Serb minister blames U.S. for anti-embassy riots

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

BELGRADE (Reuters) - The United States was to blame for this week's attacks on foreign embassies in Belgrade, Serbia's minister for Kosovo said on Saturday, citing Washington's support for Kosovo's secession from Serbia.

Mobs stormed the U.S. embassy on Thursday and set it on fire and other diplomatic missions were stoned after a mostly peaceful mass protests against the former Serbian province's declaration of independence.

The attacks, which Serb officials blamed on "isolated vandals," were beamed across the world and condemned by the United Nations.

"The U.S. is the major culprit for all troubles since Feb 17," Slobodan Samardzic told the state news agency Tanjug, referring to the date when Serbia's Albanian-majority southern province declared independence.

"The root of violence is the violation of


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[Ediacara]

1. This is like blaming the victim of a rape because she dressed "too sexy"

[TheLastMohican]

5. Aha, bombing Serbia for 78 days

was also an act of dressing "too sexy"?

Ah, people have very short memories.

[Ediacara]

6. Because the bombing of Serbia was a totally out of the blue action?

It was completely unrelated to anything the Serbian military was doing?

Talk about short memories....

[jaybeat]

2. I suppose it was the Albanians' fault, too

After all, if they hadn't been so "uppity" then you would have had to murder so many of them, and then NATO and the US could have left you alone in your ethnic purity.

:puke:

[demwatz]

3. Why so soon?

Would it have been that hard or inappropriate to not come out so soon stating that we recognize Kosovo's independence? I may be wrong but seems to me that if we would have waited a little while and not said anything we wouldn't have these "rebellions." I just don't understand why we would get ourselves involved while we're so spread out around the world already..? Maybe someone can help me see why its so important to recognize their independence so soon.

[Karenina]

4. Gold, a pipeline AND

MILITARY BASES! :woohoo:

[pegleg]

7. Quite possibly because they are majority muslim and the US

needs to be seen in a positive light when it relates to Islam.