-Caveat Lector- <<Some of these are fairly long (or look like it) so links are provided>> http://www.spectator.org/799TAS/smoke799.htm >>Start excerpt<< > Kosovo's Hidden Costs > While NATO bombs, Congress does the looting. > > by Linda Killian > > The war in the Balkans has been bad for a lot of people: the > Serbs, the Kosovars, the Chinese diplomats killed in their > Belgrade embassy, the NATO alliance, the American soldiers called > upon to fight it, and especially the American taxpayers. It's > even been bad for Bill Clinton, who would probably admit (if > questioned privately and under the influence of a powerful truth > serum) that the war hasn't exactly been the slam dunk he might > have hoped for in reviving his presidency post-impeachment. >>End excerpt<< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/kosovo/koso1006.htm > 07/02/99- Updated 02:25 AM ET > > Numbers were best available, officials say > > By Steven Komarow, USA TODAY > > Many of the figures used by the Clinton administration and NATO > to describe the wartime plight of Albanians in Kosovo now appear > greatly exaggerated as allied forces take control of the > province. >>End excerpt<< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Print/0,3858,3879833,00.html >>Begin excerpt<< > Nato bombs put brake on hopes of car workers > > War turns Serbia's industrial powerhouse into smugglers' den > Links, reports and background on Kosovo > > > Rory Carroll in Kragujevac > Friday July 2, 1999 > The Guardian > > While the west agonises over whether to help ordinary Serbs, and > the Belgrade government pretends that reconstruction is storming > ahead, employees of the once mighty Zastava factory get on with > rebuilding their lives the only way they can: by smuggling. > > Mechanics, engineers and technicians who were praised for > maintaining the economic flagship of pre-war Yugoslavia have > joined the "ants" who risk prison by illegally importing > cigarettes, alcohol and petrol from Hungary. >>End excerpt<< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a377d47fa706c.htm >>Begin excerpt<< > Gangsters bring new terrors to heart of Kosovo > By Julius Strauss in Pristina > > GANG rule on the streets of Pristina, the Kosovo capital, is > becoming an increasing headache for British soldiers trying to > restore peace. > > The United Nations has set up an office in Pristina that aims to > rebuild civic institutions, and aggressive patrolling by Nato has > prevented total anarchy. But the soldiers can do little to halt > the activities of the violent underclass from Kosovo and Albania > intent on profiting from the chaos. > > When the war ended nearly three weeks ago, the primary victims > were Serb civilians and gipsies who stayed in the capital. Many > of them have since fled and it is now the ethnic Albanians who > are the targets of the thugs. Nato troops, spearheaded by the > Parachute Regiment and Irish Guards, are hard-pressed to curb > their activities. 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