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PRISTINA, Serbia — Revelers fired guns into the air and fireworks lit up the skies over Kosovo on Sunday after parliament proclaimed independence, defying Serbia and Russia with a historic declaration as the world's newest nation.

A decade after a bloody separatist war with Serbian forces that claimed 10,000 lives, lawmakers pronounced the territory the Republic of Kosovo and pledged to make it a "democratic, multiethnic state." Its leaders looked for swift recognition from the U.S. and key European powers — but also braced for a bitter showdown.

Russia's Foreign Ministry said the declaration violates Serbia's sovereignty and the U.N. Charter and threatens "the escalation of tension and ethnic violence in the region, a new conflict in the Balkans." It warned other nations against "supporting separatism" by recognizing Kosovo.

Serbia also denounced the declaration as illegal, and the U.N. Security Council convened an emergency meeting at Russia's request.

The European Union and NATO, mindful of the Balkans' turbulent past, appealed for restraint and warned that the international community would not tolerate violence.

Underscoring fears of renewed unrest, an explosion lightly damaged a U.N. courthouse in Kosovo's tense north, home to most of its minority Serbs. No one was injured. Another unexploded grenade was found near a motel that houses EU officials.
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This could go south real fast.
Russia isn't weak this time.......I won't be shocked to read articles about Russian troops, aircraft, air defenses etc being moved into Serbia.
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So let's respond by putting US troops in Kosovo.
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Already are some there as well as other nations troops.
Walking match sticks if you think about it.

Around 16,000 soldiers of various nations(almost all NATO or close enough) are there now.

Russia had initially sent forces....got to be almost 3,000 Russians there... they are all gone now.
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Albanians are terrorists .
We are helping them to create new islamic country in europe.
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I don't know !

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Kosovans aren't though.

They have been oppressed by the Serbians for too long, sort of like the American's were when the British were there (but alot worse, like Genocide worse).

I completely support Kosovan independece and think that American troops should be deployed there to show our support. We still can make the Russian's blink. And hopefully we will to nip this Resurgent Russia in the bud.

We need to make it clear who still calls the shots.
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The guy involved in terror plot is kosovan !
They support jihad !????
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Please it one dip that got in with a crowd of dips who was a teenager when he came here. Not all of Kosovo is supporting him or even know of him...
Thats like me saying most of the hijackers on 9/11 where born in Saudi Arabia lets bomb them..
He's a nobody that got caught up in an effort led by people fighting land wars in the Middle East and Central Asia.

Where there Arab foreign Jihadist forces in the Balkans Wars of the 1990's?
(*)(*)(*)(*) right there where.
Americans and other Europeans North Americans on both sides...too..
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You are quite right! The U.S. helps the Moslims to take the advantage in Europe. You don't understand the terrible threat of the Moslims. We faced it in Chechnya. We fought in Afganistan in 80s against them but U.S. called our actions "the agression". Now the Al-Kaeda originates from there. I think it'd be better think before doing something...
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You are quite right! The U.S. helps the Moslims to take the advantage in Europe. You don't understand the terrible threat of the Moslims.
If our American friends want to have further problems from Muslims, let them celebrate "Kosovo Independence". Remember, years ago they also kissed arses of Saddam and Bin Laden, calling them as "allies in fight against rising Communism"...
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Serbia has oppressed Kosovo for too long my Russian friends. I knows that Russia and Serbia have been close allies for a long time (so close in fact Russia went to war with Germany in 1914).

However, We Americans cannot alienate the Muslim world anymore, they need to be brought into the fold. America needs to back Kosovan Independence to show Muslims worldwide that America will stand for any country gaining independence from an oppressor.

If Russia wants to needlessly escalate the situation then by all means go right ahead. Russia will be forced to bow down if America puts substantial amounts of troops in the region.

If Russia wants to further alienate the Middle East, then go ahead. Russia should not be involved in this one, it will only result in pushing NATO together against the Bear yet again.

ANd we all remember what happened last time the West did that
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