And it is tied to the Middle East as foretold... Thought some of you would like to know.
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Apr. 18, 2004. 08:23 AM (EST)
Three U.N. officers die in Kosovo gun battle SHABAN BUZA
REUTERS NEWS AGENCY
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Serbia and Montenegro?Two Americans and a Jordanian were shot dead in Kosovo yesterday in a gun battle between members of the United Nations law enforcement mission.
U.N. police spokesperson Neeraj Singh said 10 Americans and one Austrian were also wounded when at least one of a group of Jordanians fired at them.
The Jordanian policeman was killed when the U.S. personnel fired back, he said.
At least one of the dead Americans was reported to be a woman.
The motive for the firefight at a prison in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica was not immediately clear, U.N. officials said.
Some reports suggested it was caused by an argument over Iraq, but Singh said there had been no communication between the two groups before the shooting started.
The American dead and the wounded were among a group of prison officers who were leaving the jail after completing an induction course, Singh said.
The 10-minute firefight between fellow members of the U.N. force is unprecedented in five years of peacekeeping in Kosovo.
Police of some 30 nations make up the international force of about 3,500.
U.N. police sources said four Jordanian police officers had been arrested in connection with the shooting.