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The White Book
Published by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia in 2002
TERRORISM OF THE SO-CALLED NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY (NLA)
WHAT IS THE SO-CALLED NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY?
The so-called National Liberation Army (NLA) came onto the scene by publishing its first communiqué, and by claiming responsibility for the murder of the three police officers in Arachinovo, as well as perpetrating a terrorist attack on the police station Oslomej.
The NLA is a terrorist organization because it is using organized violence, terror, kidnappings, intimidation and ethnic cleansing in an attempt to change the constitutional system in the Republic of Macedonia. It is attempting to endanger Macedonia’s security in order to fulfill its own objectives; occupy Macedonian territory.
The NLA is a continuation of UCK with aims of transforming UCK objectives in the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. Its members are former UCK members who participated in the Kosovo war. With the disengagement of UCPMB a great number of UCK fighters entered Macedonian territory as members of the NLA. Looking for political promotions, Ali Ahemti, Fazli Veliu, Emrush Dzemaili, Gafur Elzhani and Malichi Drecaj attempted to impose themselves as leaders of the radical Albanians in the region.
After experiencing relative anonymity and a debacle in the local elections in Kosovo, they saw a fulfillment of their aims in spreading military actions in Macedonia. Their final objective is for Kosovo to receive state status, which would present a “basic territorial nucleus” to which Southern Serbia, parts of the Sandzak, and Northern and Western Macedonia would joined.
Information at our disposal indicated that the Main NLA Headquarters was located in Prizren. From there it leads and coordinates the headquarters in Vitina, Urosevac, General Jankovic, Gnjilane, Pristina, and in the villages Stanchic, Ruste, Stanevce in Kosovo. The main headquarters in Prizren is led by Emrush Dzemail, AliAhmeti (political representative), Fazli Veliu, responsible for the Diaspora and GzimOstreni, main military commander (former member of TMK, Kosovo Protection Corpse).
These headquarters plan and coordinate the activities of the armed terrorist groups that operate in the Republic of Macedonia. NLA receives continuous logistic assistance (in finances, weapons, and military equipment, volunteers, food, and medicines) from Kosovo, the Republic of Albania, the Albanian Diaspora in West-European countries, as well as from the Albanian population in the Republic of Macedonia. Most of the logistic assistance in volunteers, weapons and military equipment, food and medicines for the terrorist groups in the Republic of Macedonia comes from Kosovo. The terrorists that operate in the Republic of Macedonia have great support from the Kosovo Protection Corpse (TMK) in Kosovo. In addition the NLA receives logistic assistance, volunteers and weapons from the Republic of Albania. Many of the personnel that join the NLA have previously received training in camps in the Republic of Albania. The volunteers from Kosovo go to Albania where after they are armed and illegally enter the Republic of Macedonia. Persons from Kosovo and from the Republic of Macedonia buy weapons and ammunition in the Republic of Albania, from where they illegally bring it into Macedonia.
The so-called NLA is financed from two basic sources. The first source is from self-financing, money extortion from the local population, from businessmen in Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia, as well as from the Albanian Diaspora. The second source is from voluntary donations made by the local population, businessmen from Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, the Albanian Diaspora, funds supplied by the former UCK, profits made by criminal activities and donations made by the Albanian Mafia in Western Europe.
Albanian immigrants in Germany, Belgium, Sweden, and other Scandinavian Countries, especially in Switzerland which is considered the center of Albanian immigration, pay “white tax” from three to five percent of their monthly income. This money is deposited in accounts that are effectively owned by cultural-artistic associations, organizations, and non-governmental organization of Albanians in Western countries. Money is also collected by the powerful lobby groups, of which the most powerful are in the USA, where via media campaigns in favor of the Albanian cause, people make their donations. But, most of the finances, for support of the so-called NLA come from illegal trafficking of drugs, weapons, and white slavery (“black tax”). This is supported by the fact that 40% of the heroin that is sold in Europe and North America comes from Kosovo. One third of the profits from the prostitution business, which is led by the Albanian Mafia (70% from the business in London), goes for assistance to the Albanian terrorists in Macedonia and Kosovo.
