Kosovo Declares Independence

I have include several references because this is a very complicated situation. No matter what your views are on Kosovo's independence some of these articles provide a bit more information than you are going to get from watching CNN.

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Foreign Affairs Article:

"Summary: Given the atrocities they have suffered in the past and the autonomy they are enjoying now, Kosovo's Albanians will never accept continued Serbian sovereignty. The time has come to give them what they want -- independence."

The Independent

"The historic declaration of Kosovo's independence will be contained in a "We the People" speech delivered to the Serbian province's mainly ethnic Albanian majority who have yearned for this moment since the departure of Slobodan Milosevic's forces in 1999. The declaration could either lead to war or a peaceful route to future EU membership for both Kosovo and Serbia. And the question for Britain is: Will Kosovo prove to be a successful example of the Blair doctrine of humanitarian intervention?"

from Al Jazeera:
Kosovo and Independence (this article is Q&A)
Kosovo Serbs Protest

from Democracy Now!:
Kosovo's Independence: Genuine Indepence or a Front for US-NATO Expansion?