More German KFOR Troops for Kosovo
NATO's peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) said on Wednesday it would
deploy 600 more German troops to Kosovo next week as part of a reinforcement
exercise, according to AFP. A German armored infantry unit would be deployed
from March 6 to April 13 to "send a clear message from NATO and the
international community of a strong resolve and commitment to maintain peace
and stability in Kosovo," the KFOR statement read. The troops would arrive
by air and join 18,000 NATO troops already stationed in the southern Serbian
province, which was rocked by a 1998-1999 war between ethnic Albanian
separatist guerrillas and Serbian forces. A NATO bombing campaign forced
troops under then-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw from the
ethnic Albanian dominated province, which is seeking independence from
Serbia. NATO has been criticised for failing to stop three days of violent
riots against the Serb minority in March last year, the worst violence in
the province since the war.
NATO, UN Accused of Failing in Kosovo
The United Nations and NATO failed to protect minorities in Kosovo when
ethnic Albanians went on a rampage in March, a leading human rights
organization has said. (July 27, 2004)
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