(Source: Ministry of Interior)
Structure of the so-called NLA paramilitary
The NLA calls its units - brigades by three numeral numbers. First NLA units to be activated were the so-called 112th brigade operating near Kumanovo and the 113th brigade operating near Tetovo. They number about 400 fighters. The well functioning weapons supply is linked to the strong financial sources which the NLA has in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and other countries. One of the main tasks of NLA members in these countries is to collect donations from the Albanians that live in the West. There are indications that the collection of funds is forced through the so-called “tax per capitum”.
According to western assessments, funds collected by Albanians that live abroad amount to only 10% of the profits collected before and after the Kosovo war. The NLA fighting force consists mostly of Albanians from Macedonia, between the ages of 20 to 30 years old, and borders between army and organized criminals; the divide is not visible because these fighters also participate in illegal trafficking of weapons, cigarettes, and narcotics. There are former fighters from Kosovo among the members of the NLA of whom 150 to 200 of them fall under the suspicion of having been members of UCPMB.
Radical political groups from Kosovo provide political and financial assistance to these fighters; one such group being Hashim Tachi’d political party.
(Frankfurt, Algemeine Zeitung, source: FAKTI)
Weapons used by the so-called NLA
The NLA uses German, American, Chinese, Albanian and Yugoslav made light infantry weapons in its armed attacks and provocations. Its fighters have automatic and semi-automatic rifles, hand grenade launchers, anti-tank, and anti-personnel mines, hand grenades, anti-aircraft machine guns, long range sniper rifles, and air assault systems (Stinger rockets). The so-called NLA gets its weapons from arms traders from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Western Europe. Their main route is Monte Negro-Albania-Northern Macedonia and lately Bulgaria.
They use guerilla warfare in their fighting tactics very similar to the model used by UCK, and UCPMB. Using light infantry weapons, they are mobile and easily movable. Their usual methodology is sabotages and terrorist actions against members and facilities of the Ministry of Interior and the Army of Republic of Macedonia, as well as terrorist attacks in urban centers where the effects of such activities are greater.
(Source: Ministry of Interior)
In Macedonia, the people fighting are terrorists and not Albanian rebels “In reality, the extremists from the so-called NLA, know only one language, and that is the language of the terror, the weapons and the violence“. The International Community should realize that there are no rebels in Macedonia that fight for human rights, and for the rights of the minorities, but common terrorists.
(Announcement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Moscow, July 24, 2001. Source: MIA)
Members of the so-called NLA
NLA is created according to the model of UCK
The last events in Macedonia contributed for strengthening the links of the Albanian extremists from Macedonia to the terrorist groups that are active in Kosovo and South of Serbia. “The so-called NLA, this year started existing in Macedonia, in order to provoke armed rebellion in this state. With the offensive of the Macedonian security forces, the members of the so-called NLA were forced to retreat. They occupied the villages along the northern Macedonian border towards Kosovo, where they have their basis, and where from they receive logistic assistance.” NLA is created according the model of the officially dismissed UCK, which fought the Yugoslav security forces in Kosovo, during the 90’s. The third Albanian extremist group is the so-called Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedje and Bijanovac, which fights the Yugoslav military-police forces in Southern Serbia. “I am convinced that there is a link between the Albanian extremist groups that attack in Macedonia, to those in Kosovo and Southern Serbia. That is why NATO tries to prevent the so-called UCPMB to support the so-called NLA”.
