Why are there no Serbian refugees?
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<01be9276$a969c4f0$1108010a@nmalett-nt>,
Nick.Malett@mchugh.com says...
If all of the Albanian refugees are fleeing NATO's bombing, why are there no Serbian
refugees - especially when all of Serbian territory is being bombed?
Because they are droping most of the bombs on
Kosovo! 400,000 people left from Belgrade to country side and foreign countries but you cant see that on your "free
press!" I dont belive that
Albanians are running just from NATO. They are running from the war, from danger like
refugees always did in wars!
Payton
According to the Red Cross up to a million Yugoslavs
have taken refuge away from the urban areas. Just because the western media hasn't
reported this to any extent, doesn't mean it hasn't happened.
Phillip Davies
Exactly. I'd heard a few weeks ago that there were
50,000 Serbian refugees as well--most of them former victims of the Croatian ethnic
cleansing of the Krajina in 1995. We have no way to know how many "internally
displaced" refugees there are in Yugoslavia. I can certainly understand why they
would want to stay within the borders of Yugoslavia though, rather than rushing toward the
nearest friendly NATO base in a neighboring country.
I don't think bombing is the ONLY cause of refugee flows, but I do think it's the major
cause. Here's an interesting story, FYI:
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/99/03/28/stifgneur01006.html?3362084
It's amazing that even this one story was published. Realize that western journalists are
going to want to hear the juicy stories... people who left because of the bombs aren't
news. From what I've heard, it's just the opposite on Russian TV--they're treated to a
stream of refugees who say they left because of the bombing, not the Serbs. It all depends
on what spin the media wants to give it.
- John Caruso
My point was that there seems to be a major denial
of the fact the Kosovar Albanians are leaving their homes at gunpoint - whether military,
police, or para-military. The argument I refute is that all of these Albanians are fleeing
the bombing. Don't get me wrong, I am completely against what NATO is doing, but I see
evil on both sides, not just on one.
- Nick Malett
Since your "refutation" didn't work,
being based on false information, try another one. Meanwhile the argument still stands.
People don't like being caught in a crossfire, Serbs and Albanians alike. To say that all
the refugees, if only allowed, would be happy to stay in the war zone sounds ridiculous at
best.
- Igor
if that was so the pristina kossovans would flee
to serbia it being nearer
-brutus cregan
Oh, c'mon. It wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to flee
from one bomb site to another, would it? All of Serbia is under attack
- John Caruso
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