Word: kosovo
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...first casualty of war is the truth--particularly when it's about casualties. After the 11-week air campaign last spring, the Pentagon said civilians were killed at just 30 targets in Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro where NATO bombs were dropped. Meanwhile, Serbia claimed NATO warplanes were responsible for at least 1,200 civilian deaths, a figure the Defense Department hasn't challenged...
...collapsed under the weight of winter, and Kosovars can no longer rely on having their basic needs for heat and water met. It will take billions of dollars to repair and build the necessary power plants, electrical lines and other equipment that are necessary to keep Kosovo from slipping further towards anarchy and misery...
...United States must not be stingy in pledging funds for Kosovo. After all, it was largely because of the United States that NATO troops are in Kosovo at all. Now that Kosovo is almost completely autonomous from Yugoslavia, it has only the U.N. and NATO to rely on for assistance. Isolated from their neighbors, the Kosovars are left to fight their own battles amongst themselves and against all odds. With little police presence--the police who do patrol the area are armed with handguns, but are facing gangs armed with grenades and automatic weapons--the number of killings has escalated...
...went into Kosovo to protect ethnic minorities, but in the aftermath it has been unable to produce harmony or even peace between the ethnic Albanians and the Serbs--its primary mission when NATO intervened almost a year...
Given the fact that an autonomous Kosovo was the most likely result of the intervention, some plans were implemented to foster democracy in the area. According to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe national and municipal elections may be held this fall. However, it is unreasonable to expect the Kosovars to pick up the pieces on their...