(London, April, 4, 2001. Hashim Rolo, Commander of the British troops in KFOR... Source: MIA)
NLA is a Marxist-Leninist organization
The counter-intelligence forces of Taiwan have certain proofs that in the events in the Balkans, recently in Macedonia, and these days in Greece, indirectly and directly are involved important political and financial circles from People’s Republic of China, North Korea and at least two North-European countries. “It seems that only to the state officials of the Balkan countries, it isn’t clear enough that the so-called UCK in Kosovo, NLA in Macedonia and UCC in Greece, are products of the idea for returning and existence of the communism in this region. The terrorists are connected by protecting the criminal interests in the region, and this is only part of their Balkan mosaic, seen in other regions in the world”. (Statement of anonymous Taiwan diplomat. Source: MIA)
Review of persons - leaders and commanders of the so-called „NLA“
ALI AHMETI*, born on January 4, 1959 in the village of Zajas, Kicevo; immigrates to Switzerland, often stays in Kosovo and Albania. He is the vice-president of the illegal extremist organization LPK (National Movement for Kosovo); actively involved in the organization and the work of the so-called NLA and he is one of its creators; he uses the name “Abaz”. He is connected to a series of terrorist activities committed in the Republic of Macedonia in 1997 and1998, as one of their creators and organizers, because of which an international arrest warrant was issued.
GZIM OSTRENI*, born on November 1, 1942, in Debar, where he also lives, member of the so-called NLA, he uses the pseudonym “General”. Gzim Ostreni was a former commander of the territorial defense of the municipality Debar. He is connected to the case “para-military”. He was one of the instructors in the military camps of UCK in Republic of Albania, and later he was actively involved in UCK, during the fights in Kosovo. Because of his contribution in UCK, he received the rank -General. In the so-called NLA he is active on the fronts in Tetovo and in Kumanovo-Lipkovo region.
VELIU FAZLI*, born on January 4, 1945 in the village of Kolari, Kicevo. He temporarily lives in Switzerland where he becomes a member of the leadership of “DASRJ”, future creator of the so-called NLA. He uses the pseudonym “Daja” and the “Old One”. Now he is one of the leaders of LPK and promoter of the activities of this organization. He is also one of the supporters for the continuation of the former UCK, through its clones: the so-called UCPMB and the so-called NLA, as well as through the future Liberation Armies of Monte Negro (UCMZ) and Chemerija (UCC). Because he was involved in terrorist activities in several cities in the western part of Macedonia in 1997 and 1998, he is charged and an international warrant is issued. .
ISNI SHAQIRI*, born on March 1, 1949 in the village of Otlja, Kumanovo, where he also lives. He is a member of the so-called NLA and he uses the pseudonym “Dost”. Shaqiri is a former deputy in the General Assembly of Republic of Macedonia. He is charged for terrorism and armed rebellion.
XHAVIT ASAN*, born on May 10, 1957 in the village of Tanusevci, Skopje. He joined UCK in 1999, when he organized and illegal channel for transfer of volunteers to Kosovo, through the region of the village of Tanusevci. In addition, in Tanusevci he had a Unit of his own, of members of UCK. After the war, he deals in smuggling of excise goods and weapons, for the needs of the so-called UCPMB and NLA. When the activities of the NLA started in the Republic of Macedonia, he immediately joined as a commander. He is convicted to 13 years of prison, because of attempted murder.
XHEZAIR SHAQIRI, born on May 15, 1965 in the village of Tasnusevci, Skopje. He is one of the first commanders of the so-called NLA, since the events in the village Tanusevci. Later he participated in the events of the Kumanovo-Lipkovo Region and in the village of Aracinovo. He is an Islamic fanatic. He is direct executor of the murder of the police officer in the Trading Center “Chairchanka”, Skopje. He uses the pseudonym “Odza”.
NAZMI SULEJMANI, born on the February 16, 1965 in the village of Aracinovo, where he lived. Member of the so-called NLA, uses the pseudonym “VOLK” and “Aroja” – (bear). He was involved in illegal transfer of weapons, ammunition, and military equipment for the needs of the so-called NLA and UCPMB, through the territory of Republic of Macedonia, and in order to do this he established organized illegal organizations. Together with the brothers Rizi, Nuri, Dzevad and Sutki, in the last couple of years he has committed several crimes, as illegal trafficking and smuggling of cigarettes, excise goods, drugs etc. In addition, he was involved in the international illegal channel for smuggling cigarettes and in illegal production of cigarettes. A criminal charge has been filed and an international arrest warrant has been published for illegal possession of weapons and terrorism.
