Table of Contents – Foreign – Kosovo Liberation Army Veterans Face War Crimes



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The European Union’s judicial and police mission in Kosovo (EULEX) raided an alliance of former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK), arrested Hysni Gucati, president of the association, MTI reported, citing the Kosovar daily Koha Ditore.

The action took place 24 hours after spy chief Salih Mustafa, who was also a KLA veteran, was transferred to The Hague to be charged with war crimes for his actions during the 1998-1999 conflict in Serbia-Kosovo. .

The president of the Veterans Association has promised to release papers on the legal proceedings of members of the KLA, about which it is not known how they came to power. the EULEX staff also seized these documents.

The Hague Prosecutor’s Office, which investigates war crimes committed during the 1998-1999 conflict in Serbia-Kosovo, brought former President Hashim Thaci and several other KLA members to justice on suspicion of crimes against humanity in June.

The problem in Kosovo is divisive: Serbs view criminals as Members of the Kosovo Liberation Army as Albanian freedom fighters.



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