Word: albanians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even more disturbing are reports that the Serbs may be mining the Albanian border and aerial photographs which show freshly turned earth resembling the mass graves dug during the Bosnian war. According to CBS, NATO reports spotting 96 freshly dug graves from the air over Kosovo last Saturday night and Sunday...
Since the U.S. began its bombing of Kosovo, the Clinton Administration has tried to ignite idyllic urges by appealing to our sense of democracy and liberty. They have painted Milosevic as a cruel, maniacal despot and the Albanian Kosovars as the innocent victims. Accurate descriptions to be sure, but they have used these images to mislead and manipulate our sensitivities and consciences. Our bombs, we are told, will bring about "peace" and "autonomy"--two of a politician's most effectively ambiguous words. What exactly are "peace" and "autonomy" in a region as volatile and disparate as Kosovo? And how exactly...
...target, destroying two residential areas. Though NATO officials have labeled it an "accident of war," the fact remains that at least seven people were reported killed and nearly 50 wounded. Despite our idealism, the reality is that this war's dire consequences have affected the innocent, both Serbian and Albanian...
...best-laid plans of the West by fighting back when he was supposed to fold. He ceded the skies to NATO, letting the bombs and missiles rain down while barely activating his air defenses. Meanwhile, on the ground, his army pursued two-pronged tactics: pushing tens of thousands of Albanian Kosovars out of the country and engaging in a murderous offensive against the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army...
...years ago to throw him out. Serbs who danced in jubilation on the wreckage of a U.S. F-117A gloated a few days later at the capture of the three American soldiers. That propaganda coup was followed by another when Milosevic appeared on television in the company of moderate Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova--once rumored to be dead or in hiding. Milosevic claimed that together they were calling for a political solution, but the tape may have been old footage from some previous meeting...