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Rioters torch US embassy in Belgrade

AFP, Belgrade
Serb rioters enraged by Western support for Kosovo’s independence set ablaze die US embassy in Belgrade, prompting angry US and UN protests, although Russia argued the violence was understandable.
Nearly 100 people were injured in the unrest late Thursday that followed a largely peaceful rally of 150,000 demonstrators against Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia on Sunday.
The United States called the rioters "thugs" and there was also a strong protest by the European Union.
With no police in sight, several hundred men dressed in hooded sports tops and scarves threw flares and stormed the US mission, sparking a fire that lasted for more than an hour.
A charred body later recovered from the embassy was not identified. but an embassy spokeswoman said the victim was not a staff member.
The US State Department lodged a stern complaint with Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns calling Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremie to formally protest.
’The message was very clear: that the situation was intolerable," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
Although riot police eventually arrived to disperse the rioters, there was particular criticism of the apparent lack of Serbian security during the rally.
"They needed to act immediately to provide the adequate security forces so that our embassy compound and our personnel were not under attack, McCormack said.
A spokeswoman for President George W. Bush said he had been briefed about the incident.
"We have made known to the Serbian government our concern and displeasure that their police force did not prevent this inci-
dent," spokeswoman Dana Perino said. Perino said the embassy had been "attacked by thugs".
Other embassies of countries that have recognised Kosovo's break from Serbia were also targeted in the rioting.
Serbian President Boris Tadic, on a visit to Romania, appealed for an immediate end to the violence, Beta news agency reported
"To all those who arc participating in the unrest, I want to ask them to pull back. It only harms the defence of our integrity and sovereignty and the defence of our Kosovo," Tadic was quoted as saying.
There was strong condemnation from the European Union and in the UN Security Council, where Serbia's main ally Russia had blocked repeated attempts to move Kosovo further down the path of independence.
UN Security Council members "condemn in the strongest terms the mob attacks, said a statement read by Panama's UN Ambassador Ricard Arias, the council chair this month.
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana called the violence "totally unacceptable".
Russia voiced concern, but also argued that responsibility for the violence partly lay with those countries that had recognised Kosovo's independence in the face of staunch Serbian opposition.
"What happened yesterday in Belgrade can only be a cause for regret," Russian foreign ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said.
"But we would like to point out that those forces that supported Kosovo's proclamation of independence should have been aware of the consequences of such a step," he was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency.
And Russia's envoy to Nato warned that formal backing for Kosovo’s independence by the EU or Nato would set a dangerous precedent that Moscow might choose to exploit in the future.