Published by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia in 2002
TERRORISM OF THE SO-CALLED NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY (NLA)
WHAT IS THE SO-CALLED NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY?
The so-called National Liberation Army (NLA) came onto the scene by publishing its first communiqué, and by claiming responsibility for the murder of the three police officers in Arachinovo, as well as perpetrating a terrorist attack on the police station Oslomej.
The NLA is a terrorist organization because it is using organized violence, terror, kidnappings, intimidation and ethnic cleansing in an attempt to change the constitutional system in the Republic of Macedonia. It is attempting to endanger Macedonia’s security in order to fulfill its own objectives; occupy Macedonian territory.
The NLA is a continuation of UCK with aims of transforming UCK objectives in the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. Its members are former UCK members who participated in the Kosovo war. With the disengagement of UCPMB a great number of UCK fighters entered Macedonian territory as members of the NLA. Looking for political promotions, Ali Ahemti, Fazli Veliu, Emrush Dzemaili, Gafur Elzhani and Malichi Drecaj attempted to impose themselves as leaders of the radical Albanians in the region.
After experiencing relative anonymity and a debacle in the local elections in Kosovo, they saw a fulfillment of their aims in spreading military actions in Macedonia. Their final objective is for Kosovo to receive state status, which would present a “basic territorial nucleus” to which Southern Serbia, parts of the Sandzak, and Northern and Western Macedonia would joined.
Information at our disposal indicated that the Main NLA Headquarters was located in Prizren. From there it leads and coordinates the headquarters in Vitina, Urosevac, General Jankovic, Gnjilane, Pristina, and in the villages Stanchic, Ruste, Stanevce in Kosovo. The main headquarters in Prizren is led by Emrush Dzemail, AliAhmeti (political representative), Fazli Veliu, responsible for the Diaspora and GzimOstreni, main military commander (former member of TMK, Kosovo Protection Corpse).
These headquarters plan and coordinate the activities of the armed terrorist groups that operate in the Republic of Macedonia. NLA receives continuous logistic assistance (in finances, weapons, and military equipment, volunteers, food, and medicines) from Kosovo, the Republic of Albania, the Albanian Diaspora in West-European countries, as well as from the Albanian population in the Republic of Macedonia. Most of the logistic assistance in volunteers, weapons and military equipment, food and medicines for the terrorist groups in the Republic of Macedonia comes from Kosovo. The terrorists that operate in the Republic of Macedonia have great support from the Kosovo Protection Corpse (TMK) in Kosovo. In addition the NLA receives logistic assistance, volunteers and weapons from the Republic of Albania. Many of the personnel that join the NLA have previously received training in camps in the Republic of Albania. The volunteers from Kosovo go to Albania where after they are armed and illegally enter the Republic of Macedonia. Persons from Kosovo and from the Republic of Macedonia buy weapons and ammunition in the Republic of Albania, from where they illegally bring it into Macedonia.
The so-called NLA is financed from two basic sources. The first source is from self-financing, money extortion from the local population, from businessmen in Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia, as well as from the Albanian Diaspora. The second source is from voluntary donations made by the local population, businessmen from Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, the Albanian Diaspora, funds supplied by the former UCK, profits made by criminal activities and donations made by the Albanian Mafia in Western Europe.
Albanian immigrants in Germany, Belgium, Sweden, and other Scandinavian Countries, especially in Switzerland which is considered the center of Albanian immigration, pay “white tax” from three to five percent of their monthly income. This money is deposited in accounts that are effectively owned by cultural-artistic associations, organizations, and non-governmental organization of Albanians in Western countries. Money is also collected by the powerful lobby groups, of which the most powerful are in the USA, where via media campaigns in favor of the Albanian cause, people make their donations. But, most of the finances, for support of the so-called NLA come from illegal trafficking of drugs, weapons, and white slavery (“black tax”). This is supported by the fact that 40% of the heroin that is sold in Europe and North America comes from Kosovo. One third of the profits from the prostitution business, which is led by the Albanian Mafia (70% from the business in London), goes for assistance to the Albanian terrorists in Macedonia and Kosovo.
