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KOSOVO / SERBIA WAR 1998 - 1999 UCK - KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY Rare sleeve patch / smaller format Kosovo Liberation Army From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page . (March 2008) This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding reliable references . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2008) Kosovo Liberation Army( Ushtria Ã++lirimtare e KosovÃ«s ) Participant in Kosovo War Active 1979 - 1999 Leaders Hashim Thaci , Agim Ã++eku Area ofoperations Kosovo Became Kosovo Protection Corps Allies Albania , NATO Opponents Yugoslavia The Kosovo Liberation Army or KLA ( Albanian : Ushtria Ã++lirimtare e KosovÃ«s or UÃ++K ) was an Albanian a Kosovar Albanian guerilla group which sought independence for Kosovo from Yugoslavia and Serbia in the late 1990s. The Yugoslav authorities and World organizations considered the KLA a terrorist group [1] . The Serbian government reported that the KLA had killed more than 10,000 civilians, both Serbs and Albanians. [2] Reliable sources independent of the Serbian government report the number of casualties attributable to the KLA to be far lower. [citation needed ] A Human Rights Watch report on humanitarian law violations in Kosovo from 1998 states, "The vast majority of these abuses were committed by Yugoslav government forces of the Serbian special police (MUP) and the Yugoslav Army (VJ). Under the command of Yugoslav President Slobodan MiloÅ¡evic, government troops have committed extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings, systematically destroyed civilian property, and attacked humanitarian aid workers, all of which are violations of the rules of war. The Albanian insurgency, known as the Kosova Liberation Army (KLA, or UÃ++K in Albanian), has also violated the laws of war by such actions as the taking of civilian hostages and by summary executions. Although on a lesser scale than the government abuses, these too are violations of international standards, and should be condemned." The KLA has been called "the most successful guerrilla movement of modern times." [3] Its campaign against Serbian security forces precipitated a major Yugoslav military crackdown which led to the Kosovo War of 1998-1999. Aggression by Yugoslav security forces and Serb militias within Kosovo prompted an exodus of Kosovar Albanians and a refugee crisis that eventually caused NATO to intervene militarily in order to stop what was widely identified (by NATO nations, human rights organizations, the EU, and western media) as an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing .[4] [5] At the time, the view of western governments was heavily influenced by a desire to avoid repeating the failure of Western Europe to prevent human rights abuses and ethnic cleansing during the conflict in Bosnia. The conflict was ended by a negotiated agreement that secured the autonomy of Kosovo within Serbia under the protection of both UN and NATO troops. Contents [hide ] 1 History 1.1 Origins 1.2 Emergence of the KLA (1995-1996) 1.3 Kosovo War (1997-1999) 1.4 The Kosovo War and aftermath (1999-) 2 Crimes 3 Armament and logistics 4 See also 5 References 5.1 General references 6 External links [ edit ] History [ edit ] Origins The origins of the KLA are in the Popular Movement for the Republic of Kosova, they were expelled by the Serbian government in the 70's and 80's, such persons as doctor's, teachers, and other educated leaders, they became in charge commanding units of the rebel group. The group was formed by the Albanian emigration in 1982 in Switzerland and modeled on the Irish Republican Army (IRA). [6] Its program lied in an armed resistance to create an Albanian national republic within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , and eventually the creation of a Greater Albania . [ edit ] Emergence of... read more

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