by Bujar Bukoshi

About the author: Bujar Bukoshi is an Albanian who was appointed prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo’s government-in-exile following 1992 elections, although Serbia controls Kosovo and does not recognize this government. Bukoshi lives in Stuttgart, Germany.

The deputy head of the United Nations forces in the Balkans, Cedric Thornberry, warned that the crisis in Kosovo, where Albanians comprise 92 percent of the population and the Serbians rule through apartheid, is potentially more dangerous than current fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The observation may seem strange to some, since international media attention has focused on the atrocities of Serbian “ethnic cleansing” against Muslims in Bosnia.

Brutal Repression

However, for three years human rights leaders have identified Kosovo, a formerly autonomous province and one of the original eight constituent units of former...