UN officer dies after Kosovo riot

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Source: BBC

French Nato troops have fired warnings shots, hours after a Ukrainian policeman died from wounds suffered in clashes with Kosovo Serbs in Mitrovica.

He was the seventh officer killed while serving with the United Nations mission since it began work in Kosovo in 1999.

More than 130 people were hurt in rioting after the UN took control of a courthouse seized by the Serbs.

Nato peacekeepers moved into the area and fired a stun grenade on Tuesday when Serbs began throwing stones.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7300015.stm

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1. More info, some years old...

From 1999...

French Troops Working Towards Division of Kosova

The Associated Press Monday, August 9 1999

http://www.alb-net.com/kcc/080999.htm

From 2000...

Tuesday, 22 February, 2000, 13:53 GMT
Mitrovica: Symbol of Kosovo's division

The Truth Behind U.S.-Led Imperialist War in Balkans
By NAT WEINSTEIN
Socialist Action /March 2000
http://www.socialistaction.org/news/200003/truth.html

Globalist Thinktank Conceived Excuse for Today's NATO Assault on Mitrovica

The International Crisis Group is a high-level think tank supported by financier George Soros. It was set up in 1995, primarily to provide policy guidance to governments involved in the NATO-led reshaping of the Balkans. Its leading figures include top U.S. policy maker Morton Abramowitz, the eminence grise of NATO's new "humanitarian intervention" policy and sponsor of Kosovo Albanian separatists.

Last November 26, the ICG issued a paper on "Trepca: Making Sense of the Labyrinth" which advised the United Nations Mission In Kosovo (UNMIK) to take over the Trepca mining complex from the Serbs as quickly as possible and explained how this should be done. The February article by the ICG journalist represents a vulgarization of the anti-Serb position designed to prepare public opinion for carrying out the ICG policy. There will no doubt be more.

http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/Johnstone/howitis.htm

Mitrovica: Symbol of divided Kosovo
Scene of this week's killings and riot exemplifies what NATO fears most

February 4, 2000

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/kosovo/notebook/0204/

2002...

The Trepca mining complex: How Kosovo’s spoils were distributed
By Paul Stuart
28 June 2002
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/jun2002/trep-j28.shtml


Kosovo's Divided City of Mitrovica Warily Awaits Independence
Tina Wolfe | 28 Nov 2007
World Politics Review Exclusive

http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=1389