Actually, most were Serbs 'ethnically cleansed by the atrocities of
the Albanians', a fact conveniently ignored by our apologist for
NATO bombing.
Paul Phillips
Date sent: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:08:03 -0500
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> >April 6, 1999
> >Kosovo Refugees: How Many; Where
> >By The Associated Press
> >
> >The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that nearly
> >500,000 people, the vast majority of them ethnic Albanians, have left Kosovo
> >since NATO began its air assault on Yugoslavia on March 24.
> >
> >Many others of Kosovo's about 1.8 million ethnic Albanians were already
> >displaced before the current exodus. Following is a look at the number and
> >whereabouts of the refugees:
> >
> >Albania -- 262,000 refugees, plus another 18,500 who fled previously.
> >
> >Macedonia -- 120,000 plus 16,000 previously.
> >
> >Montenegro -- 36,700 plus 25,000 previously.
> >
> >Bosnia Herzegovina -- 7,900 plus 10,000 previously.
> >
> >Turkey -- 6,000.
> >
> >*Yugoslavia -- 30,000 previously.*
> >
> >There are believed to be about 100,000 refugees from Kosovo in other
> >countries in Europe who left before the current fighting. (emphasis mine)
>
> That's interesting. The above AP piece says that prior to the NATO
> bombings, "displaced ethnic Albanians" from Kosovo went to Yugoslavia.
> (BTW, it seems that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
> refuses to recognize Kosovo as part of Yugoslavia.) The number attributed
> to Yugoslavia (30,000) is larger than the number of "refugees" who went to
> Albania (18,500), prior to the current exodus. What does it say about the
> pre-NATO-bombing treatment of Albanians by the Yugo government?
>
> Yoshie
>
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