Archives for the 'Kosovo/Kosova' Category
Kosova
Published on 17 Feb 2008 at 10:46 pm.
8 Comments.
Filed under Balkans, Kosovo/Kosova.
I spent a couple of weeks running around that place, with a couple of Kosovar families and with some U.S. paratroopers. It was parachute journalism, in and out job. Part of that time was spent in the city of Urosevac. That’s what the Serbs call it. One of the Serb soldiers who had occupied my host’s house [...]
It breaks my heart every time
Published on 16 Nov 2006 at 8:39 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Kosovo/Kosova, military.
Once upon a time, a dead American soldier from Massachusetts would have been front page news in my newspaper. I used to know all their names. I had spoken to relatives and friends of most of them. I had been to some of their homes, and to their funerals. Now I don’t even know the [...]
