Urolighederne i Kosovo marts 2004


Sidste Nyt fra Albanien og Kosóva

# 206 - senest opdateret 10.07.2004

Udgiver: Bjørn Andersen

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Indholdsfortegnelse


Klik på markørerne nedenfor


Samlet opgørelse

[X] Dræbte, sårede, flygtede, ødelagte kirker og klostre


Tekst- og billedreportager: [X] BBC

[X] Den Serbiske Koordineringskomité



[X] Videofilm af hærværk på St Elijah i Podujevo 19.03.2004


Informationer under urolighederne og umiddelbart derefter

[X] Informationer fra NATO og KFOR

[X] Informationer fra UNMIK

[X] Informationer fra Hærens Operative Kommando

[X] UNMIK-Politiets døgnrapport for 17.03.2004

[X] UNMIK-Politiets døgnrapport for 21.03.2004

[X] UNMIK-Politiets døgnrapport for 23.03.2004

[X] UNMIK-Politiets døgnrapport for 25.03.2004

[X] Arrestation af Sukri Buja

[X] Arrestation af Avdyl Mushkolaj

[X] Arrestation af Samit Lushtaku [Sami Lushtaku]. Dansk KFOR deltog indirekte. Demonstrationer. Løsladelse mod kaution

[X] Informationer fra UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

[X] Informationer fra Serbien

[X] Skuddrama. Jordansk UNMIK Officer skyder og dræber Amerikanske UNMIK Officerer og sårer talrige andre.


Spekulationer

[X] Serbiske spekulationer om hemmelig middag i Washington mellem Holbrooke, Thaçi m.fl.


Senere informationer

[X] Fredelig demonstration i Mitrovica 14.4.2004

[X] Nogle af de flygtede er vendt tilbage til deres hjem, skriver »Beta« 26.4.2004

[X] Intet bevis for at Serbere drev Albanske børn ud i Ibar, skriver »Beta« 27.4.2004

[X] Kosovo Serberne må have en selvstændig status, siger PM Kostunica og Serbiske Return


Udtalelser, kommentarer, planer

[X] Kosovo Fællesudtalelse

[X] Drøftelser i FN's Sikkerhedsråd

[X] Peter Schieder, Europarådet, til PM Bajram Rexhepi

[X] Udtalelser fra den Amerikanske Regering

[X] Udtalelse fra den Albanske Regering

[X] Udtalelse og artikel af Forfatteren Ismail Kadare

[X] Serbien-Montenegro: UM Svilanovic i FN's Sikkerhedsråd 19.03.2004

[X] Serbien: Tidl. VicePM Nebojsa Covic kritiserer SRSG Holkeri

[X] UNMIK og Kosovo's selvstyre-institutioner er ansvarlige for volden, siger PM Kostunica og den Russiske Minister Sergei Shoigu

[X] Ambassadør Batakovic mener en kantonisering er nødvendig

[X] Serbien: Bred politisk støtte til Kostunica's forslag om kantoner

[X] PM Kostunica mener der straks bør ske en 'decentralisering'

[X] PM Kostunica i Bruxelles. Serbisk referat

[X] FM Tadic advarer mod at hede stemningen op ved at forlange at Serbisk-Montenegrinsk militær skal intervenere

[X] SRSG Holkeri fordømmer drabet på to politifolk tirsdag 24.03.2004

[X] Charles Brayshaw, UNMIK, mener urolighederne var planlagt fra Albansk side, skriver Tanjug

[X] OSCE's Formand Solomon Passy har udtalt sig skarpt om overgrebene på den serbiske minoritet

[X] Udtalelse fra det Albanske Udenrigsministerium 24.03.2004: Tilfredshed med at regeringen i Kosova påtager sig ansvaret for genopbygningen af de ødelagte kirker og klostre

[X] 5-årsdagen for NATO-bombningerne er blevet højtideligholdt i Serbien

[X] Branislav Krstic om beskyttelsen af mindesmærker m.v.

[X] Solana er iflg Serbiske forlydender stærkt irriteret på de Kosova Albanske Politikere

[X] Kostunica: Det er ikke en opdeling der skal til, men autonomi for Serberne. Advarer mod et Stor-Albanien

[X] Opsummering: Hvad er det egentlig Kostunica mener?

[X] Veton Surroi i "Koha Ditore". Urolighederne var ikke organiseret på forhånd

[X] Udtalelser fra UNMIK 28.3.2004, 30.3.2004 og 31.3.2004

[X] Chris Patten, EU, mener volden var organiseret

[X] KFOR holder pressekonference 31.3.2004

[X] KOSOVO STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 31.3.2004

[X] Drøftelse i Sikkerhedsrådet 13.4.2004

[X] Interview med PM Kostunica i »Vecernje Novosti«. Vedrører en række aktuelle emner som Kostunica er involveret i.

[X] International Crisis Group: Collapse in Kosovo

[X] Møde i Kontaktgruppen April 2004. NATO kritik af de Kosóva Albanske Ledere [22.04.2004]

[X] Den Albanske Præsident Moisiu på besøg i Kosóva (22.-23.4.2004) 1

[X] Den Albanske Præsident Moisiu på besøg i Kosóva (22.-23.4.2004) 2

[X] OSCE Rapport om pressens rolle under marts-urolighederne (Offentliggjort 22. April 2004)

[X] SG Annan fremlægger rapport for Sikkerhedsrådet (SC) (30.04.2004)

[X] KFOR mener at efterretningsvirksomheden ikke havde været tilstrækkelig

[X] Drøftelse i Sikkerhedsrådet (SC) (11.05.2004)

[X] Rapport fra Amnesty International (08.07.2004)


Danske kommentarer - og en svensk

[X] Kommentar af Hans Hækkerup i »Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten« 20.03.2004

[X] Kommentar af Hjalte Tin i »Information« 20.03.2004

[X] Kommentar af Tue Magnussen i »Information« 22.03.2004

[X] Kronik af SM Anders Fogh Rasmussen I »Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten« 24.03.2004 - og en kommentar

[X] Kommentar af Carl Bildt, London 25.03.2004

[X] Slesvigsk løsning. Kommentar af Per Nyholm i »Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten« 30.03.2004

[X] Et forslag: Hvorfor ikke bruge Kosovo Protection Corps ... ?

[X] Serbere og albanere kan leve i fred. Kommentar af Frede Hansen i »Information« 02.04.2004

[X] Kosovo er i en kritisk fase. Kommentar af Eske Vinther Jensen i »Ræson« 25.06.2004


Hvad ligger bag? Hvad kan man gøre?

[X] Kommentar af Bjørn Andersen


Bilag:

[X] Mistrøstig OSCE-Rapport om lokalstyret i Kosovo

[X] KFORs bidrag til Kosovo's / Kosóva's økonomi

[X] EU-rapport om forholdene i Kosovo (Marts/April 2004)



»Albansk Almanak 2002« bd. 1-3

Almanak'en for 2002 er udkommet. Her finder du årets nyhedsbreve. Årets litteraturkommentarer vil udkomme hen over sommeren 2004 i »Albanske Studier« ## 3-4.

Du kan se indholdsfortegnelsen på: http://bjoerna.dk/albansk-historie/almanak-2002.htm

Bogen findes i trykt form og på CD (som pdf-fil). Papirudgave på næsten 600 sider i 3 bind. Bogen sælges som papirudgave m/ CD og som CD alene. Se pris på: Bestillingsliste.

Udgaven for 2003 ventes at udkomme hen over sommeren 2004.



»Albanske Studier« bd. 1-2

Kommentarer til Bjøl, Huntington, Machiavelli, Sørlander, DUPI (Humanitær Intervention), Clausewitz, Mao Zedong, Lars R. Møller, Malcolm og flere andre (kommentarerne er suppleret ift udgaver i Almanak'erne m.v.). Englændere på rejse i Albanien: Edward Lear, Edith Durham og Robert Carver. Bøger om slægtsfejder og blodhævn. Diskussion af Anne Knudsen's disputats om blodhævn på Korsika og af Ismail Kadare's roman »Ufuldendt april«. Baggrundsmateriale om den Sønderjyske general Christian von Holstein, der deltog i Habsburgernes felttog ind i Kosóva i 1689-90. Sidst i bogen et forsøg på en sammenfatning i form af nogle 'grundlæggende synspunkter'. Desuden en kommentar til Hans Hækkerup's »På skansen«. På CD'en supplerende materiale om traditionelle Albanske klædedragter og om Holstein.

Du kan downloade indholdsfortegnelsen og kommentaren til Hækkerup fra: http://bjoerna.dk/albansk-historie/studier-2002.htm

Bogen findes i trykt form og på CD (som pdf-fil). Papirudgave 368 A4-sider i 2 bind. Bogen sælges som papirudgave m/ CD og som CD alene. Se pris på: Bestillingsliste.


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KOSÓVA

Bynavne: Angives der to navne på samme lokalitet, er den Albanske nævnt først. Se oversigten på: http://bjoerna.dk/kosova/byer.htm ... Rapporter fra FNs Generalsekretær ... 0308 Harri Holkeri er tiltrådt som 4' SRSG ... 020214 SRSG Michael Steiner tiltrådte i Kosova som 3' SRSG og fratrådte i begyndelsen af 0307. ... En biografi over tidligere 2' SRSG Hans Hækkerup kan læses på Danske Politikere. ... En anmeldelse af Hans Hækkerup's bog »Kosovos mange ansigter« kan downloades fra: http://neva.hjem.wanadoo.dk/Haekkerup2.pdf (0,4 MB) ... Constitutional Framework for Provisional Self-Government. ... Kosova's Regering. ... UNMIK Politiets oversigt over 2001 (artikler, billeder og statistik i pdf-format (fil'en er forholdsvis stor: 2,6 MB)) ... Kriminaliteten i 2002 - Oversigt kan downloades [klik på titlen]





Samlet opgørelse

22.03.2004-23.03.2004 UNMIK anslår at 51.000 har deltaget i demonstrationer og uroligheder i Kosovo / Kosóva. 28 er blevet dræbt. 870 er blevet såret. Flere end 160 er blevet anholdt.

23.03.2004: BBC skriver at omkring 3.600 Serbere er flygtet og at der næppe er Serbere tilbage i Prishtina.

REVIDEREDE TAL: 31 March 2004 The UN Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today [...] released updated information on the recent violence. In total, 19 people were killed - 11 Kosovo Albanians and eight Kosovo Serbs - and more than 900 people were injured, including dozens of international police officers. Some 29 churches and monasteries, 800 houses and more than 150 vehicles were destroyed or badly damaged. [I dødstallene mangler tilsyneladende en UNMIK Politimand, muligvis også en lokal Politimand, BA]


23.03.2004 Serbien-Montenegro: 20 Serbere siges at være trådt ud af Kosovos Politi:

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, March 23 (Tanjug) - The International Press Centre in Kosovska Mitrovica said on Monday that 20 Serb Kosovo police force members had not been at work since March 18, because in two days of ethnic cleansing the southeastern Kosovo-Metohija town of Vitina, had been completely cleared of Serbs, who received no assistance from Kosovo police, UNMIK police or KFOR.

A letter written by the 20 Serb policemen, whom the Press Centre received, had been sent to UNMIK's Vitina police station commander Robert Birden first, as a response to his insistence that Serb policemen return to Vitina and continue working. They informed Birden that some members of the Kosovo police took direct or indirect part in the attacks at the Serb population in Vitina.

"During these events, it felt as if we, police members, were in prison together with UNMIK police members and were provoked and even physically attacked by our ethnic Albanian colleagues. We want to work, but in Serb environments or Serb-populated places. We also request the clarification of lack of cooperation between UNMIK police and ethnic Albanian Kosovo police force members during these developments, and especially the holding of secret meetings of ethnic Albanian members of the Kosovo police force," the letter said.

23.03.2004 Den Ortodokse Kirke oplyser at 30 kirker og klostre er blevet ødelagt i større eller mindre grad:

Belgrade, March 23, 2004 - The Eparchy of Raska and Prizren has released a list of 30 Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries that were destroyed or severely damaged in the latest outbreak of violence in Kosovo-Metohija.

The list is not final and will be updated as the Eparchy continues to assess the damage to other churches and monasteries, particularly in the municipality of Urosevac, the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija said in a statement.

