U.N. and NATO troops clash with Serbs in Kosovo

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - NATO troops came under fire during Serb riots in the northern Kosovo flashpoint of Mitrovica on Monday, in the worst violence in the territory since the Albanian majority declared independence last month.

The rioting was a challenge to the authority of NATO, the United Nations and a fledgling European Union justice mission, underscoring fears that Kosovo could be heading for ethnic partition exactly one month after breaking away from Serbia.

Reuters witnesses in the town reported hearing gunfire as hundreds of Serbs clashed with the NATO peacekeeping force KFOR, and with U.N. police.

A French NATO spokesman said automatic weapons fire had been aimed at peacekeepers, but gave no further details.

The violence began at dawn when several


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[maddezmom]

1. UN police quit Kosovo town after 100 hurt in clashes

UN police quit Kosovo town after 100 hurt in clashes by Dimitar Dilkoff

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA (AFP) - UN police were forced to withdraw Monday from the Serbian half of this flashpoint Kosovo town after coming under attack as they stormed a courthouse occupied by Serbs opposed to independence.

More than 20 UN police and at least eight NATO peacekeepers were wounded amid gunfire and a suspected grenade blast after they moved in to regain control of the UN-run tribunal in the northern town of Kosovska Mitrovica.

Kosovo police spokesman Beshim Hoti said an explosion went off when UN police moved to arrest Serbs who had been occupying the building in protest at Kosovo's declaration of independence a month ago.

"I suppose it was a hand grenade activated in the courthouse yard," he told AFP from the capital Pristina. Another police spokesman, Veton Elshani, said 25 UN police had been injured.

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[TheLastMohican]

2. Another clusterfeck unfolding

Surprisingly this one is brought to you by the previous administration.

[tuckessee]

3. Can't we invade or bomb them?

Do something to stop the madness.

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