(Source: Ministry of Interior)
Structure of the so-called NLA paramilitary
The NLA calls its units - brigades by three numeral numbers. First NLA units to be activated were the so-called 112th brigade operating near Kumanovo and the 113th brigade operating near Tetovo. They number about 400 fighters. The well functioning weapons supply is linked to the strong financial sources which the NLA has in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and other countries. One of the main tasks of NLA members in these countries is to collect donations from the Albanians that live in the West. There are indications that the collection of funds is forced through the so-called “tax per capitum”.
According to western assessments, funds collected by Albanians that live abroad amount to only 10% of the profits collected before and after the Kosovo war. The NLA fighting force consists mostly of Albanians from Macedonia, between the ages of 20 to 30 years old, and borders between army and organized criminals; the divide is not visible because these fighters also participate in illegal trafficking of weapons, cigarettes, and narcotics. There are former fighters from Kosovo among the members of the NLA of whom 150 to 200 of them fall under the suspicion of having been members of UCPMB.
Radical political groups from Kosovo provide political and financial assistance to these fighters; one such group being Hashim Tachi’d political party.
(Frankfurt, Algemeine Zeitung, source: FAKTI)
Weapons used by the so-called NLA
The NLA uses German, American, Chinese, Albanian and Yugoslav made light infantry weapons in its armed attacks and provocations. Its fighters have automatic and semi-automatic rifles, hand grenade launchers, anti-tank, and anti-personnel mines, hand grenades, anti-aircraft machine guns, long range sniper rifles, and air assault systems (Stinger rockets). The so-called NLA gets its weapons from arms traders from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Western Europe. Their main route is Monte Negro-Albania-Northern Macedonia and lately Bulgaria.
They use guerilla warfare in their fighting tactics very similar to the model used by UCK, and UCPMB. Using light infantry weapons, they are mobile and easily movable. Their usual methodology is sabotages and terrorist actions against members and facilities of the Ministry of Interior and the Army of Republic of Macedonia, as well as terrorist attacks in urban centers where the effects of such activities are greater.
(Source: Ministry of Interior)
In Macedonia, the people fighting are terrorists and not Albanian rebels “In reality, the extremists from the so-called NLA, know only one language, and that is the language of the terror, the weapons and the violence“. The International Community should realize that there are no rebels in Macedonia that fight for human rights, and for the rights of the minorities, but common terrorists.
(Announcement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Moscow, July 24, 2001. Source: MIA)
Members of the so-called NLA
NLA is created according to the model of UCK
The last events in Macedonia contributed for strengthening the links of the Albanian extremists from Macedonia to the terrorist groups that are active in Kosovo and South of Serbia. “The so-called NLA, this year started existing in Macedonia, in order to provoke armed rebellion in this state. With the offensive of the Macedonian security forces, the members of the so-called NLA were forced to retreat. They occupied the villages along the northern Macedonian border towards Kosovo, where they have their basis, and where from they receive logistic assistance.” NLA is created according the model of the officially dismissed UCK, which fought the Yugoslav security forces in Kosovo, during the 90’s. The third Albanian extremist group is the so-called Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedje and Bijanovac, which fights the Yugoslav military-police forces in Southern Serbia. “I am convinced that there is a link between the Albanian extremist groups that attack in Macedonia, to those in Kosovo and Southern Serbia. That is why NATO tries to prevent the so-called UCPMB to support the so-called NLA”.
