PRISTINA (AP)--An unnamed group has claimed responsibility for weekend bombings in Kosovo that targeted a U.N. headquarters and a government building, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
A series of 11 short cell phone text messages were sent to the Kosovo daily Express, in which the group - which didn't identify itself by name - claimed it was is behind the Saturday blasts and threatened more attacks.
The messages contained no clear demands. But the group warned Kosovo's institutions not to compromise on ethnic Albanian demands for independence as the province nears talks to determine its future status, the newspaper report said.
The messages also mentioned the dire economic situation in the province, lack of job opportunities for the young and last week's visit by Serbia-Montenegro's foreign minister as being among its reasons for staging the blasts.
No one was injured in the three explosions, which targeted buildings housing the U.N., the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and a Kosovo government office. The group claimed to have warned passers-by before the blasts, Express reported.
The province's institutions and Western diplomats have condemned the attacks.
Kosovo has been administered by the U.N. since the end of the war in 1999. It has an elected parliament, president and government but the ultimate responsibility remains with the U.N. overseers.
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give me access to the logs and a bit of equipment, and ill trace it to a narrow geographical location.
Of course, if someone were to be really desperate and callous and wanted to harm the talks so bad, they might have blown up some innocent people.
THAT would destabilise the situation.
But, uuuu, explosions with no damage and no casualties .... such very humanitarian terrorists.
bull crap
Either that or very unprofessional. This stinks either way...be they Albanian or Serb, or who knows North Korean..
My fellow Albanian friends , I invite you to set aside your impulsiveness as you will end up playing in the hands of your detractors . So what if the Minister of Serbia has visited Kosovo! Kosovo will always needs its neighbors and vice versa as the world becomesa global villagewe need to focus on globalization and regional integration. Soon the nation state will be a thing of the past.
Viva Kosova a luta continua
(reproduced in part from an earlier post)
Instead of only thinking ahead to the next week, month or year, try thinking (and acting) in the best interest of the future of your country -- the country that your children and grandchildren will inherit -- and ways of achieving your national goals in a way that gives honor to your people and its ideals.
I was watching Milosevic trial in the hague and the Shkavell "General" Delic admited that for only 3 months of fighting with the UCK Special Forces in the Prizeren area Shkavells (Serbs)lost 232 of so called soldiers, and over 180 MUP or so called police. Talk about making my day.
312 less terrorist bands for the future generations. Ha Mother Fuckers // Signed // I Qim Nane
I wouldnt be surprised if they had something to do with the London bombs, Serbs will hit anywhere...
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