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Serbs now widely believe that the peacekeeping forces -- known by their acronym as KFOR troops -- are aiding the reverse "ethnic cleansing" of Kosovo.

"We can no longer believe in the good intention of British soldiers," said Vera Janicijevic, who lost her son and husband when 14 Serbs were slain last Friday evening in the village of Staro Gracko in Kosovo.

Stevo Lalic, who witnessed the killings, said the Serbs were killed with automatic weapons in a wheat field, then run over with tractors.

Serbian Bishop Artemije and other Serbian leaders met with the head of the U.N. mission, Bernard Kushner, to demand that more be done to protect Serbs.

"We placed our hope in you, but we can no longer do that and therefore do not ask for our cooperation until the evil which is being committed against Serbs comes to an end," Artemije told Kushner.

At an anti-Milosevic rally Saturday, Serbia's most popular opposition leader, Vuk Draskovic, said that Serbs who chose to stay in Kosovo with the intention of living with Albanians have been disappointed by KFOR and the behavior of some Albanians.

"We believed that accepting an international peacekeeping force from the world's leading countries, operating under a Security Council resolution, would protect the territorial integrity of Yugoslavia and the human rights of all citizens in Kosovo. But Western countries are supporting separatists and have erased the border with Albania."

Draskovic said 100,000 Serbs have been driven out of Kosovo under the aegis of Western countries and the U.N. flag.

Serbs have been increasingly the victims of revenge killings and brutal attacks. Every day across Kosovo, dark pillars of smoke point to Serbian homes going up in flames.

Serb leaders in Kosovo canceled a meeting with Albanian leaders after Friday's attack.

Hashim Tachi, the leader of the disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army, denied that the KLA had anything to do with Friday's murders. The attacks appear to be the result of widespread rage over the murder of thousands of Albanians and the torching of tens of thousands of Albanian homes during the Yugolsav offensive in Kosovo.

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