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Kosovo Liberation Army

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Kosovo Liberation Army

Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës
Ослободилачка војска Косова
LeaderHashim Thaçi
Founded1996
Dissolved20 September 1999
Political orientationAlbanian nationalism
Fascism


The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was a fascist[1] separatist organization in Yugoslavia active during the 1990s. It attacked Serbs and anti-separatist Albanians. The majority of its victims in Kosovo between 1996 and 1998 were ethnic Albanians. As late as 1998, the USA publicly considered it a terrorist organization while secretly sending it weapons. The KLA also received supplies, weapons, and training from Germany, Albania, and Islamic fundamentalist organizations.[2]

Ideology[edit | edit source]

The KLA wanted to separate Kosovo from Yugoslavia and attach it to a "Greater Albania" that included parts of Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Greece.[2]

Infighting[edit | edit source]

By May 2000, Hashim Thaçi had ordered the executions of at least 12 other KLA commanders.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Richard Becker (2007-12-14). "Why the U.S. backs Kosovo ‘independence’" Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Michael Parenti (2000). To Kill a Nation: 'On to Kosovo' (pp. 98–102). [PDF] Verso.