Prizren
Crkva Bogorodice Ljeviske (Church of Holy Virgin of Lyevish), 14th century
Crkva Svetog Spasa (Church of Christ the Savior), 14th century
Saborni hram Svetog Velikomucenika Georgija (Cathedral of St. George), 1856
Crkva Svetog Nikole Tutuceva (Church of St. Nicholas Tutuc), 14th century
Crkva Svetog Georgija Runovica (Church of St. George Runovic), 16th century
Crkva Svete Nedelje (Church of St. Kyriake), 14th century, later reconstructed
Crkva Svetog Pantelejmona (Church of St. Panteleimon), 14th century, later reconstructed
Crkva Svetog Kozme i Damjana (Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian), 14th century, later reconstructed
Crkva Svete Nedelje (Church of St. Kyriake), Zivinjane, near Prizren
Manastir Sveti Arhangeli (Holy Archangels Monastery), 14th century
Bogoslovija Sveti Kirilo i Metodije (Serbian Orthodox Seminary of Sts. Cyrillus and Methodius)
Episkopski Dvor (Bishop's residence in Prizren)

Orahovac
Crkva Svete Nedelje (Church of St. Kyriake) 1852, Brnjaca near Orahovac

Djakovica
Hram Uspenja Presvete Bogorodice (Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary) 16th century, with the parish home
Katedralna crkva Svete Trojice (Cathedral church of the Holy Trinity)
Crkva Svetog kneza Lazara (Church of St. Lazarus), Piskote, near Djakovica

Srbica
Manastir Devic (Devic Monastery), 15th century, burned to the ground, with the tomb of St. Ioanichius of Devic opened and desecrated. Fire was burned in the tomb of the saint.

Pec
Crkva Svetog Pretece i Krstitelja Jovana (Church of St. John the Baptist), Metropolia, with the parish home
Crkva Vavedenja Presvete Bogorodice (Church of Virgin Mary), Belo Polje near Pec, burned again and desecrated
Crkva Svetog Jovana Pretece i Krstitelja (Church of St. John the Baptist), Pecka Banja

Urosevac
Crkva Svetog cara Urosa (Cathedral of St. Uros the Emperor), Urosevac.
Another two churches in Urosevac are believed to have been destroyed.

Kamenica
Church in Donja Slapasnica, Kosovska Kamenica
Church in Talinovci, near Gnjilane

Stimlje
Crkva Svetog arhangela Mihaila (Church of St. Archangel Michael)

Pristina
Crkva Svetog Nikole (Church of St. Nicholas), 19th century

Kosovo Polje
Crkva Svetog Nikole (Church of St Nicholas), burned and desecrated
Crkva Svete Katarine (Church of St. Katherine), Bresje near Kosovo Polje,

Vucitrn
Crkva Svetog Ilije (Church of St. Elias)

Obilic
Crkva Svetog Mihaila (Church of St. Michael)

Kosovska Mitrovica
Crkva Svetog Save (Church of St. Sava)

Podujevo
Crkva Svetog Ilije (Church of St. Elias), 1930

Fra Serbisk side oplyses at flg er blevet dræbt:

Borivoje Spasojevic, 63, and Jana Tucev, 36, killed in the municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica.

Nenad Vesic, 53, killed in the municipality of Lipljan.

Dobrivoje Stolic, 49, and Borko Stolic, 20, killed in the municipality of Strpce.

Boban Peric, 52, killed in Gnjilane.

Zlatibor Trajkovic, 62, killed in the municipality of Kosovo Polje.

Dragan Nedeljkovic, 61, killed in the municipality of Prizren


Reportager

Der har i de seneste dage været omfattende uroligheder i Mitrovica i Kosóva - og »afledte« demonstrationer i Beograd. [Medio marts 2004]

Der kan henvises til tekst- og billedreportager på BBC:

Mitrovica clashes på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/3520632.stm
In Pictures: Kosovo burns på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/3522860.stm
Kosovo rioters burn Serb churches på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3525168.stm
Nato sends more troops to Kosovo på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3522230.stm
UN pulls out of Kosovo flashpoint på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3525396.stm
Kosovo clashes 'ethnic cleansing' på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3551571.stm
'Sinister purpose' to Kosovo clashes? på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3551783.stm
Fearful Serbs hope for peace på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3552245.stm
Nato troops tackle Kosovo discord med kort over Mitrovica-området: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3552251.stm
To af de drenge der druknede i Ibar-floden er blevet begravet omkring middagstid søndag 21.03. 6.-8.000, måske 10.000 Albanere deltog; begravelsen forløb fredeligt ifølge BBC og Dansk KFOR. Security tight for Kosovo burials på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3554215.stm
Kosovo riots renew old debates på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3550789.stm
Kosovo mourns violence victims på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3556279.stm
Nato condemns Kosovo extremists på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3559099.stm
Policemen killed in Kosovo attack på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3562917.stm
Kosovo residents still on edge på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3561121.stm
Serb PM defends Kosovo carve-up på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3561715.stm
Kosovo Serbs jeer EU chief Solana på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3564737.stm
UN Kosovo mission walks a tightrope på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3565799.stm
UN launches Kosovo 'peace plan' på: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3588217.stm


TERROR IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA - tekst- og billedreportager på CI - Den Serbiske Koordineringskomité: http://www.smip.sv.gov.yu/Policy/CI/kosovo-slike/index.html




Videofilm af hærværk på St Elijah i Podujevo 19.03.2004 Den Ortodokse Kirke har udsendt en videofilm i AVI-format. Størrelse 34 MB. Varighed: 10 minutter. Kan downloades fra: http://www.spc.org.yu/Multimedija/Podujevo/podujevo.avi.




Informationer

Informationer fra NATO og KFOR - Kosovo Force





19.03.2004: The NATO Council has met again today to assess the security situation in Kosovo.

NATO is resolved to help bring this violence under control as quickly as possible. The Alliance is deploying additional troops from the previously designated operational and strategic reserve to ensure that KFOR has all the resources necessary. These deployments include, to date:

Four companies from SFOR that will be in theatre today lead elements of a UK battalion that will be in theatre today lead elements of French battalion from the Strategic Reserve will be in theatre today Italian battalion deploying in the coming days German battalion on four days notice to move – lead elements already on their way Romanian company on four days notice to move.

KFOR is taking robust action to restore stability, and to protect all citizens of Kosovo regardless of their ethnic identity. KFOR troops are protecting Kosovar Serbs and other minorities from attack, as well as ethnic Albanians where necessary. As additional resources are made available to him, ComKFOR is also now deploying troops to help protect designated sites in Kosovo. KFOR is also working in close co-operation with the UN Mission in Kosovo.

KFOR is carrying out its mission in a determined and effective manner. At the same time, political leaders in Kosovo must take effective, concrete action to stop the violence and restore calm. Kosovar Albanian leaders bear a heavy responsibility in this regard and the Secretary General has conveyed that message to the Prime Minister of Kosovo. He has also spoken to the Prime Minister of Serbia, and the Foreign and Defence Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro urging them to refrain from statements and actions that would further heighten tensions.

The Secretary General is also consulting closely with UN Secretary General Annan, as well the High Representative in Kosovo, Mr. Holkeri.

There should be no doubt: this kind of ethnic conflict does nothing for Kosovo. It is squandering the progress Kosovo has made in meeting the standards set by the international community. It is undermining any rapprochement by Kosovo to Euro-Atlantic institutions. It is a tragic and misguided return to the kind of violence which has no place in Europe. Allies are firmly resolved to help bring this violence to an end.

   

To billeder fra Prizren 17.03.2004. Hentet på: http://besimi.com [siden ser ud til at være lukket ned; konstateret 23.03.1004]


UNMIK

Following last week's violence, funeral held in Kosovo without incident – UN

21 March 2004 – Police from the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today reported that the situation in the province is calm compared to the turmoil of the past week.

A funeral with the attendance of up to 7,000 people proceeded uninterrupted, according to UNMIK police spokesman Derek Chappell. “I am pleased to report to you that no incidents have been recorded and the situation is calm and quiet everywhere,” he told reporters in Pristina, the capital.

Despite the relative tranquility, the repercussions from last week's violence continue to be felt. Peggy Hicks, Director of the Office of Returns and Communities, estimated that over 3,200 people were newly displaced as a result of the deadly ethnic clashes.

Over the past day and a half, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has provided essential supplies to those in need, including some 650 mattresses, 1,000 blankets, eight tons of food and 200 hygienic kits that each serve 1,000 people.

Asked about a probe into the alleged drowning of two teenagers which sparked the violence, UNMIK spokesperson Izabella Karlowicz said autopsies on both bodies have been conducted, an international prosecutor has been appointed to look into the case and the preliminary investigation will be held.

She added that in order to improve stability, it would be essential to bring back the rule of law, start the process of reconciliation, and ensure its continuation. “This cannot be done by UINMIK alone,” she stressed. “The big part of the responsibility and making reconciliation possible is with everybody here and with the Kosovo leaders.”

Kosovo situation calming down after extra troops deployed, says UN mission

19 March 2004 – The deployment of extra international troops has helped to calm the situation in Kosovo after the recent deadly violence, but there are still reports of looting and unrest, the United Nations mission to the province reported today.

Additional troops from the United Kingdom, the United States and France have joined KFOR (the Kosovo international security force) after clashes between ethnic Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo this week have killed more than two dozen people and injured hundreds of others.

UN spokesman Fred Eckhard told reporters today that "their presence is being felt," and their arrival has also been welcomed by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as it tries to help civilians in the area.

Mr. Eckhard said UNMIK considers the situation in Kosovo to be "extremely volatile," but he added that while there have been reports of more clashes and continued looting, most have been on a smaller scale compared to the violence of earlier this week.

Six more churches were destroyed yesterday, taking the total in the past two days to at least 16, while at least 110 houses of Serbs have been burned.

UN Police report that at least 28 people died in the clashes, the worst violence since the UN assumed administration of the province almost five years ago. Hundreds of others, including 55 KFOR soldiers, have been injured.

UNHCR is attempting to deliver aid to more than 1,000 members of ethnic minorities - mostly Serbs - who were evacuated from the Pristina, Gnjilane and Pec/Peja areas by KFOR soldiers. But access is now severely restricted because of security concerns.

The Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees, Kamel Morjane, who was in Belgrade yesterday on a previously planned mission, had to cancel a planned trip to Kosovo today because of security concerns.

In Serbia, the agency has made contingency plans to receive possible arrivals from Kosovo, while the High Commissioner for Refugees has appealed to the region's ethnic communities to refrain from further violence

Meanwhile, Harri Holkeri, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Kosovo, is talking to politicians in Pristina and in Belgrade to urge them to play their part in calming tensions.

Late yesterday the Security Council issued a presidential statement denouncing the violence and calling on authorities to ensure that the rule of law is maintained and the perpetrators of crimes are brought to justice.





Hærens Operative Kommando

18.03.2004: Den danske bataljons fremskudte kommandostation i Mitrovica, hvor den danske chef for bataljonen oberst Klaus H. Lawes befinder sig, blev her i aften beskudt af lette håndvåben og angrebet med håndgranater. Soldaterne på kommandostationen besvarede ilden, og beskydningen ophørte.

”Situationen i Mitrovica er spændt”, fortæller major Ole R. Laursen,” Soldaterne er ved godt mod og har det efter omstændighederne godt”.

19.03.2004: Den danske bataljon i Kosovo er fortsat indsat i Mitrovica. Natten har været præget af en meget spændt stemning og enkelte skudvekslinger. Det har i nattens løb været nødvendigt for de danske soldater at besvare beskydning, der var rettet mod de danske soldater. Ingen danske soldater er kommet til skade.

19.03.2004: Forstærkning til Kosovo i løbet af lørdag

Danmark sender lørdag 96 soldater til Kosovo med to fly. De udsendte soldater skal forstærke den danske bataljon, der har været indsat med det meste af sin styrke siden torsdag aften.

Jydske Dragonregiment i Holstebro bidrager med 77 infanterisoldater, Jægerkorpset med 15 og Elektronisk Opklaringskompagni fra Telegrafregimentet i Fredericia med 4 personer.