(London, April, 4, 2001. Hashim Rolo, Commander of the British troops in KFOR... Source: MIA)
NLA is a Marxist-Leninist organization
The counter-intelligence forces of Taiwan have certain proofs that in the events in the Balkans, recently in Macedonia, and these days in Greece, indirectly and directly are involved important political and financial circles from People’s Republic of China, North Korea and at least two North-European countries. “It seems that only to the state officials of the Balkan countries, it isn’t clear enough that the so-called UCK in Kosovo, NLA in Macedonia and UCC in Greece, are products of the idea for returning and existence of the communism in this region. The terrorists are connected by protecting the criminal interests in the region, and this is only part of their Balkan mosaic, seen in other regions in the world”. (Statement of anonymous Taiwan diplomat. Source: MIA)
Review of persons - leaders and commanders of the so-called „NLA“
ALI AHMETI*, born on January 4, 1959 in the village of Zajas, Kicevo; immigrates to Switzerland, often stays in Kosovo and Albania. He is the vice-president of the illegal extremist organization LPK (National Movement for Kosovo); actively involved in the organization and the work of the so-called NLA and he is one of its creators; he uses the name “Abaz”. He is connected to a series of terrorist activities committed in the Republic of Macedonia in 1997 and1998, as one of their creators and organizers, because of which an international arrest warrant was issued.
GZIM OSTRENI*, born on November 1, 1942, in Debar, where he also lives, member of the so-called NLA, he uses the pseudonym “General”. Gzim Ostreni was a former commander of the territorial defense of the municipality Debar. He is connected to the case “para-military”. He was one of the instructors in the military camps of UCK in Republic of Albania, and later he was actively involved in UCK, during the fights in Kosovo. Because of his contribution in UCK, he received the rank -General. In the so-called NLA he is active on the fronts in Tetovo and in Kumanovo-Lipkovo region.
VELIU FAZLI*, born on January 4, 1945 in the village of Kolari, Kicevo. He temporarily lives in Switzerland where he becomes a member of the leadership of “DASRJ”, future creator of the so-called NLA. He uses the pseudonym “Daja” and the “Old One”. Now he is one of the leaders of LPK and promoter of the activities of this organization. He is also one of the supporters for the continuation of the former UCK, through its clones: the so-called UCPMB and the so-called NLA, as well as through the future Liberation Armies of Monte Negro (UCMZ) and Chemerija (UCC). Because he was involved in terrorist activities in several cities in the western part of Macedonia in 1997 and 1998, he is charged and an international warrant is issued. .
ISNI SHAQIRI*, born on March 1, 1949 in the village of Otlja, Kumanovo, where he also lives. He is a member of the so-called NLA and he uses the pseudonym “Dost”. Shaqiri is a former deputy in the General Assembly of Republic of Macedonia. He is charged for terrorism and armed rebellion.
XHAVIT ASAN*, born on May 10, 1957 in the village of Tanusevci, Skopje. He joined UCK in 1999, when he organized and illegal channel for transfer of volunteers to Kosovo, through the region of the village of Tanusevci. In addition, in Tanusevci he had a Unit of his own, of members of UCK. After the war, he deals in smuggling of excise goods and weapons, for the needs of the so-called UCPMB and NLA. When the activities of the NLA started in the Republic of Macedonia, he immediately joined as a commander. He is convicted to 13 years of prison, because of attempted murder.
XHEZAIR SHAQIRI, born on May 15, 1965 in the village of Tasnusevci, Skopje. He is one of the first commanders of the so-called NLA, since the events in the village Tanusevci. Later he participated in the events of the Kumanovo-Lipkovo Region and in the village of Aracinovo. He is an Islamic fanatic. He is direct executor of the murder of the police officer in the Trading Center “Chairchanka”, Skopje. He uses the pseudonym “Odza”.
NAZMI SULEJMANI, born on the February 16, 1965 in the village of Aracinovo, where he lived. Member of the so-called NLA, uses the pseudonym “VOLK” and “Aroja” – (bear). He was involved in illegal transfer of weapons, ammunition, and military equipment for the needs of the so-called NLA and UCPMB, through the territory of Republic of Macedonia, and in order to do this he established organized illegal organizations. Together with the brothers Rizi, Nuri, Dzevad and Sutki, in the last couple of years he has committed several crimes, as illegal trafficking and smuggling of cigarettes, excise goods, drugs etc. In addition, he was involved in the international illegal channel for smuggling cigarettes and in illegal production of cigarettes. A criminal charge has been filed and an international arrest warrant has been published for illegal possession of weapons and terrorism.
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