Adem jashari massacre band
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Battle of Baballoq
Battle in 1998 during the Kosovo War
The Battle of Baballoq was a key confrontation that took place in 1998 in the Dukagjini region of Kosovo, marking one of the first major engagements between the Kosovo Liberation Army and Serbian forces during the Kosovo War.
Background
[edit]In February 1998, KLA attacks intensified, centering on the Drenica valley area with the compound of Adem Jashari being a focal point. Days after Robert Gelbard described the KLA as a terrorist group, Serbian police responded to the KLA attacks in the Likošane area, and pursued some of the KLA to Čirez, resulting in the deaths of 16 Albanian fighters and 26 civilians in the attacks on Likoshane and Çirez.[3] and four Serbian policemen.[4] The KLA's goal was to merge its Drenica stronghold with their stronghold in Albania proper, and this would shape the first few months of the fighting.[citation needed]
Serb police then began to pursue Adem Jasha
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Prekaz
More background info: Adem Jashari is a name you encounter everywhere in Kosovo. The international airport is named after him, as is the National Theatre and a football stadium too, every city, town and village seems to have at least an Adem Jashari Square and/or Street. You also find his image on the Youth and Sports Palace in Pristina (and a Jashari shrine inside). Even in Kosovo Albanian homes pictures of him are said to often adorn the walls. In short: Adem Jashari is quite clearly regarded as the National Hero of Kosovo (in fact, after Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008 he was posthumously officially awarded a title of exactly that name!), and is also seen as a symbol of Kosovo’s independence. How come?
It helps that his image is very recognizable indeed, with the big bushy black beard and exaggerated moustache and a characteristic hat over his equally bushy mane. He’s often portrayed in paramilitary fatigue
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1 onsdag på engelska , 23 March 2005
2 [Open session]
3 [The accused entered court]
4 [The witness entered court]
5 --- Upon commencing at 9.03 a.m.
6 JUDGE ROBINSON: Mr. Milosevic, you may continue your
7 examination-in-chief.
8 THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you, Mr. Robinson.
9 WITNESS: DANICA MARINKOVIC [Resumed]
10 [Witness answered through interpreter]
11 Examined by Mr. Milosevic: [Continued]
12 Q. [Interpretation] Mrs. Marinkovic, good morning.
13 A. Good morning.
14 Q. Yesterday we were discussing the question related to elections of
15 judges, and we were dealing with paragraph 87 that had to do with the
16 dismissal of Judges. I'm not going to ask you about all the rest, but I
17 would like you to tell us more about this. Could you please tell us quite
18 precisely whether you knew all the judges in the municipal district courts
19 in Pristina.
20 A. Yes.
21 Q. Tell me, were any Albanian judges dismissed from their jobs at the
22 district and muni