Den danske styrke skal forudse at være udsendt til Kosovo i en kortere periode. Situationen og forudsætningerne for styrkens fortsatte tilstedeværelse vil blive vurderet efter en uge.

Den første halvdel af styrken flyver fra Flyvestation Karup til Pristina lørdag morgen med et af flyvevåbnets Hercules fly. Fra Pristina transporteres styrken til det danske område i Mitrovica.

Sidst på eftermiddagen lørdag afgår anden halvdel af styrken fra Flyvestation Karup. De seneste dages uro og civile optøjer i Kosovo har medført, at der allerede er tilført forstærkninger fra blandt andet amerikanske, engelske, franske og italienske enheder i Bosnien.

Den danske bataljon har anmodet om forstærkning snarest muligt, så dele af den indsatte styrke kan blive aflastet. Det drejer sig altså først og fremmest om at give bataljonen mulighed for aflastning af de indsatte enheder, så opgaverne for det nu udsendte personel er de samme, som bataljonen hidtil har haft.

19.03.2004 kl. 22.00: Situationen i Mitrovica Roligt - men fortsat spændt

Den Danske Bataljon er sammen med franske enheder fortsat indsat i Mitrovica omkring broerne over floden Ibar mellem den sydlige og nordlige bydel, som adskiller serbere i nord og albanere i syd.

Situationen i Mitrovica er rolig, men spændt. Albanernes og serbernes bevægelser følges tæt, således at der er mulighed for at reagere i forhold hertil.

Personel i bataljonen, som ikke er indsat i Mitrovica eller i andre opgaver i ansvarsområdet, bevogter Camp Olaf Rye med fo at kunne afvise eventuelle trusler mod lejren. Der er dog ingen indikationer på at lokale vil gå mod den danske lejr.

Bataljonen har meddelt, at alle planlagte leave rejser indtil videre er indstillet og først vil blive genoptaget, når situationen i området er normaliseret.

Alle danskere i bataljonen har det efter omstændighederne godt.

20.03.2004 kl. 11:31 Kl. 1040 lettede et af Flyvevåbnets Hercules fly med 51 soldater, der skal indgå i forstærkningsstyrken til Den Danske Bataljon.

Lørdag morgen samledes soldater fra Jydske Dragonregiment og Jægerkorpset på Flyvestation Karup for at flyve til Kosovo.

Soldaterne fik et meget kort varsel forud for deres udsendelse. Mange blev først spurgt fredag kl. 1000 om de kunne rejse til Kosovo. Hos Jydske Dragonregiment var der 108 soldater der meldte sig, men regimentet skulle kun bruge 77 soldater.

Mange af soldaterne er lige hjemkommet efter en udsendelse fra Irak, men havde ikke noget imod en ekstra tur.

Overkonstablerne D. Hansen og "CC" er klar til at rejse til Kosovo. "CC" skulle være startet på civil efteruddannelse på mandag, men denne udskydes. Begge er lige vendt hjem fra Irak for kort tid siden.

Chefen for Jydske Dragonregiment, oberst Kurt Mosgaard var til stede for at tage afsked med soldaterne. Resten af holdet flyver til Kosovo, søndag den 21. marts.

20.03.2004 kl. 17.14: Afgang tidligt søndag morgen til Kosovo

De sidste 45 mand af forstærkningsstyrken til Kosovo letter fra Flyvestation Karup, søndag den 21. marts kl. ca. 0415 i et charteret fly.

Flyet flyver til Skopje, hvor de ankommer kl. 0700 og herfra transporteres soldaterne videre i et dansk Hercules fly til Pristina Lufthavn, hvor de forventer at lande kl. 0930.

20.03.2004 kl. 19.54: De danske forstærkninger ankommer til den danske lejr Camp Olaf Rye i Mitrovitca.

De første forstærkninger blev klokken 16:05 i dag fløjet ind til Camp Olaf Rye.

Det danske flyvevåben bragte soldaterne til Pristina lufthavn, ca. 30 km. syd for Mitrovitca, og det sidste stykke frem til den danske bataljon, som soldaterne nu er en del af, foregik med helikopter, stillet til rådighed af den franske brigade.

Indflyvningen af fandt sted under 24 timer efter endelig godkendelse i Danmark. En reaktionshastighed som den danske bataljon i Kosovo er meget tilfreds med.

21.03.2004 »Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten« skriver søndag om at Flyvevåbnet kun kunne stille et Hercules-fly til rådighed [jf. oplysningen ovenfor om at transporten søndag sker med chartret fly]. Forsvaret siger at det skyldes et sammenfald af uheldige omstændigheder. Man har 5 fly, 2 er helt nye fly der dog endnu ikke er operationsklare, 1 fly er splittet ad på Værløse, 1 er i USA for at deltage i en øvelse. Det fly der blev benyttet blev hentet hjem fra Grønland.

21.03.2004 kl. 11.14: Søndagens opgave for soldaterne i Kosovo De danske soldater i Mitrovica har det godt, og har haft en rolig nat. Her til morgen er de danske styrker i Mitrovica centrum blevet aflastet af et fransk faldskærmskompagni.

Danskernes nye opgave i dag, vil være at opretholde ro og orden i forbindelse med begravelsesceremonien af de to druknede børn. Begravelsen foregår i den lille Kosovo-albanske landsby Cabra otte kilometer vest for Mitrovica.

Den sidste del af det danske forstærkningsbidrag ankom planmæssigt med flyvevåbnets Hercules til Pristina klokken 0935. Soldaterne transporteres fra Pristina til Camp Olaf Rye ad landevejen og forventes at ankomme mellem 11 og 12 i dag.

Ud over det danske forstærkningsbidrag støttes de danske styrker i dag af polske og italienske specialenheder til indsættelse ved større uroligheder. Derudover støtter over 100 lokale politifolk danskerne.

Situationen i området er rolig, men spændt og man forventer at mange mennesker vil deltage i begravelsesceremonien.

21.03.2004 kl. 19.05: De danske soldaters opgave med at opretholde ro og orden i forbindelse med begravelsesceremonien i dag er overstået. Begravelsen, hvor mellem 6000 og 8000 deltog, forløb på en god og værdig måde.

Den danske styrke deltog i sikkerheden med ca. 225 soldater. Et meget stort internationalt pressekorps deltog, hvor også den danske presse var stærkt repræsenteret.

Der er stadig danske soldater i området omkring den Kosovo-albanske landsby Cabra, hvor begravelsen fandt sted.

Endvidere er der igen danske styrker i Mitrovica by, hvor situationen stadig er rolig.

Alle danske soldater har det godt og er ved godt mod, lyder meldingen fra Kosovo. Endvidere udtrykker de tilfredshed med den forstærkning styrken har modtaget.

23.03.2004 kl. 12.56: Bataljonene melder, at alle danske soldater har det godt og er ved godt mod.

Situationen i det danske område er rolig men spændt. Hvordan situationen vil udvikler sig fremover er svært at vurdere. Bataljonen er stadig indsat med hovedparten af styrken i Mitrovica og omegn.

Forstærkningen, der ankom lørdag og søndag, er indsat til at løse opgaver på lige fod med de øvrige soldater.

Orlov er stadig inddraget, indtil situationen i området er mere afklaret. Bataljonen kan ikke på nuværende tidspunkt oplyse, hvornår der foreligger et mere afklaret billede af situationen.


24.03.2004 kl. 13.15: Kosovo i flammer

Foråret er nu ved at være kommet til Kosovo, og temperaturen er stærkt stigende. Dette er jo normalt noget, som vi alle er glade for, men hernede gælder det jo, som vist alle er bekendt med, også i overført betydning.

Af: DANBN/KFOR

Det har været meget hedt siden onsdag. Her i skrivende stund er der heldigvis faldet ro på situationen, selvom vi alle selvfølgelig stadig er helt oppe på mærkerne.

Ugen startede roligt med, hvad der allerede efter 5-6 uger i missionsområdet er blevet til rutineopgaver. Tirsdag aften skete der imidlertid noget, som har været med til at forandre hele vores 6-måneders ophold hernede, og som de fleste af os formentlig vil huske resten af livet. Ved godt halv syv tiden fik vores operationscenter, i daglig tale ”TOC’en”, et opkald fra UNMIK Police, det vil sige FN’s internationale politi i Kosovo.

De anmodede om, at bataljonen stillede en deling til rådighed for eftersøgningen af nogle børn, der var faldet i floden Ibar, som løber forbi lige bag ved lejren. Fire børn var faldet i floden, og en af dem var reddet op. De tre sidste var stadigvæk savnede.

Vores beredskabsdeling blev straks afsendt til landsbyen Cabra, hvor ulykken var sket. Meget hurtigt herefter blev stort alt det personel, der var til rådighed i lejren, sendt ud for at deltage i eftersøgningen, så det meste af bataljonen var indsat. Der blev spændt tov ud flere steder på tværs for at opfange drengene, hvis de skulle flyde forbi, og der blev opstiller lys, ligesom adskillige køretøjer med tændte lygter blev placeret tæt på floden.

Desuden blev der indsat to amerikanske helikoptere. Alt sammen var desværre forgæves. Det lykkedes ikke at finde nogle af børnene i live, men kort før midnat, da det var lykkedes os at få sænket vandstanden i floden ved en dæmning længere oppe ad floden, fandt det lokal beredskabskorps en af drengene druknet tæt på bredden.

Kort efter midnat blev de indsatte dele af bataljonen trukket tilbage, idet den franske opklaringseskadron, der indgår i bataljonen, blev beordret til at genoptage eftersøgningen ved daggry.

Næste morgen blev eftersøgningen genoptaget, som nævnt med deltagelse af den franske opklaringseskadron. Yderligere en af drengene blev fundet druknet af beredskabskorpset. Lidt senere på formiddagen kom med der oplysninger om fredelige demonstrationer i Mitrovica Syd. Det var skolebørn, der deltog i disse. Pludselig skete der dog en ændring, og nu var det voksne, der var med i demonstrationerne.

Disse nærmede sig snart Austerlitzbroen, der forbinder de to dele af Mitrovica. Her blev der indsat urobetjente, der bl.a. brugte tåregas, med de var ikke i stand til at holde demonstranterne tilbage. Derfor blev vores franske nabobataljon, i hvis område broen ligger, indsat på broen.

Demonstrationerne bredte sig til den nordlige side af Ibar ved tre høje boligblokke kaldet ”Tre Tårne”, hvorfor bataljonen blev beordret til at indsætte enheder til støtte for franskmændene. Først kun en deling, men i løbet af forbløffende kort til var stort set hele bataljonen indsat i udstyr til bekæmpelse af uroligheder. Selv dele af stabskompagniet blev indsat. Det var i øvrigt ikke kun i vores del af Kosovo, der var ballade. Det var det samme i stort set hele provinsen.

I løbet af aftenen udviklede situationen sig dramatisk. Som man kunne læse på tekst TV, blev bl.a. bataljonens fremskudte kommandostation angrebet med håndgranater og håndvåbenild. I løbet af aftenen var de dele af bataljonen, der var indsat i Mitrovica, flere gange nødt til at besvare ilden, når de blev beskudt. Heldigvis kom ingen danskere alvorligt til skade, der var generelt kun tale om småskrammer.

Urolighederne fortsatte om torsdagen. Midt på formiddagen kom der meldinger om, at den ortodokse kirke i Mitrovica Syd, Sankt Sava, var blevet sat i brand. Hele bataljonen var fortsat indsat, og stabskompagniet havde fået yderligere en kampopgave, nemlig at beskytte Sokolista klosteret, der ligger lidt uden for Mitrovica. Bataljonen var ved at være presset til det yderste.

Også mange af vores civile ansatte, bl.a. flere af vores tolke var meget trykkede af begivenhederne. Nogle af den har familier der bor tæt på Aysterlitzbroen, og de var naturligvis meget bekymrede for, hvordan det gik med dem.

Fredag morgen blev bataljonen indsat til gennemsøge et af de såkaldte ”tre tårne”, tre mindre højhuse, tæt på Austerlitzbroen. Årsagen var, at flere snigskytter om natten havde skudt fra positioner i husene. I forbindelse med denne opgave udbrød der brand i et af husene, som det kunne ses på flere af de internationale TV-kanaler. Branden blev forholdsvis hurtigt slukket, og der var ingen, der kom alvorligt til skade. Operationen blev indstillet på ordre fra brigaden.

