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    Kosovo Serbs burn border points

    Kosovo Serbs have set fire to two border crossings to protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence.

    The attacks took place at the northern Jarinje and Banja crossings, manned by United Nations and Kosovo police.


    In response, Nato-led peacekeepers were deployed at the crossings. There have been no reports of any injuries so far.

    This is the most serious incident since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Sunday, the BBC's Nick Thorpe in Kosovo says.

    Belgrade has said Kosovo's declaration violates international law.

    The US, Britain, France, Germany and Italy have all recognised the new state, but others have not.

    Russia has warned that the move endangers international stability, while China has expressed its deep concern.

    The UN Security Council is divided over how to respond to Kosovo's move, and it has failed to agree on any action.

    Police withdrawal

    Some 1,000 Kosovo Serbs attacked and set fire to the border crossing at Banja, on the main road between Kosovo's divided town of Mitrovica and Montenegro, our correspondent says.


    Nato-led peacekeepers from K-For were called in after UN and Kosovo police were reportedly forced to withdraw from the crossing to a nearby tunnel.

    In a separate attack, a mob burnt down the wooden huts of the Kosovo and UN police at the Jarinje crossing, on the main road linking Mitrovica and Serbia's capital Belgrade.

    "The police on the spot were not enough - we are deploying troops to re-establish order. There is an ongoing operation," K-For spokesman Bertrand Bonneau told the BBC.

    "We have reinforced all the checkpoints in northern Kosovo. The rest of Kosovo is peaceful," he said, adding that so far there were no reports of any injuries.
    Source: BBC NEWS | Europe | Kosovo Serbs burn border points
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    Oh gooody goody, another bloody european war!!!

    Is this a Taliban strategy to stretch our meagre, under protected forces

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Elbmek View Post
      Oh gooody goody, another bloody european war!!!

      Is this a Taliban strategy to stretch our meagre, under protected forces
      No my dear friend, it's just that muslim albanians(and those behind them) have just started to devide EUROPE so that the US and it's few allies in the region(turkey) get the goodies from the Balkans and from Europe's financial slow down. If there is a war inside Europe again, of course it's the americans who gain off it.Thanks to the rediculus policy's of our leaders

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
        By the way, why is it so important to present the CHRISTIAN SERBS as the bad guys of this problem?In case the west forgets, the balkans where christianized in order to be civilized and friendly , from the Byzantine Greeks, some 1000+++ years ago. Slavs where pagans, but they ARE christians for over 1000 years.That's a lot more than most of the west europeans(especially the northern ones) who remain pagans and barbaric fom a lot longer.
        The islamic invasion and occupation in the region ended, and nobody wants to see it again(except from the turks).
        Westerners, cannot see the damn forrest infront of them,and they only focus on the tree(uranium) on Kossovo.
        I am afraid that when this war starts they 're going to face problems beyond their wildest think tank's imagination.But it would be too late, if it isn't already
        As for the greeks, we are used to this .....s...t

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Thiseas View Post
          Slavs where pagans, but they ARE christians for over 1000 years.That's a lot more than most of the west europeans(especially the northern ones) who remain pagans and barbaric fom a lot longer.
          Which West and Northern Europeans remained pagan for a lot longer than the Slavs?
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          • #6
            He mixed East with West Eur. Last ones to convert to christianity were the Lithuanians in 1386 .
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Stan187 View Post
              Which West and Northern Europeans remained pagan for a lot longer than the Slavs?
              Scandinavians?

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