( 21 Feb 08 – RV) Several hundred Serb army veterans protesting against the independence
of Kosovo threw rocks at Kosovo riot police today at a border crossing between Kosovo
and Serbia. The Kosovo police were backed by Czech troops in riot gear who stood ready
to drive back the demonstrators at the Gate 3 crossing. The NATO-led peacekeeping
force is determined to prevent a repeat of Tuesday's destruction of two other Kosovo
border posts by Serbs. The Director of the Centre for Crisis Management and Conflict
Resolution at the University of Nottingham in the UK, Professor Stefan Wolff says
swift normalisation of the situation is in the interest of all parties...