Denne havde fået melding om, at omkring 1000 bevæbnede mænd var under fremrykning mod Mitrovica for at erobre Austerlitzbroen. Alle brigadens enheder i Mitrovica, det vil sige også bataljonen, blev befalet til at besætte forsvarsstillinger med henblik på at afvise ethvert angreb. I lejren besatte alt tilbageværende mandskab nærforsvarsstillinger, medens alle civile i lejren blev beordret i beskyttelsesrum.

At bataljonen var spændt til det yderste fremgik bl.a. af, at medlemmer af bataljonen stab, både officerer og befalingsmænd, også hjalp til med at fylde sandsække og udbedre skyttehuller. Heldigvis kom der aldrig noget angreb, hverken inde i Mitrovica eller ved lejren. Generelt har situationen siden fredag eftermiddag været forholdsvis rolig, men fortsat meget spændt, hvorfor hele bataljonen fortsat var indsat.

Lørdag kom den første del af forstærkningen fra Danmark, og de var naturligvis meget velkomne. Situationen var fortsat generelt rolig, men meget spændt. Vi var alle bekymrede for, hvordan det ville gå med begravelsen af de to drenge, der skulle finde sted i Cabra om søndagen.

Søndag blev store dele af bataljonen så indsat til at sikre, at begravelsen foregik fredeligt. Sammen med bataljonen blev indsat adskillig hundrede urobetjente fra UNMIK Police sammen med godt hundrede betjente fra det lokale politi. Som de fleste vel har set på TV var der flere tusinde deltagere i begravelsen.

Det er svært helt at vurdere hvor mange, men det drejer sig formentlig om minimum 5000. Heldigvis forløb begravelsen uden uroligheder, selvom det selvfølgelig tager et par timer at få knap tusinde køretøjer til og fra en landsby.

Mens begravelsen foregik ankom den sidste del af forstærkningen. Straks efter, de var blevet indkvarteret og havde fået en kort briefing, blev de indsat. Nogle fik opgaver i forbindelse med begravelsen, andre afløste stabskompagniet i nogle af kompagniets kampopgaver.

Det betød, at stabskompagniet fik frigjort personel, hvilket gjorde det nemmere fortsat at løse kompagniets normale opgaver med at støtte resten af bataljonen med forsyninger af enhver art samt de administrative funktioner, der nu en gang er nødvendige for at bataljonen kan fungere optimalt.

Det skal dog understreges, at alle nødvendige støtteopgaver er blevet løst i hele perioden, selvom det har holdt hårdt. Forstærkningerne, og det forhold at situationen efter begravelsen forblev rolig, betød at store dele af bataljonen fik mulighed for at få en god nats søvn. For mange var det ikke i sengen hjemme i lejren, men ude i stillingerne, men det gjorde alligevel godt.

Søndag lykkedes det også at få transporten af mad fra Danmark, der var strandet i Pristina, bragt til lejren. Det var derfor en på alle måder vellykket dag.

I den skrivende stund mandag er situationen stort set uændret. Det meste af bataljonen er fortsat indsat uden for lejren, men vi har fået genopbygget vores kampkraft. Vi er ikke lullet i søvn af den tilsyneladende ro, der nu hersker, men forbliver fokuseret på løsningen af opgaven, at sikre et ” safe and secure environment” for civilbefolkningen.

Vi kan se tilbage på fem dage hvor bataljonen blev presset til det yderste, men vi kan også være stolte af, at vi løste vores opgave. Alle i bataljonen har ydet en stor, professionel indsats.


24.03.2004 kl. 13.40: Ugen startede ganske fredeligt, som det plejer, med daglige rutiner osv. Hvad ingen af os vidste, var at ugen ville blive mere heftig end som så.

Af: NSE/KFOR [Skopje]

I onsdags fik vi at vide, at der var udbrudt uroligheder i Kosovo mellem albanere og serbere. Så alle var parate til at yde deres og på en eller anden måde for at være med til at dæmpe gemytterne. I Danmark blev det bestemt, at der skulle sendes ca. 96 soldater ekstra til Kosovo, hvilket jo blev en opgave for os.

Der blev sendt et hold på 6 mand med fuld udrustning igennem Kosovo til Pristina lufthavn, for at tage imod det første 50 mand, som så skulle videre til Kosovo. Der blev sørget for dem, og at deres udrustning kom rigtigt af sted. Resten af NSE, som befandt sig i Petrovec i Makedonien skulle sørge for at tage imod de sidste 50 mand.

Det gjorde vi så i søndags, hvor det hele forløb som planlagt. Vi fik fat i to franske busser, som skulle køre dem fra den civile til den militær lufthavn. Vi fik læsset deres udrustning over i det ventende militære fly. Til sidst gik soldaterne ombord, hvorefter de fløj videre til Pristina lufthavn.

Her modtog 6-mandsholdet dem. Fra Pristina blev soldaterne fløjet til den danske lejr Camp Olaf Rye, fordi vejtransport ikke var mulig.

Alt i alt en heftig weekend, hvor vi har løst vores opgaver. De der var i Pristina har fået et nødvendigt pusterum. De havde ikke sovet meget natten mellem lørdag og søndag.


29.03.2004 Kontaktpsykologer

Kontaktpsykologerne har afsluttet deres arbejde i Kosovo

Der er til hver udsendelse knyttet en kontaktpsykolog. En af opgaverne er bl.a. at bistå hvis der er brug for psykologhjælp i missionsområdet.

Af: DANBN/KFOR

Ann Karen (kontaktpsykolog for IRAK 3) og Hans-Henrik (kontaktpsykolog for KFOR 10) fik fredag, den 19 MAR om formiddagen at vide, at vi skulle være klar til at tage af sted sammen med forstærkningerne til KFOR. De forklarer "Vi ankom til COR sent lørdag, hvor vi fik en orientering og var herefter klar fra søndag morgen.

I den forløbne periode har vi indtil nu gennemført 15 psykologiske debriefinger samt en del individuelle samtaler, primært med de soldater, der har deltaget i urolighederne ved "Tre Tårne".

Det er vores indtryk at det har været nogle kritiske dage for alle, med stort fysisk og psykisk pres uden mulighed for at restituere sig og uden vished om, hvornår det ville holde op. De reaktioner vi har set, har primært været kamptræthed, hvor soldaten har et generelt højt stressniveau, og er fysisk og psykisk udmattede. Ofte er oplevelserne fragmentariske og begivenhederne flyder sammen.

Gennem gruppesamtalen får personellet en fælles forståelse af begivenhederne og rækkefølgen af dem. De følelsesmæssige reaktioner har alle været normale reaktioner på en unormal situation.

Det er vores oplevelse at der har været et godt sammenhold og at alle har udført et godt arbejde. Situationen er nu ved at normalisere sig, men der er altid en restitutionsperiode efter sådanne oplevelser. Der kan være efterreaktioner – dette er normalt og vil klinge af efter en periode siger psykologerne Ann Karen Christensen og Hans-Henrik Olsen.


30.03.2004 kl. 10.24: Uge 13 ved NSE KFOR Sidste uge var jo ugen, hvor man pustede ud efter, vi havde fået forstærkningsstyrkerne ned til Kosovo. Alle var inddraget i den opgave.

Af: Kaptajn Morten Petersen

Ugen gik med rutineopgaver, med blandt andet en tur til Grækenland, hvor næstkommanderende og forsyningsbefalingsmanden fik deres sag for, da vi for første gang skulle ind til et leverandørkontor i hjertet af Thessaloniki. Men som et plaster på såret, foregik frokosten på et udmærket spisested på havica i Kosovo, der skulle hjælpe os med at adskille og flytte 6 containere fra en lejr i Skopje og ud til os i lufthavnen. Det gik let og smertefrit, selv om pladsen i lejren i Skopje ikke er overdrevet stor til 6 lastbiler og en stor kran. Ingeniørerne blev i lejren til om lørdagen, hvor de skulle hjælpe os med at sætte sider i containerne, så de kan tåle at stå ude i regnvejr.

I weekenden var det Nationale Støtteelement samlet her i lufthavnen, hvor vi fik sagt farvel til vores regnskabsfører, der skulle hjem til Bornholm efter 6 måneder hernede. Han fik et stykke granit med holder med som hilsen til klippeøen, og der var flere, der var rørt til tårer.

Slutteligt er vejret her i Makedonien blevet betydeligt bedre, solen skinner og det lufter en smule. Der er en behagelig temperatur på omkring 20 grader, så det er rigtigt godt.


30.03.2004 kl. 14.39: Forstærkningsbidrag til KFOR

Situationen i Kosovo blev pludselig og uventet dramatisk forværret fra den 16.-17. marts. En væsentlig årsag hertil var rygter om at Kosovo-serbere var den direkte årsag til at to drenge druknede i Ibar-floden (en dreng er fortsat ikke fundet).

Motivet til dette skulle angiveligt være hævn for at Kosovo-albanere tidligere på ugen havde beskudt Kosovo-serbere.

Hele den danske bataljon blev indsat den 17. marts i forbindelse med den opståede uro i området. Den stærkt forværrede situation fortsatte, og den 19. marts morgen anmodede chefen for den danske bataljon, oberst Klaus H. Lawes, HOK om at blive forstærket med henblik på at få afløsning og hjælp til at løse det stærkt øgede antal opgaver.

HOK overvejede situationen og lagde vægt på, at det fredag stod klart at urolighedernes omfang gjorde det særdeles vanskeligt at få forstærkning fra øvrige dele af KFOR-styrken, idet alle dele af Kosovo var omfattet af urolighederne.

HOK spurgte fredag den 19. marts en række regimenter om, hvor mange soldater de i givet fald kunne bidrage med og hvornår og indstillede fredag formiddag om udsendelse af en forstærkning på ca. 100 mand i indtil to uger.

FKO fremsendte anmodningen til Forsvarsministeriet, og regeringen støttede anmodningen og indkaldte til ekstraordinært møde i Udenrigspolitiske Nævn, der godkendte udsendelsen af forstærkningsbidraget sent fredag eftermiddag.

HOK traf beslutning om styrkens størrelse, sammensætning og hvilket regiment soldaterne skulle komme fra og udsendte en foreløbig befaling tidligt fredag eftermiddag.

Første halvdel af forstærkningsbidraget afgik fra Danmark lørdag den 20. marts klokken 10.15. Anden halvdel afgik fra Danmark søndag den 21. marts klokken 04.30.

Forstærkningsbidragene blev straks efter ankomsten til det danske område i Kosovo indsat til afløsning af de danske enheder og til bevogtning af den danske lejr, og styrken har siden været indsat og afløst den faste danske styrke, der således har fået mulighed for hvile og genordning.

Ved udsendelsen af forstærkningsbidraget blev det understreget, at udsendelsen var for en begrænset periode, og at længden ville blive taget op efter en uge.

Situationen i Kosovo har nu stabiliseret sig, selv om der fortsat er betragtelige spændinger mellem kosovo-albanerne og kosovo-serberne i området.


30.03.2004 kl. 14.40: Forstærkning hjem fra Kosovo

Soldaterne fra Jydske Dragonregiment og soldater fra Jægerkorpset, der blev udsendt til forstærkning af den danske bataljon i Kosovo, kommer hjem den 1. april.

Situationen i Kosovo blev pludselig og uventet dramatisk forværret den 16. marts, og den 21. og 22. marts modtog den danske bataljon forstærkningen fra Danmark, der blev indsat til løsning af opgaver og som afløsning for de indsatte styrker.

Der er nu sket en stabilisering af situationen i Kosovo, selv om der fortsat er spændinger mellem Kosovo-albanerne og Kosovo-serberne i området. Situationen har dog udviklet sig i en sådan retning, at forstærkningen hjemtages med civilt fly den 1. april 2004 med ankomst til Flyvestation Karup klokken 12.15.

Den sidste del af den udsendte forstærkning – seks jægersoldater og fire fra Telegrafregimentet – vender først hjem, når de har fuldført de opgaver, de løser for øjeblikket. Det er planlagt, at de vender hjem om to til tre uger.

