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Kosovo: Kosovo Liberation Army
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THE REAGAN INFORMATION INTERCHANGE 4/9/99 Mark Stokrp Freeper prometheus "...Kosovo is an integral part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. As mandated by the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 and more recently by U.N. Security Council Resolution 1199, to which both the U.S. and Yugoslavia are bound, the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Yugoslavia must be respected. As a sovereign nation, Yugoslavia has every right to respond to neutralize an armed insurrection by the Kosovo Liberation Army to wrest control of Kosovo...."
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A poorly-equipped militia in Kosovo, the Kosovo Liberation Army, actively fought for independence from the Yugoslavian government. They were considered by the Albanians in Kosovo to be freedom fighters; the Serbs view them as simple terrorists.
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A new crisis broke out in the province of Kosovo in early 1998, when Miloševic moved to crack down on the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a guerrilla group fighting for independence for the province. As he had done in Bosnia, Miloševic instituted a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” against the ethnic Albanian majority in Kosovo.
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Stratfor 0140 GMT, 990413 "...Madeleine Albright met Monday evening in Brussels with Jakup Krasnicki, a representative of the Kosovo Liberation Army. According to information provided by Albright to reporters on a background basis, Krasnicki demanded that the U.S. either deploy ground forces into Kosovo or arm the KLA. Albright claimed to have rejected both demands promising only to deliver humanitarian aid as best as possible...."
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At odds are the Serbs, under the leadership of archnationalist Slobodan Milosevic, and the ethnic Albanians, who make up 90% of Kosovo's population. While Serbia is internationally recognized as having control over Kosovo, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a militant ethnic Albanian group, is calling for full independence for the province.
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Serbian fears may be justifiable, Valasek said, in part because Thaci is the former political leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which rose up against Serb rule at the end of the last decade. But he said Thaci has worked hard to address the concerns.
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