Soldiers uncoil two rows of concertina wire to maintain crowd control as residents of Vitina, Kosovo, protest.
Soldiers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment uncoil two rows of concertina wire to maintain crowd control as residents of Vitina, Kosovo, protest in the streets on Jan. 9, 2000. The protesters were demanding the release of local Albanians held in custody for questioning. The soldiers are attached to the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., and are deployed to Kosovo as part of KFOR. KFOR is the NATO-led, international military force in Kosovo on the peacekeeping mission known as Operation Joint Guardian.