- Det var en rigtig beslutning at sende et forstærkningsbidrag til den danske bataljon i Kosovo, siger oberst Kristian Sørensen, Chef for Operationsafdelingen i Hærens Operative Kommando.

- Situationen i Kosovo var meget dramatisk, og der er ingen tvivl om, at forstærkningerne fra en række lande har været med til at lægge en dæmper på urolighederne. Forstærkningerne til den danske bataljon har også haft stor betydning for den danske styrkes muligheder for at løse deres opgaver og ikke mindst for deres sikkerhed.

Det har således været en vellykket operation, som også har vist, at vi i dansk forsvar er i stand til med endog meget kort varsel at samle den nødvendige styrke og få den sendt hurtigt ud til missionsområdet.


UNMIK-Politets døgnrapport for 17.03.2004

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

Pristina Region : Officer shot during a protest.

Gnjilane Region : Violent demonstration.

Prizren Region : A dead male was found with injuries to his face.

Pec Region : Two males died of injuries during a demonstration.

Mitrovica Region : Violent demonstration.

Note: The information contained in this report is believed to be accurate. However, further investigations may result in changes to what previously have been reported.


REGION PRISTINA

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

SHOOTING/RIOT

Lipljan 17/03 - 1630 hrs. A local Police officer is in serious condition after being shot by a protester. Between three hundred and four hundred people threw rocks at Police and KFOR personnel. A house was reported set on fire.

DEATH/PROTEST

Fushe Kosove 17/03 - 1300 to 2000 hrs. During the protest a male was beaten to death. Several houses were set on fire and several citizens injured. . No arrest reported.

SHOOTING

Lipljan 17/03 - 1730 hrs. A local Police officer that was surrounded by a large crowd shot several times at a male suspect after hearing the suspect threatening to shot him. The suspect received unspecified injury and was taken to the hospital. The suspect was arrested.

ASSAULT

Pristina South 16/03 - 2355 hrs. Police were informed that two unknown suspects hit a male victim with aported.

PROTEST

Podujevo 17/03 - 1830 hrs. Approximately two thousand (2,000) protesters gathered. Rocks were thrown toward the Police station. One Police vehicle sustained damage. No injuries reported.

INJURY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Bradash Village, Podujevo 17/03 - 0650 hrs. A male driver sustained unspecified injuries when his civilian vehicle was involved in one-vehicle traffic accident.


REGION GNJILANE

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

DEATH/PROTEST

Gnjilane 17/03 - 1615 hrs. Police report that one male was found dead. Thirty civilians sustained minor injuries, three vehicles were totally damaged and eight houses were set on fire. Eight persons were arrested.

MURDER

Drajkovce Village, Strpce 17/03 - 2220 hrs. A shooting incident happened that resulted in the death of one male victim. Police are on the scene. The identity of the victim has not been established. No arrest reported.

GRIEVOUS ASSAULT

Ferizaj 17/03 - 1245 hrs. A fight took place between two groups of local students. Three males sustained serious injuries. No arrests were reported.

ASSAULT

Munovic Village, Ferizaj 16/03 - 1700 hrs. Police arrested two males after they attempted to assault a male victim who was planting in the field. No injuries were reported. Two double barrel-hunting rifles were seized from the suspects.

ARSON/BURGLARY

Ferizaj 17/03 - 0220 hrs. A male reported to the Police that unknown suspect(s) entered his residence, stole several items valued at two hundred twenty euros. The suspect then set fire to his furniture and escaped from the scene. The victim managed to put out the fire. No injuries reported. Minor damage reported.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

DEMONSTRATIONS

Kamenica 17/03 - 1730 hrs. Approximately fifteen hundred people participated in the demonstration. Four Police officers and one male civilian sustained unspecified injuries. Six vehicles reported damaged by demonstrators. KFOR assisted Police. Vitina 17/03 - 1630 hrs. A crowd went on a rampage that resulted in the damage of five vehicles and four houses that were set on fire. A church was also badly damaged. One person was injured during the riot. Police evacuated several families.

FERIZAJ 17/03 - 1300 to 2300 hrs. Several local officers received unspecified injuries during the demonstration. . KFOR assisted Police. No arrest reported. Investigation continuing.

NON-INJURY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Gnjilane 17/03 - 0920 hrs. A traffic accident occurred between two UN Vehicles . Minor damages were reported.

FOUND WEAPON

Strezovc Village, Kamenica 17/03 - 1255 hrs. A male reported to the Police that he found a rifle. CB-85 went to the scene and recovered a Papovka Gun (Yugoslavian made). Case closed.


REGION PRIZREN

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

MURDER

Krusha E Madhe Village, Orahovac (GR: DM 700 870) - 16/03 - 2310 hrs. Upon receiving information about a dead body, Police responded to the scene with a forensic unit. . The victim was sent to the mortuary for further investigation.

VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION

Orahovac Town 17/02 - 1800 hrs. A UN vehicle was turned over by protesters. A house was ransacked then set on fire. Other houses were damaged by thrown rocks. One person was reported injured.

Suhareka 17/03 - 1700 hrs. A group of people of about 500 chanting "UNMIK out". A group removed the UNMIK flag. Police intercepted them and the flag was retrieved. Later the Police dispersed them.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

FOUND UXO

Zgatar Village, Prizren 17/03 - 1145 hrs. Police were informed that two hand grenades were found in the centre of above-mentioned village. Police secured the scene, KFOR EOD were informed.

Malishevo 17/03 - 1015 hrs. A male brought to the Police Station a UXO, which he had located. KFOR EOD responded and safely exploded one rifle grenade (M 60 type). No injuries were reported.

Malishevo 17/03 - 1000 hrs. A male reported to the Police that he found a UXO in his garden. Police and KFOR EOD responded to the scene and one hand grenade was safely exploded. No injuries were reported.

Suhareka 17/03 - unknown hrs. By virtue of court order, Police arrested one male suspect. No information about the identity and offence of the suspect.


REGION PEC

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

MURDER

Pec 17/03 - 0745 hrs. Police were informed that an unknown male suspect fired one shot at a male victim with an unknown type of pistol, then escaped from the scene. The victim died at the scene due to a head wound. No further information was reported.

Belo Pole Village, Pec/Peje 17/03 - 1500 to 1700 hrs. During a demonstration one person sustained a fatal injury. Eight others received unspecified injuries and were taken to the hospital. One UNMIK vehicle was reported damaged.

Gjilan 17/03 - 1500 hrs. One male was killed and thirty citizens were injured during the protest. Three UN vehicles were destroyed by fire and four others damaged. Police also report that eight houses were set on fire. No arrest reported.

RAPE

Gjakova 15/03 - 1830. A female victim reported to the Police that two known male suspects raped her. No injuries or arrests reported. The victim received medical attention.

KIDNAPPING

Pec/Peje 17/03 - 1115 hrs. The father of a twelve-year-old reported that unknown suspects kidnapped his daughter. The victim was on her way home from school when a suspect pulled her into his vehicle. The victim was taken to an abandoned house and threatened with a weapon. The victim reports she was not injured. No arrest reported.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY

Gjakova 17/03 - 0155 hrs. A male reported to the Police that two unknown masked suspects entered his residence, assaulted him with a wooden stick and escaped from the scene. Nothing was stolen. No injuries or arrests reported.

ILLEGAL WEAPON POSSESSIONS

Gjakova/Djakovica 17/03 - 0700 hrs. Police searched the home of a male suspect and recovered one AK-47, one Vzor Pistol, three hundred seventy eight (378) rounds of ammunition, one hand grenade and three magazines. Police are awaiting KFOR to remove the hand grenade. No arrest reported.

Bac Village 17/03 - 0800 hrs. Police searched the home of a male suspect and recovered one pistol and one empty magazine.

Bac Village 17/03 - 1200 hrs. Police searched the house of a male suspect and recovered one AK-47, one magazine and one live round of ammunition. No arrest reported.

Zylfaj Village, Gjakova 17/03 - 1050 hrs. Police and KFOR conducted a house search operation and seized one hundred and ninety-eight rounds of ammunition. No arrests were reported.

Bec Village, Gjakova 17/03 - 1200 hrs. Police conducted a house search operation and seized one pistol. No arrests were reported.

VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS

Gjakova, Pec/Peje 17/03 - 1600 hrs. During a violent demonstration some of the five thousand demonstrators damaged two UN vehicles. An IPO received unspecified injury.

Decani 17/03 - 2145 hrs. About 100 people pushed an UNMIK vehicle from a private residence towards the park. The vehicle was damaged and was set on fire. Two additional vehicles were also damaged when rioters threw stones. Gunshot fires were also heard in the surrounding areas.

Gjakova 17/03 - 2215 hrs. Police and KFOR evacuated a group of people who gathered inside an Orthodox Church. Rioters burned down the church.

Istok 17/03 - 1400 hrs. A crowd of people blocked four roads inside the town with garbage bins, large vehicles and wooden electric poles. One UN vehicle was burned and another UN vehicle was damaged.

Gnjilane 17/03 - 1615 hrs. Protesters destroyed a UN vehicle and a civilian vehicle. No arrest reported.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

FOUND UXO

Trubuhovci, Istog - 16/03 - 1930 hrs. Upon receiving information about a UXO, Police responded to the scene and with the help of the EOD team, one rifle grenade was taken away to be destroyed.

Klina 17/03 - 0950 hrs. A male reported to the Police that he had located a hand grenade. Police secured the scene and KFOR EOD safely removed the device. No injuries, no damages were reported.


REGION MITROVICA

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

ARSON

Slatina Village, Banjska Village, Vushtri - 17/03 - 1645 hrs. Police were informed that six houses were on fire. Two persons sustained unspecified injuries. The Fire brigade were informed.

ASSAULT

Mitrovica South 17/03 - 2000 hrs. Protesters assaulted a Police officer. . The officer sustained an unspecified injury.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

SUICIDE

Vushtri 17/03 - 0805 hrs. A male reported to the Police that his brother committed suicide by hanging.

DEMONSTRATION

Mitrovica South 17/03 - 0820 hrs. A demonstration was held with approximately five thousand (5,000) protestors, including four hundred (400) pupils. No incidents or any violence reported.

Mitrovica South 17/03 - 0955 hrs. The local main bridge was closed due to the demonstration. No incidents were reported.

Mitrovica South 17/03 - 1110 hrs. Approximately 800 people crossed the main bridge by force throwing missiles. SPU responded to the scene and used tear gas. Several KPS Officers received unspecified injuries. One male spectator died and around sixty people were injured.

Mitrovica North 17/03 - 1145 hrs. Approximately one hundred fifty people gathered near the main bridge. Hand grenades were thrown and soldiers were injured. One UN vehicle was damaged by fire.

Vushtrri 17/03 - 1130 -1500 hrs. Between five hundred and six hundred people gathered near the culture center. Two UNMIK vehicles and one KFOR vehicle were damaged.

South Mitrovica 17/03 - 1430 hrs. Protesters set an UNMIK vehicle on fire. No further details provided. No injuries reported

Mitrovica South 17/03 - 1830 hrs. Rocks that were thrown by demonstrators damaged a UN vehicle. No injuries reported.


BORDER POLICE

VRBNICA

Border Checkpoint

17/03 - 0430 hrs. A bar waiter running a premises near the border reported that she observed three people crossing illegally. A patrol was sent immediately and all three suspects were arrested.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

KULLINA

Boundary Checkpoint

The crossing point was closed to traffic at 1600 hrs. due to the disturbances within Pristina region, but reopened at 1900 hrs when the situation improved.

GENERAL JANKOVIC

Border Checkpoint

The crossing point was closed at 1620 hrs. for all incoming human and vehicular traffic due to on going disturbances in Kosovo.


UNMIK-Politets døgnrapport for 21.03.2004

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

Pristina Region : Five males were arrested for assault and shooting.

Gnjilane Region : Three males were arrested for theft..

Prizren Region : Two males were arrested for assaulting police officers on duty.

Pec Region : A male was arrested for fatal traffic accident.

Mitrovica Region : A male was arrested for assault.

Statistics for the recent Civil unrest will be released seperately.


REGION PRISTINA

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

ASSAULT/SHOOTING

Pristina South 21/03 - 2225 hrs. Four male suspects assaulted a male victim that made several shots in the ground in self-defense. The police arrived at the scene and arrested all of them. The pistol was seized.

