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  • Čento
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    • Mar 2012
    • 128

    Kosovo War

    The Kosovo war was a very brutal war. Let's start with interesting photos that I found.

    The terms Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict refer to two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslavia. From early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" (KLA), who sought the independence of Kosovo from Yugoslavia. The organization was classified by Serbia as a terrorist organization because of the attacks that its members committed against the Serbian police and the Yugoslav Military. From March 24 1999 to June 11 1999, NATO waged an air campaign against Yugoslavia, while the KLA continued to battle the Yugoslav Security Forces, whose use of force and violence caused the departure of about 700,000 Albanians from their homes in Kosovo.








    The KLA, formed in 1991, began attacking police stations and Yugoslav government offices in February 1996, which resulted in an increase in the number of Yugoslav security forces in the region. This led to an escalation into a conflict, although it was initially viewed as an insurgency. The KLA was regarded by the US as a terrorist group until 1998 when it was de-listed for classified reasons. The UK and the US then lobbied France to do the same. The US and NATO then cultivated diplomatic relationships with the KLA's leaders.

    In 1999, the KLA was officially disbanded and their members joined the UCPMB in the Preševo Valley, and the National Liberation Army (NLA) and Albanian National Army (ANA) in the armed ethnic conflict in Macedonia. UNMIK instituted NGOs within Kosovo such as the Kosovo Protection Corps (in accordance with UNSC resolution 1244 which required the establishment of a civilian emergency protection body to replace the former KLA) and the Kosovo Police (which consisted mainly of KLA veterans).

    NATO countries promoted the war in Kosovo as the first humanitarian war based on short-term military reports and casualty reports that were later criticized as highly inaccurate.

    The Kosovo Conflict was the center of news headlines for months, and gained a massive amount of coverage and attention from the international community and media. The NATO bombing and surrounding events have remained controversial.
    A Yugoslav Army convoy on the road to the village of Stari Trg, 9th of January, 1999. Yugoslav Army started an offensive to free 8 of its soldiers captured by the KLA on the 9th of January, 1999



    Serbian 3 fingers salute.


    Sunday, 17th of March, Stimlje.


    Yugoslav Army armored vehicles take position next to the village of Stari Trg, 9th of January, 1999.



    Yugoslav Army takes position near the village of Podujevo, 10th of January, 1999.


    A Serbian Police convoy moves through Stimlje, 17th of January, 1999, to reach the mountains where the KLA started a firefight as a response to the Serbian Police assault on the village of Racak that same day.



    11th of March, 1999. A Yugoslav soldier greets the journalists at the border crossing with Albania.



    A Serbian policeman takes cover in a ditch by the road during a firefight with the KLA near Glogovac, Sunday 21st of March, 1999.



    A Serbian policeman on patrol near Podujevo, Monday, 22nd March, 1999.


    A Serbian policeman runs across a field during a firefight with the KLA near Srbica, Tuesday, 23rd of March, 1999.


    A Yugoslav Army armored vehicle on the Pristina-Pec highway, village of Komorane, Saturday, 20th of March 1999.


    Serbian Police patrol escorted by a Yugoslav Army tank searching the terrain for possible KLA positions near Glogovac, 21st of March, 1999.


    Column of Yugoslav army vehicles. In front are two Russian UAZ-469 jeeps, in middle is M53/59 Praga, and on the end is a Yugoslav TAM-150 truck.


    Members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (in the middle is Sadik Cuflaj) stand in formation to turn over their weapons to U.S. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the village of Zegra, Kosovo, on June 30, 1999.


    Brazda/Stenkovac I Refugee Assistance Centre in Macedonia. Within 24 hours of its opening, NATO soldiers were providing shelter and other services to over 10,000 desperate people. At its height this Centre housed over 50,000 refugees.



    Weapons confiscated from the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). They were being stored at MEU Service Support Group (MSSG)-26 Compound at Camp Montieth. The Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN.
    Last edited by Čento; 07-02-2012, 11:18 AM.
    Jас не познавам друг народ кој повеќе страдал од предавствата на своите синови - изроди како македонскиот

    Гоце Делчев
  • Čento
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    • Mar 2012
    • 128

    #2
    Monday, 18th of March, Stimlje. Serbian Police heads towards the village of Racak, where a firefight with the KLA took place on Friday.


    A Serbian policeman tells his colleague to take cover during a KLA attack on the village of Racak, 19th of January, 1999.


    Serbian policemen wait for their colleagues to return from pursuing the withdrawing KLA fighters, Racak, 19th of January, 1999.


    A Yugoslav Army tank outside of Luzane, on the Belgrade Pristina Highway, Sunday, 24th of January, 1999.


    A Yugoslav soldier on his tank Sunday, 24th of March, on the Belgrade-Pristina Higway near the village of Luzane.


    A Serbian armored vehicle on the Belgrade Pristina highway in the village of Sajikovac, 27th of January, 1999. Serbian security forces launched an offensive against the KLA in this region early this morning.


