Racak's William Walker reflects

[Seth Ackerman]

> from FreeB92 1/22/01:
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> William Walker dreams of Belgrade 
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> BELGRADE, Monday -- The former head of the Kosovo Verification Mission, 
> William Walker, said today that he had not seen new reports from a team of
> 
> Finnish pathologists which call into question whether a massacre occurred
> in 
> the Kosovo village of Racak. 
> 
> Many analysts believe that Walker's impassioned outburst over the alleged 
> massacre, which saw him deported from Yugoslavia, led directly to the NATO
> 
> bombing of the country in 1999. 
> 
> Walker said today that he was hurt that so many Serbs believed he had done
> 
> something to harm Serbia. 
> 
> He added that he was unable to explain how the Finnish team's results 
> contradicted his on-the-spot conclusions. 
> 
> "I had nothing to do with events that happened after Racak," claimed
> Walker, 
> commenting that it was Milosevic's refusal to sign the Rambouillet
> agreement 
> which led to the bombing. 
> 
> Walker told Belgrade daily Blic that he would like to visit Kosovo and 
> Belgrade, "although it would not be the cleverest thing to do". 
> 
> "If many Serbs think that I am responsible for the bombing, the emotions
> are 
> probably very strong. I would really like to come. If President Kostunica 
> invited me I would come but, considering these emotions, I guess I shall 
> postpone this dream," he said. (SRNA) 
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