THREAT

Pristina North 20/03 - 1500 to 2000 hrs. A male victim reported that a male suspect threatened him. No arrest reported.

ARSON

Obilic - 20/03 - 2345 hrs. The Police were informed about an arson incident and responded the scene. They found two houses got burned whilst the third one was still on fire. No arrest reported.

THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE

Pristina Central 21/03 - 1330 hrs. Police arrested a male suspect after he had stolen two cell phones from a victim's vehicle by breaking its window.

ILLEGAL WEAPON POSSESSION

Gadime Village, Lipljan - 20/03 - 1800 hrs. While conducting a house search KFOR recovered one hand grenade, five detonators for grenades, fifty-six rounds of ammunition and one rifle. No arrest reported.

ILLEGAL ABORTION

Pristina North - 21/03 -0600 hrs. Upon receiving information Police responded to the scene of a criminal abortion committed by a suspected mentally sick female. The suspect was sent to the hospital.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

UXO FOUND

Lipljan 21/03 - 1150 hrs. A male reported that he found a hand grenade in the yard of his house. Police and KFOR arrived at the scene and defused the grenade safely. Case closed.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE

Pristina South 21/03 - 0858 hrs. Police were informed about a suspicious vehicle that was parked near KFOR compound. Police and EOD team responded the scene. They searched the vehicle with negative result. The vehicle was impounded.


REGION GNJILANE

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

CURFEW VIOLATIONS

Gnjilane - 21/03 - 2130 hrs. KFOR arrested a male for curfew violation and after identification he was found to have participated in the riot.

Gnjilane 21/03 - 2130 hrs. KFOR arrested a male for curfew violation and after identification he was found to have participated in the riot.

Ferizaj 21/03 - 1900 hrs. KFOR arrested a male for curfew violation and after identification it was determined that he was reported in Lipjan as a missing person.

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

Vitina 21/-3 - 1400 hrs. KFOR arrested a male for obstruction of justice. No injuries were reported.

BURGLARY

Gnjilane 20/03 - 0830 hrs. An International Police Officer reported to the Police that his flat was burgled. Stolen items were : one VCR worth 100 €, one receiver worth 50 € and one CD player worth 110 €. No arrests were reported.

THEFTS

Gnjilane 21/03 - 1000 hrs. Police arrested a male for theft during the riot.

Vitina 21/03 - 1250 hrs. Police arrested a male for theft.

Vitina - 21/03 - 1445 hrs. Police arrested a male for theft.


OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

INJURY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Gnjilane 17/03 - 1830 hrs. Four males sustained unspecified injuries when an unknown vehicle struck them. No arrests were reported.

FIRE

Kacanik 21/03 - 1400 hrs. Two fire incidents took place in the forest. The fire was extinguished.

UXO FOUND

Rakaj Village, Kacanik 21/03 - 1740 hrs. It was reported to the Police that two hand grenades were found. Police responded to the scene and secured the spot. EOD team took the grenades to their base for disposal. Case closed.


REGION PRIZREN

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

ASSAULT

Zrze Village, Orahovac 21/03 - 0220 hrs. Two on duty KPS officers were assaulted by two male suspects. The two suspects were arrested. No injuries reported.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

FOUND UXO'S

Celina Village, Orahovac 21/03 - 1500 hrs. A male reported to Police that he found UXO. EOD team arrived at the spot and took a grenade safely for disposal. Case closed. Prizren 21/03 - 1200 hrs. The Police were informed that a UXO was found in the field. EOD team responded and detonated the mine on the spot. No injuries reported. Case closed.

INJURY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Prizren RTU 21/03 - 1700 hrs. A male driver whilst intoxicated struck a male pedestrian. The victim sustained major injuries and was transported to the hospital. The suspect was arrested.


REGION PEC

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Zahaq Village, Pec RTU 21/03 - 1510 hrs. A male driver did not adjust the speed to road conditions and hit two juvenile female victims. One victim died and the second one was taken to Pristina Hospital in life-threatening condition. The suspect escaped from the scene but was eventually stopped later and arrested.

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

Pec 20/03 - 1700 hrs. A male driver did not stop at a vehicle check point. The Police chased and stopped him. The suspect insulted Police officers. He was arrested and the vehicle was impounded.

BURGLARY

Binqa Village, Klina 20/03 - 1400 hrs. The Police responded to the scene of two burgled houses. No arrest reported.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

FOUND UXO'S

Zatra Village, Pec 21/03 - 1532 hrs. An off-duty Police officer reported that he found a hand grenade while he was cleaning his garden. Police and KFOR were notified.

Zhub Village, Gjakova 21/03 - 1420 hrs. A male reported that he found an UXO. Police responded to the scene and secured it. The EOD team took the device for disposal. Case closed.


REGION MITROVICA

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

GRIEVOUS ASSAULT/EXPLOSION

Mitrovica North 20/03 - 2210 hrs. A male reported to the Police that unknown suspect/s threw a hand grenade at his house. Unspecified damages to the roof, no injuries, and no arrests were reported.

ASSAULTS

Mitrovica South 20/03 - 1900 hrs. Two persons were assaulted and expelled from their flat. 4-5 people assaulted the victims who sustained minor injuries (male victim); respectively major injuries (female victim). No arrests were reported. Investigation continuing.

Srbica - 20/03 - 1750 hrs. A male reported to the Police that a known male assaulted him. The suspect was arrested.

INTIMIDATION

Mitrovica North - 21/03 - 1130 hrs. A male reported to the Police that two unknown suspects armed with a pistol entered his residence and threatened to kill him. No injuries, no arrests were reported.

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

Vucitrn 20/03 - 2130 hrs. Police arrested a male for obstruction of justice during a traffic check. No injuries were reported.

Vucitrn 21/03 - 1145 hrs. Police arrested a male for obstruction of justice during a traffic check. No injuries were reported.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

FUNERAL

Qabra Village, Zubin Potok - 21/03 - 1615 hrs. The funeral ceremony of the two drowned children ended without any incident. Around 10.000 people were present on the spot. KFOR and Police monitored the situation.

FIRE INCIDENT

Vucitrn 21/03 - 1615 hrs. A fire incident was reported in an abandoned house. Police responded to the scene and extinguished the fire.


BORDER POLICE

PRISTINA AIRPORT

FORGED DOCUMENT

21/03 - 1100 hrs. A male was denied to exit to Zurich for presenting a stolen German travel document and a faked German permit of stay and a faked border stamp. Documents were seized. Initial report and statement were taken. He was released into Kosovo.

DJENERAL JANKOVIC

FORGED DOCUMENT

21/03 - 1625 HRS. A male driver was found to be in possession of UNMIK Travel Document with suspicious chassis Number. After taking data, statement, fingerprints and photo the suspect was released into Kosovo.

VRBNICA

FORGED DOCUMENT

21/03 - 1815 hrs. A male on the way from Albania to Kosovo presented a faked Yugoslavian passport and faked Italian residence permission. Documents were seized. Fingerprints, photos and statement were taken. He was released into Kosovo.


CAFA PRUSHIT

BORDER CLOSED

Gjakova 21/03 - 1410 hrs. Due to the finding of anti-tank mine the border was closed and after mine clearing reopened. Case closed.


UNMIK-Politets døgnrapport for 23.03.2004

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

Pristina Region : Two police officers were killed

Gnjilane Region : One male was arrested for riot/murder.

Prizren Region : One male was arrested for riot.

Pec Region : One hand grenade was placed near IPO's accommodation.

Mitrovica Region : Three males were arrested for murder.


REGION PRISTINA

CRIMINAL INCIDENT

MURDER

Podujevo 23/03 - 2145 hrs. Four unknown armed suspects shot at a Police Patrol Vehicle, then escaped from the scene. One IPO male died at the scene, one KPS Officer died at the hospital and the LA was wounded.

ASSAULT

Podujevo 23/03 -1055 hrs. Police arrested a male after he assaulted another male causing unspecified injuries. The search of suspect's residence was conducted and one shotgun and 16 rounds of ammunition were seized.

ARSON

Lipjan 23/03 - 0140 hrs. A male reported to the Police that his brother's house was burnt. No injuries, no arrests were reported.

BURGLARY Pristina South 22/03 - 1900 hrs. A male reported to the police that unknown suspect(s) broke into his residence and stole several items estimated at 9.000 Euros. No arrests were reported.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

FOUND UXO

Lipjan -23/03 -1530 hrs. A male reported to the Police that he has seen one hand grenade in a burnt house. Police responded and secured the scene. EOD team defused the grenade safely.

FIRE

Podujevo 23/03 -1420 hrs. Fire took place in a forest area. The Fire brigade responded to the scene and extinguished the fire. No injuries reported. The cause of fire is unknown. .


REGION GNJILANE

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

RIOT/MURDER (FOLLUW UP)

Gnjilane 17/03 - 1700 hrs. Police arrested a 22-year-old male for above-mentioned murder of two victims during the riot.

GRIEVOUS ASSAULT (Follow up)

RIU Homicide 17/03 - 1700 hrs. A male suspect was arrested for grievous assault to two male victims. The victims sustained injuries.

RIOT ARRESTS

Gnjilane - 17/03 - 1500 hrs. A male suspect was arrested for taking part in a riot. Investigation continuing. Gnjilane 18/03 - 1800 hrs. A male suspect was arrested for taking part in a riot. Investigation continuing.

Gnjilane 17/03 - 1800 hrs. A male suspect was arrested for taking part in a riot. Investigation continuing.

Kamenica 17/03 - 1630 hrs. A male suspect was arrested for taking part in a riot. Investigation continuing.

RIOT/THEFT

Kamenica 17/03 - 1800 hrs. Police arrested a male after he committed a theft of Police equipment during a riot. Investigation continuing.

ARSON

Novo Brdo, Gnjilane 23/03 - 2110 hrs. Police was informed that unknown suspects burned down an abandoned house. No injuries, no arrests were reported. Investigation continuing.

ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF WEAPON

Bresalc Village, Gnjilane 23/03 - 0400 hrs. KFOR conducted a search of a house and seized one pistol, one hunting rifle and 30 rounds of ammunition. The male owner of the house was arrested.

Ferizaj - 22/03 - 0400 hrs. KFOR conducted a search of a civilian vehicle and seized one shotgun and four rounds of ammunition. The male owner of the vehicle was arrested.

BURGLARY (FOLLOW UP)

Gnjilane 21/03 - 0830 hrs. A male reported to the Police that unknown suspect(s) broke into his residence and stole several items estimated at 300 Euros. No arrests were reported.

CURFEW VIOLATION

Vitina - 22/03 - 1540 hrs. KFOR arrested two males for curfew violation.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

FUNERAL GATHERING

Ferizaj 23/03 -1530 hrs. A crowd of about 1000 people gathered of the funeral of a male victim who died on 17/03 during the demonstrations. The ceremony ended peacefully.

MANIFESTATION (Information)

Kacanik 23/03 -1500 hrs. About 70 people attended a peaceful manifestation.No incidents were reported.

FOUND WEAPON

Sllubica Village, Gnjilane 23/03 - 1820 hrs. A male informed KFOR that he found one AK-47 and 47 rounds of ammunitions on the top of the hill. The weapon and ammunition was seized.

ABANDONED CHILD

Gnjilane 23/03 - 1736 hrs. An abandoned child was found in a sports bag. He was sent to the hospital.


REGION PRIZREN

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

RIOT

Prizren 18/03 - unknown time. A male was arrested for participating in the riot and shooting.

ASSAULT

Dragash 22/03 - 2335 hrs. Police arrested a male driver after he assaulted a Police Officer during a traffic check. No injuries were reported.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Carvela Village, Prizren 22/03 - 1900 hrs. Police arrested a male after he assaulted his mother and sister with a knife. No injuries were reported.

Prizren 21/03 - 1900 hrs. Police arrested a male after he assaulted his mother. No injuries were reported.

DISTURBING PUBLIC ORDER

Suva Reka 23/03 - 0950 hrs. Two males were arrested for disturbing public order.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

INJURY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Suva Reka 23/03 - 1830 hrs. Five persons were injured when two civilian vehicles were involved in a traffic accident. No arrests were reported.

