[Wojtek obligingly demonstrating further racist moral blindness]
>Wars are nasty business, and I have no doubts that innocent people are
>being killed in Kosovo. That is truly reprehensible and no sane person
>will condone it. But before we blame anyone for these death, determining
>the circumstances under which those deaths occurred can make quite a big
>difference.
<snip>
>1. We do not know what share of the civilian loss of life is "collateral
>damage" of the guerilla war (by NATO military's own admission, a
>"legitmate" form of killing civilians), what share is a provocation staged
>to outrage foreign public opinion, and what share results from deliberate
>pacification campaigns.
Indeed we do not, and perhaps we never will. But Pinochet is still under arrest. Milosevic may follow.
I post an extract from a rather hysterical Kosovo Albanian source. Its lack of balance is demonstrated by its failure to mention the role of NATO action in promoting the exodus described, but I do not need to point that out to the balanced but morally blind, institutionally racist, mind of Wojtek:
>The humanitarian condition in the villages of Istog commune and its
> environs is catastrophicei, over 50 thousand inhabitans are displaced
> and they are concentrated in free zone. Up to now villages of Kërnina,
> Cërca, and Muzhevina are being displaced. From Serbia in to Kosova,
> across Podjeva, yesterday a convey with 70 military vehicles , and
> with rocket systems has enter in Kosova. Serbian forces are placed in
> Bradash and Katunishtë. Other serbian positions are in Lupç and
>Llapashticë.The city of Podujeva is already empty.Many citizens of this
> village have been executed.
Chris Burford
London