If you missed it, Kosovo seceded from Serbia this week and the U.S. recognized Kosovo’s independence. Serbia doesn’t like this. The BBC reported the following:
Several hundred protesters have attacked the US and other embassies in Serbia’s capital in anger at Western support for Kosovo’s independence.
Protesters broke into the US compound in Belgrade and briefly set part of the embassy alight. Firemen later found an unidentified charred body inside.
Other embassies, including the UK’s, were also targeted. The UN Security Council condemned the attacks. The violence followed a peaceful rally by at least 150,000 people in the city.
Most Serbs regard Kosovo as their religious and cultural heartland.
And across the Iron Range, where almost 100 years ago a massive influx of immigrants came from the embattled Balkan Peninsula, old arguments flare up at post offices, VFW bars and senior centers. You haven’t experienced the Range until you see two old guys with thick accents screaming at each other about something that happened in 1521.
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