21.   But villagers say they want to show their children that life goes on despite the horrors of a war that is still winding down.

22.   But with almost daily shootings and political murders, villagers say the police efforts have been mostly for show.

23.   But villagers say that soldiers have never moved through these mountains at night.

24.   Crime has dropped, villagers say, and people feel safe again.

25.   Despite the destruction, the villagers said they do not blame NATO for toppling their houses.

26.   Despite the long-playing tragedy, villagers said they had not yet been visited by health officials from Beijing, or even from the provincial capital, Zhengzhou.

27.   He was camped in a white tent down a nearly impassable mud track in a field by a river where villagers say most of the killings occurred.

28.   Horrified villagers said the attacks were carried out by masked men wearing Serbian military uniforms.

29.   In fact, these villagers said they would no longer use them.

30.   In Matecoco, villagers said soldiers had executed two wounded rebels who surrendered after a firefight.