My apologies, my misunderstanding. But I still have no idea how you arrive at the 5,000-10,000 figure.
Seth
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. [SMTP:rosserjb at jmu.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 6:01 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: body count
>
> Doug,
> I have not seen your message on this yet,
> only this one from Seth that misunderstands.
> The 200,000 are the Croats and Bosniak Muslims
> killed in the wars in the early and mid-1990s that
> were started by the Serbs who were supported by
> HIs Excellency. These are not the numbers for
> Kosovo-Metohija. Last figure I've seen that is
> remotely believable has reasonably counted
> civilian dead from Serbian attacks in Kosov0-
> Metohija probably in the 5,000-10,000 range,
> substantially less than in the Croatian-Bosnian
> wars, but more than the civilians dead from NATO
> bombing, which is in the hundreds.
> Barkley Rosser
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seth Ackerman <SAckerman at FAIR.org>
> To: 'lbo-talk at lists.panix.com' <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 3:05 PM
> Subject: RE: body count
>
>
> >Give me a break. That includes every Kosovar not in Albania or
> >Macedonia. Even the State Dept/Pentagon number is 4,600. That
> includes
> >every "grave" U.S. intelligence can spot using "satellite
> surveillance
> >photos" that it won't let anyone else see, including the UNHC for
> >Refugees which has been begging to see them. It also undoubtedly
> >includes a large proportion of KLA-dead. Remember, there's been an
> >actual war going on on the ground. The civilian count will be much
> >lower.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Doug Henwood [SMTP:dhenwood at panix.com]
> >> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 12:12 PM
> >> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> >> Subject: body count
> >>
> >> Barkley, I've seen you quote a figure of 200,000 killed by the
> >> Serbians.
> >> What's the background on this number?
> >>
> >> Doug
> >