ives of these people, but also took over the government in Kosovo. As Serbian power and military presence in Kosovo increased, 400,000 ethnic Albanians fled Kosovo. The majority of these refugees were young men, trying to avoid the draft and a certain death in the Bosnian war. This mass exodus of young men became know as "the silent ethnic cleansing" (Vickers, 272). The goal of the Serbs was not only to decrease the Muslim population, but also to increase their own population. "The silent ethnic" cleansing accomplished both. The lack of young men combined with the forced rapes helped spread Serbian blood. The Serbian take over of the government resulted in a campaign to "conserve resources." They did this by shutting off electricity and running water in communities that were predominantly Albanian. The Serbian financial police confiscated approximately one million dollars from the destitute Albanian Muslims (Vickers, 277). The Serbian take-over of Medicare led to an increase in infant mortality. Albanian women did not want their babies to be delivered by Serbian doctors. 85% of all Muslim Albanian mothers gave birth without medical attention. Most Albanians refused to attend hospitals because of the widespread belief that the Serbian vaccinations caused sterility. (Vickers, 274) This was another example of how the Serbs went about accomplishing their goal of annihilation. NATO, the North American Treaty Organization and the United Nations finally stopped the 11genocide. The United Nations and NATO bombed the Serbs into agreement to stop their killings. At the end of the attempted genocide, thousands were left dead and 300,000 refugees were homeless. The ethnic cleansing performed by the Serbs in Kosovo was inhumane. After the Holocaust during World War II, the offenders were placed on trial and punished for the mass murder they committed. The victims were promised that another genocide would never occur. Yet despit...