    27th of January, 1999, Podujevo. Yugoslav Army armored vehicles take positions on the Pristina Belgrade highway.


    Yugoslav Army patrols the town of Stimlje, 2nd of February, 1999.


    A column of Yugoslav Army tanks and armored vehicles patrols on the rims of Podujevo, 9th of February, 1999.


    The crews of Yugoslav Army armored vehicles listens to their commanding officer near Podujevo, Sunday, 21st of February, 1999.


    Sunday, 21st of February, Studencane.


    A Serbian Police patrol searching for possible KLA positions near Glogovac, 21st of March, 1999.
    Last edited by Čento; 07-02-2012, 11:16 AM.
    Jас не познавам друг народ кој повеќе страдал од предавствата на своите синови - изроди како македонскиот

    Гоце Делчев

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    • Čento
      Member
      • Mar 2012
      • 128

      #3
      A Serbian policeman runs for cover during a firefight with the KLA near the village of Bukos, Tuesday, 23rd of February, 1999.


      Serbian security forces in a firefight with the KLA near the village of Bukos, Tuesday, 23rd of February, 1999.


      Two Serbian policemen rest in a barn in the village of Bukos after a firefight with the KLA, 23rd of February, 1999.


      Yugoslav Army returning to their Pristina barracks, 29th of October, 1998.


      A Serbian policeman offers water to an elderly Albanian man in Glodjani, 13th of August, 1998.


      A firefight near Bukos, 23rd of February, 1999.
      Jас не познавам друг народ кој повеќе страдал од предавствата на своите синови - изроди како македонскиот

      Гоце Делчев

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      • Čento
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        • Mar 2012
        • 128

        #4
        Our ex-Presidet about the Kosovo War.

        https://www.facebook.com/MakedonskiBraniteli01Изјава на тогашниот претседател Борис Трајковски за бегалците од Косово 1999 година.At 0:21 you can hear and un...
        Jас не познавам друг народ кој повеќе страдал од предавствата на своите синови - изроди како македонскиот

        Гоце Делчев

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        • Čento
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          • Mar 2012
          • 128

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          Serbian soldiers on a Yugoslav BOV vehicle 1999.
          Last edited by Čento; 07-02-2012, 11:41 AM.
          Jас не познавам друг народ кој повеќе страдал од предавствата на своите синови - изроди како македонскиот

          Гоце Делчев

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          • Čento
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            • Mar 2012
            • 128

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            Yugoslav multiple rocket launchers FAP.
            Jас не познавам друг народ кој повеќе страдал од предавствата на своите синови - изроди како македонскиот

            Гоце Делчев

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            • Čento
              Member
              • Mar 2012
              • 128

              #7
              Yugoslav AA




              Promotional photos of the VJ made during the war






              Jас не познавам друг народ кој повеќе страдал од предавствата на своите синови - изроди како македонскиот

              Гоце Делчев

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              • Big Bad Sven
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2009
                • 1528

                #8
                Why do we have many photos of serbians giving the Chetnik salute on the MTO

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                • George S.
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 10116

                  #9
                  macedonia should never have been so cooperative with them & let the bastard kosovo albanians go to hell.Nato doesn't give too hoots about macedonia.
                  "Ido not want an uprising of people that would leave me at the first failure, I want revolution with citizens able to bear all the temptations to a prolonged struggle, what, because of the fierce political conditions, will be our guide or cattle to the slaughterhouse"
                  GOTSE DELCEV

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                  • Čento
                    Member
                    • Mar 2012
                    • 128

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Big Bad Sven View Post
                    Why do we have many photos of serbians giving the Chetnik salute on the MTO
                    Why we write on a Macedonian forum English? Sto ne pisete na makedonski, isto glupo prasanje. Poubavo ke stavam sliki od gnasni Cetnici nego od tie Siptarskite teroristi. Gi stavam slikite deka se interesni, i ako nekoj bara nesto za vojnata vo kosovo mozda ke mu dojdat sliki od nasiot forum. Ke vidat deka imame sekakov materijal od istorijata, bilo da se tekstovi, linkovi ili sliki.
                    Jас не познавам друг народ кој повеќе страдал од предавствата на своите синови - изроди како македонскиот

                    Гоце Делчев

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                    • chentovist
                      Banned
                      • Feb 2012
                      • 130

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Čento View Post
                      Why we write on a Macedonian forum English? Sto ne pisete na makedonski, isto glupo prasanje. Poubavo ke stavam sliki od gnasni Cetnici nego od tie Siptarskite teroristi. Gi stavam slikite deka se interesni, i ako nekoj bara nesto za vojnata vo kosovo mozda ke mu dojdat sliki od nasiot forum. Ke vidat deka imame sekakov materijal od istorijata, bilo da se tekstovi, linkovi ili sliki.
                      Slikite i temata se odlicni. Mnogu interesno kje bese da vidime kako amerikancite kje vojuvaa so srbite na zemja...aj mozhi drug pat...

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