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Title: Kosovo and Ethnic Cleansing:


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Kosovo and Ethnic Cleansing
  • What Happened Before and After NATO Intervened

2
The Man Behind it All
  • Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic became the
    first sitting head of state to be charged with
    war crimes when a U.N. tribunal accused him May
    27 of responsibility for alleged atrocities in
    Kosovo. Milosevic and four other Serb officials
    were charged with the forced deportation of
    740,000 ethnic Albanians and 340 counts of murder
    in seven separate incidents.

3
The Kosovo War
  • The Serbian military would specifically target
    young men
  • Sexual Crimes against women of all ages
  • Albanian children killed or had loved ones killed
    before them
  • Many families forced to evacuate their homes and
    take only what they could carry

4
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Why NATO came in when they did
  • On March 24, 1999, NATO launched an attack on
    Yugoslavia, making good on a long-standing threat
    to strike if Serbs refused to sign a peace plan
    for Kosovo. The assault included air- and
    sea-launched cruise missiles and bombing runs by
    American, German and French aircraft.

5
Kosovo Now
  • Germany along with Russia will commit 8,000
    troops to the south of the province
  • France along with Russia will commit 7,000 troops
    to the north of the province
  • Italy would commit 5,000 troops to the western
    part of the province
  • U.S. and Russia will commit 7,000 troops to the
    western part
  • Great Britain will commit 13,000 troops

6
The UCK
  • The UCK is known as the Kosovo Liberation Army

7
Post-war Suffering
  • Paramilitary troops of Mr. Slobodan Milosevic
    destroyed almost 70 of Albanian homes. In the
    wave of systematic ethnic cleansing now launched
    by the KLA led by Albanians, not a single Serb
    home in the rural areas has remained. Everything
    Serbian is systematically destroyed.

8
Post War Kosovo (before)
9
Post War Kosovo (after)
10
Post War Suffering
11
Post War Suffering
Serb civilians evacuated by German KFOR from
Prizen in June 99
12
Post War Suffering
Albanians Looting Serb houses
13
Conclusion
  • Milosevic wanted ethnic cleansing of Albanians
  • NATO intervened
  • Albanian UCK wants ethnic cleansing of Serbs
  • We need to find peace!!!

14
Works Cited Page
  • ONiell, William G., Kosovo An Unfinished Peace.
    Boulder, CO Lynne Reinner Publishers, Inc., 2002
  • Juka, S.S., Kosova The Albanians in Yugoslavia
    in Light of Historical Documents. New York, NY
    Waldon Press, Inc., 1984
  • Hosmer, Stephen T., The Conflict Over Kosovo Why
    Milosevic Decided to Settle When He Did. Santa
    Monica, CA RAND, 2001
  • Doder, D. and Branson L., Slobodan Milosevic.
    Columbia University Press, 2004.
    http//www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0833245
  • The Indictment Kosovo. 11/16/2004.
    http//www.un.org/icty/glance/milosevic.htm
  • Yansong, Lu and Rongbin, Xie, Post-War Kosovo
    Revisited. Peoples Daily (Cn), November 2, 1999.
    http//web4.peopledaily.com.cn/english/199911/02/p
    rint19991102F108/html
  • Post War Suffering. 11/16/04. http//www.kosovo.co
    m/home2.html

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The End
  • Thank you for your attention!!
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