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UN official threatens to use NATO force against Serb demonstrators
| [The UN official] stressed that the storming of an official building in northern Kosovo is a "red line" and will not be tolerated |
Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo Juachim Ruker on Friday called on the Serbian government to refrain from igniting unrest and riots in Kosovo through inciting Serb minority in northern Kosovo to cause chaos in the enclave. The UN radio from Pristina quoted Ruker as saying that he sent letters of warning to the leaders of Serbia and leaders of organizations in northern Kosovo urging them to pressure Serb demonstrators who had stormed a government building in Mitrovica that included the city hall and a court and hoisted Serbia flag at the building. Ruker threatened that NATO forces in northern Kosovo would use force "in the end" if the Serbian groups did not withdraw from the building as soon as possible. He stressed that the storming of an official building in northern Kosovo is a "red line" and will not be tolerated.| Being on the other side of the gate from the barbarians *does* tend to focus one's thoughts...but I bet the cables from Geneva didn't authorize this message... |
| He's mighty brave with someone else's soldiers ... |
Posted by: Seafarious 2008-03-15 |
