Word: kosovo
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...United Nations Environment Program issued its final report on the impact of depleted uranium used during the 1999 Kosovo conflict. unep said an analysis of 11 sites across the province showed that contamination levels were low, but the threat of radiation in the water supply remained. The study rated the danger to passers-by as "insignificant," but did not include cases in which people, including soldiers, had direct contact with D.U. particles...
...This is an important tactical victory for the government, but the rebels have been repelled rather than destroyed. They have retreated, either into the mountains or back into Kosovo. The real challenge is now political - whether the government can cement its military gains by making new efforts to address the grievances of Macedonia's Albanian population. What is at stake now is the very survival of a multi-ethnic Macedonia, and the crisis is not yet over, even though there may be a brief respite. If the government is unable to address the political grievances that the rebels have exploited...
...large number of refugees appeared to cross over into Kosovo during the Macedonian military's offensive. Could that change the political picture...
...Government forces captured some men who were not in fatigues but were armed near Tetovo today. But reports of some major sweep, or of rebels dropping their weapons and fleeing over the Kosovo border, are nonsense. Police officials say the rebels may have moved their command center higher up into the hills, but they're clearly still out there...
...Well, they're saying they went through the political system for 10 years, but it's not working. There are probably several different objectives at work here. The commanders of the guerrilla force may well come from Kosovo, but most of the foot soldiers are local. The circumstances of Albanians in Macedonia were ripe for exploitation. It's hard to find an Albanian who won't identify with the cause of the guerrillas, even if they criticize its methods. Even if it's not entirely indigenous, there's clearly still a major problem in Macedonia without which this wouldn...