tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736921.post115447363931669108..comments2024-03-29T05:22:47.038-04:00Comments on KOSOVAREPORT: Analysis: Kosovo's anxious waitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736921.post-1154558940880828172006-08-02T18:49:00.000-04:002006-08-02T18:49:00.000-04:00Raindrop,Thanks for your insights.Mitrovica turned...Raindrop,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your insights.<BR/><BR/>Mitrovica turned into K-Serbs' self-fulfilling prophecy. They believed that Albanians were out to get them, so they closed themselves off from the south through the Bridge Watchers criminals. Albanians in return, unable to go to their homes in the north, were more keen to protest violently due to that fact. Then Serbs would come out with "see, we told you soo."<BR/><BR/>In other areas, because of the discontinuity of Serb enclaces from Serbia and the tiny numbers to make them self-sustaining, K-Serbs had to inevitably turn to their Albanian neighbhors for business and community relations. In this region, Serbs are much more likely to give a "politics doesn't interest us" answer than a three-finger salute and the poster of Milosevic like you'll get across the Iber.<BR/><BR/>"Performance" of the local Serb community during the war is also a good indicator of where some of the current hotspots are. For example, Anamorava (Gjilan area) did not see the level of fightings ensued by brutal massacres and village torching like the Drenica or Dukagjin regions did.<BR/><BR/>I hope this helps.WARchildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02623321541776026570noreply@blogger.com