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So that Jugopolitika is not repeated in Mitrovica The killings of Albanians carried out in recent days by Serbian paramilitaries in the city of Mitrovica once again demonstrate the inability of the KFOR peacekeeping force to prevent such situations, which recall scenes from the infamous “Blue Horseshoe” operation, launched by Belgrade to ethnically cleanse Albanians before and during the bombing campaign against Yugoslavia by the forces of the North Atlantic Alliance. At a moment when it seemed that the “wall” between Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo had been breached somewhat, through the latest statements ... [text covered/illegible] ... occupied by the Serbs in Mitrovica, 7 buses carrying Serbs arrived from Serbia, among whom members of the paramilitary groups that massacred the civilian population in Kosovo were identified. By KFOR and the French troops deployed in Mitrovica, responsible for maintaining security... — Continued on page 4

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On street corners, and more often in cafés and service kiosks, the contingents of beggars have turned into a whole army, doing nothing but holding out their hands with Migjeni’s refrain, “Give me something, sir.” There are many of them. Most are elderly or disabled. The latter take up a corner and, with a pitiful appearance, hold out their hands, trembling from the cold, illness, and age, to ask for alms. Report by Mystehak Xhemali P. 7 More than ever, one encounters beggars, unemployed people, and disabled people in Albania asking for alms