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Serbia Blames US as Rallies Continue

Thousands chant 'Kosovo is Serbia' while US clears out embassy

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(Newser) – Thousands protested peacefully in the streets of Kosovo today, chanting “Kosovo is Serbia” as officials blamed the US for the violence that has marred earlier demonstrations. “The United States is the main culprit for all those violent acts,” said Serbia's minister for Kosovo. Meanwhile the US cleared out its embassy, inviting other Americans to join staffers in a convoy fleeing Belgrade.

Serbia says Washington has itself to blame for protesters torching the US and EU embassies in Belgrade this week, killing one and injuring more than 100. “If the United States sticks to its present position that the fake state of Kosovo exists, all responsibility in the future will be on the United States,” said an adviser to Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica.

Kosovo Serbs carrying a Serbian flag, protest in the isolated enclave of Strpce in southern Kosovo, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008. Several thousand Serbs chanting
Kosovo Serbs carrying a Serbian flag, protest in the isolated enclave of Strpce in southern Kosovo, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008. Several thousand Serbs chanting "Russia, Vladimir Putin!" and "Kosovo is Serbia!"...   (Associated Press)
Kosovo Serb boys wave national flags during a student rally against Kosovo's independence, in the northern Serb-dominated part of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Saturday Feb. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)
Kosovo Serb boys wave national flags during a student rally against Kosovo's independence, in the northern Serb-dominated part of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Saturday Feb....   (Associated Press)
KFOR soldiers from France stop a Kosovo Serb crossing through their checkpoint on the main road connecting Belgrade with the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, near the village of Jarinje, Kosovo, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008. Kosovo's predominantly Albanian leadership proclaimed independence from Serbia with western backing on Sunday. The...
KFOR soldiers from France stop a Kosovo Serb crossing through their checkpoint on the main road connecting Belgrade with the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, near the village of Jarinje,...   (Associated Press)
KFOR soldiers from France guard the main road connecting Belgrade with the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, near the village of Jarinje, Kosovo, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008. Kosovo's predominantly Albanian leadership proclaimed independence from Serbia with western backing on Sunday. The proclamation of independence was followed with a growing...
KFOR soldiers from France guard the main road connecting Belgrade with the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, near the village of Jarinje, Kosovo, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008. Kosovo's predominantly...   (Associated Press)
Slobodan Samardzic, Serbia's Minister for Kosovo speaks in Belgradein this Feb. 7, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic,files)
Slobodan Samardzic, Serbia's Minister for Kosovo speaks in Belgradein this Feb. 7, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic,files)   (Associated Press)
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