http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Kosovo-on-alert-after-PM-charged-with-war-crimes/2005/03/09/1110316095931.html
Kosovo on alert after PM charged with war crimes March 10, 2005 Kosovo's Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj during a press conference declaring his resignation. Photo: AP The Balkan province of Kosovo is bracing for unrest after the Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, was indicted for war crimes by the international tribunal in The Hague and his government collapsed. Hundreds of additional British and German soldiers were rushed to the province just before the announcement in case of riots. Haradinaj, who rose from nightclub bouncer to an ethnic Albanian guerilla leader against the Serbs, has become in recent years a highly regarded and effective politician. The tribunal indicted him on war crime charges stemming from the 1998-99 war when Slobodan Milosevic, who is on trial at The Hague for genocide and other offences, began a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the 2 million ethnic Albanians who constituted the bulk of the Kosovan population. Haradinaj, 36, was a regional commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, the guerilla force opposing the Serbs, in the west of the province. He lost two brothers in the war and another was jailed in Kosovo for the murder of Serbs and Albanian "collaborators". The tribunal gave no details of the indictment, which Haradinaj announced himself, but it is believed to cover crimes against humanity and commanding forces that murdered Serb civilians and collaborators. Haradinaj immediately resigned and said he would surrender to the tribunal. His coalition government then also resigned. Haradinaj appealed to his supporters not to cause trouble, saying: "I am a person of Kosovo and I willingly sacrifice myself for my country. I accept this burden. I also ask all of you to accept this fact ... in order to do your country and your nation an honour." The United Nations chief of mission in Kosovo, Sorren Jessen-Petersen, praised Haradinaj's "dignity and maturity" and his bravery in putting the interests of Kosovo before his own. The Guardian, The Washington Post ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
