Pork for pickups
British troops plan to help about 30 pigs
stranded in Kosovo get back to their rightful
owners on the other side of the provincial
border. Soldiers from the Queen's Dragoon Guards
will escort the pigs on Sunday from Orlane in
northern Kosovo to another village near the
border with the rest of Serbia on Sunday. From
there, a village elder named Rasha will arrange
their return to the owners across the frontier,
British forces said on Saturday. The pigs ended
up on the wrong side of the lines before NATO-
led peacekeepers entered Kosovo in June. In
return for the pigs, Serbs in the area plan to
return some vehicles belonging to local
Albanians. "The QDG have brokered this 'pork for
pickups' deal between the neighboring villages as
part of their effort to rebuild community
relations," British forces said in a statement.
Source: Free Serbia
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