Those who did not run, including Croats, Gypsies, Jews and even non-Albanian Muslims, have been bombed, shot, kidnapped, beaten and robbed. Scores of orthodox churches, monasteries and other religious sites have been despoiled. The situation deteriorates daily, especially in the mixed city of Kosovska Mitrovica. Although leading Albanians formally disavow the violence, most do nothing to stop it. The Kosovo Liberation Army has disarmed in name only, formally transmuting into the Kosovo Protection Corps.
Armed thugs rule the night and organized crime is spreading.
The police and courts don't function and no one is safe. Human rights abuses by the Serbs were bad enough. Now the same practices are being carried out under the West's authority. A United Nations bus was hit by an anti-tank rocket. Albanian snipers in Mitrovica have injured French peacekeepers.