Kosovo Seething
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Kosovo is again erupting with ethnic killings. Just who is to blame for the ongoing violence: hard-line extremists or the embittered populace? Western leaders have avoided this central question because they are unhappy with the answer and its implications for their peacekeeping mission. It is time to face reality: Serb and Albanian grievances run deep, NATO troops are stuck in Kosovo for the long haul, and the West must take a stronger hand in governing this battered province.
David Rohde has covered the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia for The Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times and was awarded the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for foreign reporting. He is the author of Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica. Copyright (c) 2000 by David Rohde.
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