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On the recordFebruary 10, 1999
Thousands are dead, tens of thousands are homeless, and many more have fled the country.
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Sue W. Kelly
New York

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Highlighting the humanitarian crisis resulting from the conflict in Kosovo.

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Feb 10, 1999

Once again Milosevic carries out a genocidal campaign of ethnic cleansing, once again the international community is slow to react, and once again it is innocent civilians who must pay the terrible price that world indifference imposes.

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Feb 10, 1999

unless we wish to see more massacres, more fighting, and more misery in Kosova, the peace negotiations currently underway in France must include a military commitment to enforce the peace.

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Feb 10, 1999

Perhaps no event better illustrates Milosevic's brutal policies than the recent massacre in the village of Racak, where 45 ethnic Albanians, many of whom were women and children, were found murdered by Serb military and police units.

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The Kosovan people are running out of time, however. Humanity cannot stand idly by and witness further atrocities such as those committed in Racak.

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