FOUND UXO

Malishevo -23/03 -1330 hrs. A male informed Police that he found one UXO while he was working in his field. The EOD team responded to the scene and safely exploded a tank shell. Prizren -23/03 -1130 hrs. Upon receiving information Police responded to the scene of UXO found and secured the area. The EOD team arrived at the scene and safely removed a hand grenade. Malishevo 23/03 - 0800 hrs. A male reported to the Police that an UXO was found in the mosque yard. KFOR EOD responded to the scene and rocket launcher was safely removed.

FOUND AMMUNITION

Brezna Village, Dragash 23/03 -1822 hrs. A Police officer reported that he found a large amount of ammunition whilst patrolling. KFOR attended the scene and removed the ammunition.


REGION PEC

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

INTIMIDATION/FOUND UXO

Gjakova 23/03 - 0750 hrs. A hand grenade with removed safety pin was found lying near the accommodation of an international Police Officer. KFOR EOD arrived at the scene and safely removed the device. No injuries, no arrests were reported reported.

EXPLOSION

Pec - 22/03 - 2335 hrs. An unknown suspect threw a hand grenade towards the residence of male victim. No injuries, unspecified damages, no arrests were reported.

RAPE

Gjakova -20/03 -1830 hrs. A female reported to the Police that one known and two unknown suspects had raped her. The victim was sent to Pristina hospital for medical examination. No arrests were reported.

ASSAULTS

Istok - 22/03 - 0820 hrs. Police arrested three males after they assaulted a male victim causing unspecified injuries.

Dobrusha Village, Istok 22/03 - 1930 hrs. Police arrested two males after they assaulted a male owner of a fuel station. No injuries were reported.

ARMED ROBBERY

Radavac Village, Pec -23/03 -1700 hrs. Three unknown suspects stopped a male victim while he was driving his truck, struck the victim on his forehead using the butt end of the pistol and robbed him of approximately 280 Euros. No arrest reported.

BURGLARY

Gjakova 22/03 - 1845 hrs. A female reported to the Police that unknown suspect(s) broke into her residence and stole one digital camera estimated at 1000 Euros. No arrests were reported.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Pec - 20/03 - 1900 hrs. A male reported to the Police that his wife assaulted him. No injuries, no arrests were reported.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

INJURY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Pec -23/03 -1430 hrs. An injury traffic accident occurred when the driver of a civilian vehicle lost control and struck a tree. Four males sustained serious injuries and were transported to the hospital.

FIRES

Gjakova -23/03 -1235 hrs. A fire took place in an abandoned building. The fire brigade extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported. The cause of fire is unknown. Vitomirica 23/03 -1615 hrs. A fire took place in the forest area. Fire brigade responded to the scene and extinguished the fire. No injuries reported. The cause of fire is unknown.

DEMONSTRATION (Information)

Pec 22/03 - 2015 hrs. Approximately 80 people attended a peaceful demonstration regarding three drowned children. No incidents were reported.


REGION MITROVICA

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

MURDER

Murga Village, Mitrovica-22/03 -1055 hrs. Police arrested three male suspects for the involvement in a murder case.

EXPLOSION

Mitrovica North - 23/03 - 0110 hrs. Unknown suspect(s) threw a hand grenade towards residence of female victim. No injuries, unspecified damages, no arrests were reported.

ARMED ROBBERY

Mitrovica South 23/03 - 2230 hrs. Two unknown suspect armed with a pistol robbed a fuel station of 262 Euros and fled from the scene. No injuries, no arrests were reported.

ARSON

Maxhuini Village, Vucitrn 19/03 - 2120 hrs. One house was burnt. No arrests were reported.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

UXO FOUND

Vucitrn 22/03 - 1930 hrs. The Police found a land mine that was placed in a street. KFOR/ EOD will visit the scene at the morning to clear mine.

Vojnik village, Srbica 23/03 - 1025 hrs. A male reported the Police that he found one anti tank projectile on the mountain and he took it to his house. The Police responded to the scene and informed the KFOR EOD team.

North Mitrovica 23/03 - 0830 hrs. A male reported the Police that he found a hand grenade without the clip on the balcony of house. KFOR EOD team was informed. No injuries reported. North Mitrovica 23/03 - 1059 hrs. Police found a UXO and informed KFOR. The UXO was detonated by KFOR. No injuries reported.

NON - INJURY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Mitrovica -23/03 -1520 hrs. A non-injury traffic accident occurred between a KFOR vehicle and a civilian vehicle. Minor damages were reported.

DEMONSTRATION (Information)

Mitrovica South 23/03 - time unknown. Approximately 3500 people attended a peaceful demonstration regarding three drowned children. No incidents were reported.


BORDER POLICE

PRISTINA AIRPORT

FORGED DOCUMENT

23/03 - 1200hrs. A male was refused entry to Switzerland from Swiss Authorities in Zurich. After charging for falsification of a Croatian passport he was sent back to Pristine Airport. No arrests were reported.


UNMIK-Politets døgnrapport for 25.03.2004

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

Pristina Region : Two male suspects were arrested for Human Trafficking.

Gnjilane Region : Nothing significant

Prizren Region : .Peaceful memorial gatherings took place.

Pec Region : Seven male suspects were arrested for Assault.

Mitrovica Region : Two male suspects were arrested for Illegal possession of weapon.


REGION PRISTINA

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

BURGLARIES

Pristina Central 24/03 - 0830-1830 hrs. A male IPO reported that unknown suspect(s) had broken his apartment door and stolen some personal items valued 610 Euros.

Central 25/03 - 2030 hrs. An International male reported that his vehicle was broken into and a handbag with some valuable goods was stolen. No arrest reported.

LOSS OF WALLET

Central 25/03 - 1145 hrs. An International staff member reported that his wallet was missing, which contained bank cards and 100E.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING/PIMPING

Pristina - 24/03 - 2215 hrs. Police arrested two males after they forced into prostitution a foreign female, who illegally crossed the Kosovo border.

SEXUAL ASSAULT

Pristina Central 24/03 - 1603 hrs. A local female UNMIK employee reported to the Police that an unknown 14-year-old male grabbed her from behind and escaped from the scene. No injuries, no arrests were reported.

ILLEGAL WEAPON POSSESSION

Hade Village, Obiliq 25/03 - 1425 hrs. Police conducted a house search and recovered one AK-47 rifle and one TT pistol. The weapons were seized and a male suspect was arrested.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

INJURY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

Pristina North 25/03 - 1600 hrs. As a result of a single traffic accident a male driver and his female passenger sustained unspecified injuries. The victims were transported to the hospital.

Lipljan 25/03 - 1640 hrs. As a result of a collision of two civilian vehicles six persons sustained major injuries and were transported to the hospital.


REGION GNJILANE

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

THEFT

Kamnik. Gnjilane 17/03 - 1930 hrs. Unknown suspect forcibly snatched a handbag from the victim's shoulder and ran away while she was in front of her residence. The victim stated that her handbag contains her passport, UNMIK ID, health card, 1800E and 65000 Serbian dinnar. No arrest reported.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

FOUND UXO

Muhovc Village, Bujanovc 25/03 - 0830 hrs. A male found a hand grenade in the yard of his house and brought it to the Police station. UXO was taken safely for disposal. Case closed.


REGION PRIZREN

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

Nothing significant reported

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

MEMORIAL GATHERINGS

Orahovac 25/03 - 1030 hrs. Memorial gatherings were organized in the villages Bellacrka, Brestovac and Celina. Around 2800 people participated. The events passed without incident..

MISSING PERSON

Prizren 17/03 - 1000 hrs. The parents of a juvenile female reported to Police that their daughter left home and they did not know her location.

ACCIDENTAL FIRE

Bella Cerka, Orahovac 25/03 - 1435 hrs. A male informed Police that there was a fire in an agricultural equipment, vulcanizer shop and cow hay. The Police responded to the scene and it was known that the fire was accidentally caused by his brother's daughter age 5. The total damage of the property is 1000E. No arrest reported.


REGION PEC

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

ASSAULTS

Pec 24/03 - 1730 hrs. A male reported to the Police that two known males assaulted him during an argument regarding a parked vehicle. No arrests, no injuries were reported.

Klina 24/03 - 1600 hrs. Police responded to the scene and noticed that an assault case occurred between five male suspects. Three of them received medical treatment. Three suspects were arrested.

Decani 24/03 - 1800 hrs. A male victim reported to the Police that a male suspect beat him. Medical treatment was given to the victim. The suspect was arrested.

THREAT/INTIMIDATION

Pec - 24/03 - 1000 hrs. A male victim reported that he was harassed and threatened by a male suspect with knife. The disagreement was regarding a taxi fare . The suspect was arrested.

DOMESTIC DISPUTE

Gjakova 24/03 - 0800 hrs. A female victim reported that her husband under influence of alcohol assaulted her by grabbing her neck. No injuries reported. The suspect was arrested.

ILLEGAL WEAPON POSSESSION

Istok 25/03 - 1500 hrs. The Police conducted a search of a male suspect's house and recovered one shotgun. The suspect was arrested.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

Rogova Village, Gjakova 25/03 - 1400 hrs. Three suspects were arrested for aggravated assault.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

MEETING

Dakovica 24/03 - 1700 hrs. Approximately 700 people attended a peaceful manifestation in commemoration of NATO air strikes. No incidents were reported.

FOUND UXO'S

Klina 25/03 - 1650 hrs. A UXO was found by two children . Police responded and secured the scene until the arrival of KFOR. No arrest reported.

Decani 25/03 - 1745 hrs. The police were informed about a UXO and responded to the scene. Police secured the scene until the arrival of EOD team. No arrest reported.

Vitomirica - 25/03 - 1600 hrs. A male informed Police that he found a UXO. The police responded to the scene and secured the scene until the arrival of EOD team. No arrest reported.


REGION MITROVICA

CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

ILLEGAL NARCOTICS

South, Mitrovica 23/03 - 1815 hrs. A male informed Police about suspicious happenings in zhabare village. The police responded to the scene and found 1062 gms of heroine in a packet.

ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF WEAPON

Vushtrri 25/03 - 1900 hrs. Police searched a vehicle and found two pistols. Two suspects were arrested.

OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS

FOUND WEAPONS

Mitrovica North -25/03 -0245 hrs. KFOR conducted a search operation of a building's basement and seized one rocket launcher, five rifles, ten fully loaded magazines, about 700 loose rounds of ammunition. No arrests

FOUND DRUGS

Zhabar Village, Mitrovica 23/03 - 1815 hrs. A male reported to the Police that he had located a suspicious object under the bridge. Police responded to the scene and packet containing 1062 gr. of heroine was seized. No arrests were reported.

INJURY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Broboniq Village, Mitrovica 25/03 - 1900 hrs. A civilian vehicle collided with a horse cart. A male victim sustained minor injuries.


BORDER POLICE

PRISTINA AIRPORT

THREAT/INTIMIDATION

24/03 - 1120 hrs. Police arrested a male after he threatened to kill a KPS Officer. No injuries were reported.

FORGED DOCUMENT

24/03 - 1030 hrs. A male has been refused leaving Kosovo to Zurich by flight for presenting an Albanian passport with a faked South African Visa. The suspect was arrested.

25/03 - 1600 hrs. A male presented a blank stolen Yugoslavian passport. The document was seized and initial report and statements were taken. He was released.

25/03 - 1120 hrs. A male was denied exit for presenting an Albanian passport with a fake Schengen visa. The document was seized and initial report and statements were taken. He was sent to the holding center.

DJENERAL JANKOVIC

25/03 - 2040 hrs. A male presented a suspicious VRD officers at the BCP. The VRD and the vehicle plate were seized. Initial report and statements were taken. He was released.

25/03 - 1350 hrs. A male tried to cross the border with a fake Yugoslavian passport. The document was seized. Initial report and statement were taken. He was released.

GLOBOCICA

Nothing to report.

VRBNICA

Nothing to report.

CAFA PRUSHIT

Nothing to report.

CAFA MORINA

Nothing to report.

ARRESTATION AF SUKRI BUJA

»Beta« skriver:

BELGRADE -- Wednesday – A former regional commander of the Kosovo Protection Corps, Sukri Buja, arrested in connection with last weeks violence in Kosovo, was the first senior Kosovo Liberation Army officer to give evidence against Slobodan Milosevic at the Hague Tribunal.

