harri Holkeri.
Mr Holkeri is due to take over officially later this year.
Concerns about violence
The Serbia and Montenegro news agency Tanjug said the situation in the village remained tense, with Serbs saying they no longer trusted the international community and increasing numbers saying they would leave the province.
UN officials said local Serbs blocked a key road in the village of Osojane in western Kosovo.
There were also reports that unknown suspects had thrown a grenade at the house of an ethnic Albanian in the divided northern town of Mitrovica.
There are concerns about an upsurge in violence in the province ahead of proposed talks between ethnic Albanian officials and the Serbian authorities.
The talks, which Mr Holkeri is expected to push ahead with, are expected to focus on common concerns while steering clear of the subject of the province's legal status.
The dialogue would be the first since the end of the 1999 conflict.
The Serbian Government has said it is prepared to grant autonomy to Kosovo but not full independence as demanded by ethnic Albanians.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3150775.stm
Stijgende spanningen in Kosovo, waarschijnlijk veroorzaakt door moslim-fundamentalisten ondersteunt door Al-Qa'ida. Ps. dit roept ook weer vragen op over de CIA. Het was namelijk de CIA die tot ver in de jaren negentig Arabische moslim extremisten naar Kosovo en Bosnie heeft gehaald (met behulp van Saudisch geld).