Serbs rampage the streets of Belgrade

Police arrested some looters but public humiliation by YouTube may prove a far more painful punishment for the pair, whose spree on Thursday night was also aired on local television stations and was being discussed across the Internet.

A persistent amateur cameraman followed the women as they loaded up with chocolates at a corner shop, came out giggling, then went after designer bags, shoes and clothes at Belgrade's swankiest stores in its vandalized main shopping street.

"Get lost, stop filming," one of them shouted, so laden down with booty that clothes and bags dripped to the ground amid the broken glass below emptied storefronts.

"But you are the heroines of this protest for me," the cameraman replied sarcastically above the din of burglar alarms.

Looters seized their chance as rioters attacked Western embassies during a mass rally to protest at U.S. and European support for Kosovo's independence.

The second woman covered her face with a pair of looted shoes when she saw she was being filmed.

"Have you found your size yet?" asked the cameraman.

YouTube viewers were not amused.

"Shame on you," was the general message of hundreds of comments about the women's behavior, though most used unrepeatable vocabulary.

The video was entitled "Swapping Kosovo for a pair of sneakers" and the person who posted it, "Gvantanamo," gave a description:

"Belgrade bimbos exploit unrest to steal from smashed-up boutiques without the slightest shame. They are so greedy they even have to carry things in their teeth."

The next day text-message jokes about the video and the looting swept around Serbia.

"Swap you 11 left Nikes for 11 left Reeboks," read one.

The video:

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Nita said:

	... Iam proud to be a KOSOVAR .....and ashamed for our neighbour.....thay are all the same like Slobodan milosevic they had these think in the blood...........I love u KOSOVAAAA You are my LIfe U arE breath...my evrythink.....
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March 13, 2008
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Luna said:

	... THis showed one more time how uncivilized serbians are and how barbarian in their doing! Every serb out there should be ashamed of their behavior! Kosovars deserve to be free and have their own land after agonizing years of serbian regime. Thanks to USA and EU for their support! God bless Kosovo!
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March 05, 2008
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Jonathan Ruperts said:

... Serbian terrorism in the Balkans is inspired by people like Dr Darko Trifunovic. Dr Darko Trifunovic was fired from the position of the Foreign Service of Bosnia-Herzegovina after being involved in a document forgery and falsification of BiH citizenship - an identity theft crime. He traveled through many European states with forged documents until his fraud was uncovered and the BiH authorities took away his passport. Currently, he is a member of several leftist apologist organizations on record for denying Srebrenica genocide, and they are: International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA), Defense & Foreign Affairs publications, the Global Information System (GIS). He authored the 1st Srebrenica Report (published by the Republika Srpska Government - the Bosnian Serb Government responsible for committing Srebrenica genocide in the first place) in which he claimed that only 100 Bosniaks (Muslims) died in the massacre.... =

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February 28, 2008
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Taser2411 said:

	... Amazing how the some Serbs disgrace their cause and country. It appears that Kosovos independence has just given the Sebian people an excuse to act uncivilized and ignorant. I havent seen any rioting or looting in Pristina.
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February 27, 2008
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american said:

	... The serbian government bused all these people to demonstrate on behalf of kosovo, but apperantly it was not all about kosovo, the video shows their mentality . peace is the only way to resolve problems. after all ALBANIANS are more civilized people.
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February 24, 2008
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tosy said:

	... It is sad but it wasn't only two people who looted in Belgrade yesterday. Hundreds of stores were broken into. This just goes to say how uncivilized, uneducated and poor Serbian people are. The government should look into improving the life of their citizens instead of fighting to suppress and terrorize Kosovo Albanians.
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February 23, 2008
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