Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 25, 2008
Serbia is proposing to partition the newly independent nation of Kosovo along ethnic lines, according to a proposal published in Belgrade newspapers Monday.
The proposal to divide Kosovo between its ethnic Albanian majority and minority Serbs comes on the anniversary of NATO's 78-day air war to end a bloody 1999 Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists.
The document submitted to U.N. headquarters says the Serbian government recognizes U.N. jurisdiction in Kosovo--but says only Serbs, not Kosovo Albanians, can control the police, judiciary and border customs services in parts of Kosovo where Serbs comprise the majority. Kosovo, where 90 percent of the 2 million residents are ethnic Albanian, declared independence from Serbia last month.
March 25, 2008
Serbia is proposing to partition the newly independent nation of Kosovo along ethnic lines, according to a proposal published in Belgrade newspapers Monday.
The proposal to divide Kosovo between its ethnic Albanian majority and minority Serbs comes on the anniversary of NATO's 78-day air war to end a bloody 1999 Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists.
The document submitted to U.N. headquarters says the Serbian government recognizes U.N. jurisdiction in Kosovo--but says only Serbs, not Kosovo Albanians, can control the police, judiciary and border customs services in parts of Kosovo where Serbs comprise the majority. Kosovo, where 90 percent of the 2 million residents are ethnic Albanian, declared independence from Serbia last month.