Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Wednesday August 29 6:11 AM ET Kosovo Peacekeepers Under Fire in Border Clash PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (Reuters) - NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo said on Wednesday a mortar bomb was fired into Kosovo from Macedonia after an exchange of fire with a group of people trying to illegally cross the border. Captain Daniel Byer, spokesman for the U.S. contingent of the KFOR force, said the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when the peacekeepers tried to stop 10 people coming across the border from Macedonia into U.N.-governed Kosovo. He said the peacekeepers returned automatic weapons fire when they were shot at, after which the group retreated into Macedonia. ``They fled to Macedonia and after 10 minutes they fired a mortar round from Macedonia into an area south of (the village of) Gornje Zlokucane in Kosovo,'' he told Reuters. He said KFOR suffered no injuries in the incident. He did not identify the people who had opened fire at KFOR soldiers. Since Friday the peacekeeping force has detained about 220 suspected members of an ethnic Albanian guerrilla group operating in Macedonia as they tried to cross into Kosovo. KFOR spokesmen have said those detained did not carry weapons. Tuesday's incident took place on the second day of a NATO operation in Macedonia to collect weapons voluntarily handed in by the guerrilla National Liberation Army (NLA) in Macedonia. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
