Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
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| Insurgency in the Preševo Valley | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (LAPMB) |  FR Yugoslavia |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Muhamet Xhemajli Shefket Musliu Ridvan Qazimi "Lleshi" † |
Slobodan Milošević (1999-2000) Vojislav Koštunica (2000-2001) Ninoslav Krstić Goran Radosavljević Milorad Ulemek |
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| Strength | |||||||
| Few hundred militants | 1,000 soldiers 100 JSO members |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 30–40 guerrillas killed (Serbian claim) 5 guerrillas killed (UCPMB claim)[1] 45 surrendered to KFOR[1] |
15 policemen killed, 3 soldiers killed 6 civilians killed 37 civilians wounded[2][3][4][5] 2 United Nations observers wounded |
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The insurgency in the Preševo Valley (1999–2001) was a struggle between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the local Albanian rebel organization, the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UCPMB).[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Serbian forces push rebels out of Albanian village". USA Today. 2 July 2001. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/balkans/2001-05-16-pushedout.htm. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ Yugoslav troops advance in buffer zone, brace for backlash from top rebel's death, Stars and Stripes, May 26, 2001
- ^ Number of Serbian soldiers in Presevo Valley during the conflict
- ^ UCPMB was officially a terrorist organization according to NATO and Serbian government
- ^ Detailed information about JSO activities in Presevo Valley during the conflict
- ^ Morton, Jeffrey S. (2004). Reflections on the Balkan Wars. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 57. ISBN 1-4039-6332-0.
[edit] External links
- Partos, Gabriel (2001-02-02). "Presevo valley tension". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1043583.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
