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Security, KFOR on streets of tense Mitrovica

(23 Feb 2008) SHOTLIST North Mitrovica 1. Pan of north Mitrovica skyline 2. Mosque and church 3. Bridge dividing north and south Mitrovica as seen from the north, police in foreground 4. Mitrovica police 5. Momcilo Arlov, Serbian student rally organiser, speaking to locals 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Momcilo Arlov, Serbian student rally organiser "But again I am appealing to the international community to help us to maintain peace. Because these protests are not directed towards the K. Albanian community. These protest are directed against the rule of force, rather than the rule of law that we are now seeing being broken apart. (JUMPS TO CLOSE-UP VIEW) Any kind of incident from their side, any kind of faction from their side could be misinterpreted as the incident from the K. Serbian side could lead to a real escalation of violence that we won't be able to control. For example, yesterday you saw what happened on the border. If we had the UNMIK (United Nation Mission in Kosovo) and KFOR be more tolerant, we wouldn't have the problems that we had at the bridge here yesterday. We did succeed speaking in all honesty to agree with UNMIK so that they pulled the special police units further back to the South. So that the people here would not see them in their full armour. Because that is seen as provocation as well. So I am using this chance again to appeal to the international community, to try to calm down the situation because the situation is really sensitive and we really (only) need a simple thing to further escalate the violence." South Mitrovica 7. Traffic sign indicating way to Belgrade and Pristina 8. Various of KFOR soldiers patrolling, walking along the bridge 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Leveque, Belgian KFOR "Well, until now, here at my spot it has been pretty calm. So we hope that it stays calm because that is a good sign for the future over here." 10. Bridge dividing North and South Mitrovica 11. Sign post reading (in English) "Mitrovica Bridge", with instructions on how to cross the bridge 12. French KFOR observation post with NATO and French flag 13. Mitrovica police at bridge 14. Bridge dividing north and south Mitrovica as seen from the south STORYLINE NATO troops continued intensified patrols in North and South Mitrovica on Saturday, a day after Serbs protesting Kosovo's independence attacked UN police guarding a key bridge with stones and empty glass bottles. Kosovo Serbs planned to stage another rally on Saturday to show their frustration and one of the organisers told AP Television they wanted to appeal to the international community to help ease tensions. Speaking in Pristina, Momcilo Arlov said the international community needed to "calm down the situation because the situation is really sensitive and we really (only) need a simple thing to further escalate the violence". At the bridge where the attack took place, KFOR troops stepped up their patrols on Saturday. Captain Leveque of the Belgian KFOR contingent told AP Television that the situation had been calm, adding "we hope that it stays calm because that is a good sign for the future over here". More than a dozen nations have recognised Kosovo's declaration of independence, but Serbia's government, backed by Russia, China and Spain among others, has rejected it as illegal. Kosovo, which is 90 percent ethnic Albanian, had not been under Belgrade's control since 1999, when NATO launched air strikes to halt a Serbian crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists. A UN mission has governed Kosovo since, with more than 16-thousand NATO troops and KFOR, a multiethnic force, policing the province. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...