The low voter turnout in northern Mitrovica had been the local Serb reaction to existing conditions.

While the report was dismissed by some independence advocates as a cover-up, local reaction to the report was relatively subdued compared to the demonstrations that had erupted across the island in September 2005 when Ojeda Ríos was killed.

While the report was dismissed by some independence advocates as a cover-up, local reaction to the report was relatively subdued compared to the demonstrations that had erupted across the island in September 2005 when Ojeda Ríos was killed.

In contrast to the angry protests resulting from the arrests on war crimes charges of three former KLA members in January 2002, these arrests generated only localized reaction in western Kosovo.

In contrast to the widespread protests that were triggered by the arrest on war crimes charges of three former KLA members at the end of January, these recent arrests have thus far generated only a localized public reaction.

Particular events that drew strong local reaction were the launching of Pristina-Belgrade technical talks, the brief detention of the chief of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC), Lieutenant General Agim Ceku, in Slovenia on a Serbian arrest warrant, a harassment incident against KFOR troops at the Jashari family compound, anti-Serb harassment in Obilic and the arrest by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) police of five Kosovo Albanians for war crimes in Kacanik.

Moreover, the fears of the non-Albanian communities are being fuelled by all kinds of incidents that often are not eliciting due reaction from local political leaders.

Progress slowed when a male technician was employed and, after negative reactions from local women, a woman was employed and the programme resumed.

These phases would be interspersed with a period of stabilization and assessment at the end of each significant force withdrawal, in order to monitor local, national and subregional reaction before the next step of the drawdown begins.

So, luckily, the reaction is local, so the chance of envenomation is small, but I want to make sure we know exactly what kind of snake we're dealing with, so I'm just going to do some quick research.