Why Germans and Turks prevent Serb monks to return to their holy site?
Gracanica, July 17, 2002 20.22 Fr. Peter (Ulemek) from Velika Hoca confrimed this evening to the Information Service ERP KIM that he has finally managed to reach the monastery of Zociste. He was escorted by UNMIK policemen and two military policemen, although he had not received an official permission and regular KFOR escort from the local German commander who still refuses to meet the representatives of the Church. In Zociste Fr. Peter could see that the monastery had been placed under protection of Turkish KFOR soldiers. Before the incident the monastery was not under regular protection. As he entered the monastery Fr. Peter used his video camera to capture the latest scenes of damage made by fire three days ago. As soon as he saw this a Turkish officer approached Fr. Peter and told him that he is not allowed to shoot in the monastery “without a permission”. He ordered Fr. Peter to delete the video tape immediately. Such a behavior of KFOR is another example of extreme arrogance whic
