Serbia and Kosovo: From Myth to Genocide

Introduction "Taking a hostage is an immoral act, we have to do as much as we can to get rid of the filthy stories in Serbian history" (Slobodan Milosevic said in an interview in 1995, Time magazine ). In the 1990s, Yugoslavia was the most bloody warfare battlefield in Europe since 1945. This notorious climax was a product of the interrelated events that the conflict deepened and extremely tense relations between the two major countries, Albanians and Serbs began in the mid-1980s.

Kosovo War - Kosovo War can be divided into two parts: a collision between Serbia and Kosovo, and a collision between Kosovo and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The first confrontation began in 1996 with a statement by Slobodan Milosevic that Kosovo will continue to be a part of Serbia and as a result Albanians' intense reaction will continue. NATO intervened when Serbian forces slaughtered 45 Albanians in Rakaku village in Kosovo in 1999. NATO has launched a four month bombing campaign against Serbia as a response to Rachac massacre

In 1997, the civil war between Kosovo and Serbia broke Kosovo's independence. Serbs led by Slobodan Milosevic decided to carry out ethnic cleansing and banning; in order to get all Albanian Muslims out of Kosovo. By 1998, the United States and NATO were involved in the prevention of genocide. This may be the first intervention in every country to stop ethnic cleansing and make it successful. Although additional killings were prevented by US intervention, there is still ethnic tension between the Kosovans and the Serbs. Joship Taito, former leader of Yugoslavia, unified this country. Under his guidance, Kosovo maintained substantial autonomy in Yugoslavia. However, after his death, the Serbs named Slobodan Milosevic claimed their leadership. In Kosovo, 90% of the population is mainly Muslim Albanians, the remaining 10% of the Kosovo population is Serbian, mainly Christian (CNN, the history behind the heading)