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Kosovo Peacekeepers Come Under Fire During Arms Swoop

PRISTINA, Aug 15, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse)
International peacekeepers in Kosovo came under fire
late Monday as they swooped on ethnic Albanian rebels
from Macedonia smuggling weapons, the NATO-led KFOR
force said in a statement Tuesday.

Two unidentified men opened fire on the group of
Polish and Ukrainian KFOR soldiers after the arrest 16
rebels close to Gorance, on the border with Macedonia.

The peacekeepers returned fire, the statement said,
adding that no one was hurt in the exchange.

KFOR said the arrested rebels, who were identified as
belonging to the shadowy guerilla group the Albanian
National Army (ANA), had been carrying arms and
military equipment.

Since June, KFOR said it has arrested 484 people and
seized 600 automatic arms, 1,058 anti-tank weapons,
113 rockets, 1,396 mines and grenades and 132,606
bullets.

NATO is preparing to increase its involvement in the
Balkans by sending 3,500 soldiers into Macedonia to
oversee the disarmament of National Liberation Army
rebels there once a peace deal signed Monday is
ratified.

The ANA, a previously unknown group that claims to
have carried out attacks in southern Serbia near
Kosovo, and in Macedonia, issued a statement Tuesday
rejecting the peace accord.

It said it was continuing its fight to create a
"Greater Albania" that would link up the country of
Albania with Kosovo and parts of Macedonia. ((c) 2001
Agence France Presse) 




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