Despite our warning to UNMIK HQ Pristina (acting according to guidance from the US) and to UN DPKO New York (unwilling to "second guess" the clueless leaders of UNMIK), UNMIK launched an action on March 17, 2008 to retake the courthouse in north Mitrovica. Here follows my email the following day sent to everyone in UNMIK and DPKO I could think of to make clear the damage done to our peacekeeping efforts in the north and along the Ibar and to forestall further ill-considered actions.
Balkanalysis.com has my fuller account of the background events leading up to what happened that day.
Balkanalysis.com has my fuller account of the background events leading up to what happened that day.