(29 Jul 1999) English/Nat

U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright received a hostile reception when she visited an ancient Serbian Orthodox monastery on Thursday in Gracanica, just south of Kosovo's capital of Pristina.

Approximately 150 people, mostly Serb men, gathered outside the monastery who chanted "Serbia, Serbia" and "Slobo, Slobo" for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic as her armored car left the compound.

They also chanted "Stara Kurvo," which means 'old whore.'

Albright met with political and religious leaders at the monastery to discuss increasing violence against Serbs by ethnic Albanians since the withdrawal of Serb-led Yugoslav forces last month and the subsequent arrival of NATO peacekeepers.

The hostile reception was a sharp contrast to the hero's welcome Albright got in Pristina on Thursday by ethnic Albanians.

As soon as Albright and K-FOR left Gracanica, an angry Serb crowd stormed the monastery.

The pro-Milosevic crowd accused the monastery workers of being traitors for receiving a U-S official.

The 600 year old monastery is an important religious site to the Serb orthodox community.

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