Buja was arrested on Tuesday evening by Finnish KFOR troops on suspicion of inciting violence in Lipljan in which one Serb was killed and several injured. Hundreds of Serbs were expelled from the town, ten kilometres south of Pristina and scores of Serb-owned houses set on fire.

Buja is a senior official of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, the party established by former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, after official announcements that the guerrilla organisation had been disbanded.

The Liberation Army’s former political leader, Hasim Thaqi, is the president of the party.

Serbian judicial authorities have charged Buja with crimes against Serbs in 1998 and 1999 in the Urosevac.

According to Pristina media he was sentenced to thirteen years’ imprisonment in 1989 for political activity and released after five years in custody in 1994.

In 1995 he sought political asylum in Switzerland, devoting himself to “helping Kosovo”. He returned to the province after the massacre of the Jasari family in the village of Prekaz in March, 1998, entering illegally from Albania with another thirty people carrying light arms and weaponry.

Buja began his two days of testimony at the Hague Tribunal on June 5, 2002. Identified only as protected witness K7, he presented himself as the former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army for the Racak district.

Under cross-examination, he admitted he did not know how many people he had killed during hostilities in Kosovo.

ARRESTATION AF AVDYL MUSHKOLAJ

UNMIK skriver:

12 April 2004 – United Nations police officers in Kosovo have arrested a Kosovo Albanian man for his alleged role in last month's wave of deadly rioting that swept across the province.

A UN spokesperson told reporters today that Avdyl Mushkolaj was detained on Saturday, following the issuing of a warrant for his arrest by an international judge. Mr. Mushkolaj is alleged to have led and incited riots in the town of Decani on 17 March.

Several days of rioting and violent attacks in Kosovo last month, the worst since the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) assumed control of the province in June 1999, left 19 people dead and hundreds injured and drove thousands of people, mostly Kosovo Serbs, from their homes. Hundreds of homes and religious buildings, including churches and monasteries, were destroyed or damaged as well.

In another development, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for the province, Harri Holkeri, has replaced the managing director of the Kosovo Trust Agency.

In a statement Mr. Holkeri said he had decided to replace Marie Fucci in the post "to continue the privatization process more decisively." He thanked Ms. Fucci for her dedication and commitment "in very difficult circumstances."


ARRESTATION AF SAMIT LUSHTAKU [SAMI LUSHTAKU]. DANSK KFOR DELTOG INDIREKTE. DEMONSTRATIONER. LØSLADELSE MOD KAUTION

»SET« skriver (på basis af Serbiske »Beta«):



KFOR personnel on Wednesday (28 April) arrested a former senior guerrilla commander on suspicion of involvement in the wave of violence that swept the province last month. Sami Lushtaku, an ethnic Albanian, was arrested in northern Kosovo, KFOR spokesman Jim Moran told the Beta news agency. Moran said that Lushtaku, a founder of the disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army, was arrested in connection with rioting in mid-March in which 19 people died and thousands of Serbs were driven from their homes. He stressed that the decision to detain Lushtaku was unrelated to his actions as a commander of the guerrilla army in clashes with Serb security forces in 1998 and 1999. (Beta - 28/04/04)

HOK skriver 29.4.:

Tilfangetagelse af Samit Lushtaku

KFOR har i en storstilet aktion i Den Danske Bataljons område omkring Skenderaj i går morges gennemført anholdelse af Samit Lushtaku, en af Kosovos mest kriminelle.

Af: HOK presse

Han er bl.a. mistænkt for at være involveret i urolighederne 17. – 19. marts. Lushtaku og hans støtters kriminelle aktiviteter er en betydelig trussel mod et sikkert miljø i Kosovo og mod en positiv fremtid i Kosovo.

Under krigen var Lushtaku chef i kosovoalbanernes hær/frihedsbevægelse, hvorfor han blandt nogle albanere fortsat har en høj status. Den Danske Bataljon er i forhøjet beredskab og støtter KFOR operation. Bataljonen har herunder intensiveret den forebyggende tilstedeværelse og patruljering i bataljonens væsentligste afsnit.

Siden anholdelsen har der været demonstrationer med op til 500 deltagere. Demonstrationerne er forløbet fredeligt. Den Danske Bataljon vurderer, at der i de nærmeste dage også vil kunne forekomme demonstrationer i området.

Alle i bataljonen har det godt, og går til de stillede opgaver med frisk mod.

UNMIK Politiet skriver 30.04.2004:

DEMONSTRATION

Vucitrn - 29/04 - 1200 hrs. About 20 people gathered in front of Culture Center to protest against recent arrest of former KLA commander. Protest ended peacefully. (Information) *

Skenderaj - 29/04 - 1200 hrs. About 2000 people marched in the main town roads as protest against the recent arrest of a former KLA commander. Protest ended peacefully. (Information) *


HOK skriver 04.05:

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!

Ugens altoverskyggende operation, var tilfangetagelsen af Samit Lushtaku i Skenderaj i Den Danske Bataljons område.

Samit Lushtaku er den højest rangerende og mest indflydelsesrige person, som er blevet anholdt siden krigen i 1999. Samit Lushtaku’s position og indflydelse skyldes i høj grad krigen og hans rolle i UCK (kosovoalbanernes hær/modstandsbevægelse).

Han ledte UCK i Drenica regionen, og bliver fortsat tituleret som general i de lokale medier. Han blev efter krigen regionsleder i TMK/KPC (Kosovo Protection Corps), der skal fungere som Kosovos civilforsvar/beredskabskorps, men blev senere afskediget som følge af indblanding i organiseret kriminalitet. Han betegnes som autonom og ekstremist. Han står fortsat stærkt navnlig i Skenderaj/Drenica området, og han nyder respekt som en krigshelt.

Årsagen til tilfangetagelsen var, dels at han mistænkes for at have været involveret i urolighederne 17. – 19. marts, dels at hans kriminelle aktiviteter og undertrykkelse af lokalbefolkningen udgør en trussel mod et sikkert og fredeligt miljø i Kosovo, hvilket KFOR har til opgave at sikre.

Operationen blev ledet af KFOR taktiske reserve og støttet af Den Danske Bataljon. Operationen blev en stor succes og forløb fuldstændig efter planen.

Reaktionerne på tilfangetagelsen var det meget vanskeligt at forudsige, men bataljonen måtte nødvendigvis tage udgangspunkt i værste fald situationen af hensyn til egen styrkebeskyttelse og beskyttelsen af de serbiske mindretal i området.

Hovedtesen for bataljonens indsats umiddelbart efter og i dagene der fulgte/følger var og er først og fremmest at afskrække parterne fra at iværksætte aggressioner mod KFOR generelt og Den Danske Bataljon i særdeleshed ved størst mulig ”show of force” og ”show of presence” i området samtidig med, at vi på den anden side også ønskede at reducere spændingen ved en som udgangspunkt venlig men bestemt optræden og tæt kontakt med befolkningen, lokale talsmænd og borgmestre m.fl..

Også denne del af operationen lykkedes tilsyneladende. I de første par dage efter tilfangetagelsen var der flere demonstrationer med op mod 500 - 1000 deltagere. Alle demonstrationer forløb dog fredeligt og uden problemer. Bataljonens forhøjede beredskab og øgede tilstedeværelse i området, har slidt hårdt på soldaterne, som dog endnu en gang blot er gået til den med frisk mod.

Ugens anden hovedbegivenhed var en udløber af drukneulykken den 16. marts i Ibar floden mellem byerne Cabre (albansk) og Zubce (serbisk), hvor tre kosovoalbanske drenge druknede. Det blev dengang og efterfølgende påstået, at det var serbere og en hund fra byen Zubce, som havde jaget drengene i druknedøden. Denne ulykke er siden blevet brugt af albanerne, som forklaring på og undskyldning for urolighederne 17. – 19. marts.

Omtalte byer ligger begge i Zubin Potok kommune. Borgmesteren (serber) bor i Zubce og viceborgmesteren (albaner) i Cabre. Siden ulykken har alle byrådsmøder hidtil været suspenderet, idet kommunens ledelse bestemt ikke ønskede at møde eller tale med hinanden før der var kommet en officiel afklaring af ulykkens årsager og sammenhæng. Der er nu i mellemtiden udkommet en rapport fra FN Missionens politi, som har forestået undersøgelserne i forbindelse med drukneulykken.

Af denne rapport fremgår, at det ikke kan sandsynliggøres, at det skulle være serbere og deres hund, der havde forårsaget ulykken. Mere sandsynligt er der tale om, at børnene, i alt 4 drenge, blot selv havde valgt at forsøge at krydse gennem floden med det tragiske resultat, at kun den ældste var i stand til at gennemføre forehavendet.

Da denne rapport nu forelå, besluttede Zubin Potok’s serbiske borgmester at genoptage byrådsmøderne i fredags, idet han klart forventede at få en uforbeholden undskyldning fra sin albanske viceborgmester fra Cabre.

Dette var viceborgmesteren, imidlertid overhovedet ikke rede til, hvorfor mødet endte i kaos og blev afbrudt meget hurtigt. Forud for mødet havde FN Missionens politi i Zubin Potok, anmodet Den Danske Bataljon om at etablere sikkerhed omkring mødet, idet man frygtede uro mv..

Dette medførte, at vi sendte vores beredskabsdeling – Eagle2 - fra det pansrede motoriserede infanterikompagni mhp. at sikre FN- og byrådsbygningen i byen under mødet. Uden for mødelokalet forløb alt dog heldigvis fuldstændig roligt.

Endelig havde bataljonen i ugen glæden af, at have den kommende bataljonschef, Tom Stoltenberg, og den kommende stabschef, Flemming Fuusager, på besøg. De var på fact finding mhp. forberedelse af uddannelsen af hold 11, som skal afløse os til august. Et opmuntrende besøg, ikke mindst fordi, det er det første synlige tegn i området på, at vi vil blive afløst.

040508 Tidligere UÇK-General Sami Lushtaku er blevet løsladt på kaution. Serbiske »Beta« skriver:

PRISTINA - The former regional commander of the disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army Sami Lushtaku has been freed from detention, Pristina Albanian language electronic media reported.

Lushtaku was released on bail but court proceedings will be initiated against him and he will have to appear when summoned by the court.

Lushtaku was arrested on April 28 in Srbica in north Kosovo by KFOR soldiers and members of international police on suspicion of involvement in the violence that broke out in the province in March, as well as other criminal activities.

Advisor to the chief prosecutor of the Hague tribunal Jean-Daniell Ruch stated at that time that Sami Lushtaku was not arrested on the basis of a Hague tribunal indictment.

Lushtaku was born in 1961 in the village of Donje Prikaze near Srbica.

The District Court in Pristina sentenced him in absentia to 20 years in prison for the crime of terrorism.

According to information available to authorities, Lushtaku completed his military training in the Republic of Albania and in 1997 took part in the abuse and massacre of Serb civilians imprisoned in a camp in the village of Likovac, also near Srbica.

During the war in Kosovo Hashim Thaci [Thaçi] appointed him commander of the KLA's Second Operational Zone in the Prizren region. He was also the deputy chief of the Kosovo secret service, responsible, among other things, for the engagement of volunteer units from Drenica, who were sent to the Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja area (in central Serbia) to participate in clashes against state security forces.

In 2001 Lushtaku was dismissed from the position of Kosovo Protection Corps commander for the Drenica region at the insistence of the U.S. administration and prohibited from bearing weapons.

KFOR soldiers detained him for informational talks on several occasions due to his failure to honor the weapons ban.

After this Lushtaku left Srbica out of fear of being arrested and lived for a time in Albania in the city of Kukes.


INFORMATIONER FRA UNHCR - THE UN REFUGEE AGENCY





Billedet er IKKE fra UNHCR. Det stammer fra en serbisk kilde og viser flygtninge i Gracanica 23.03.2004.


GENEVA, March 23 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has provided aid to thousands of people displaced by last week's violence in Kosovo, and reaffirmed its support for confidence-building projects for those who want to go home.

More than 3,200 minority people – mostly ethnic Serbs and Romas – have been evacuated by the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) since clashes erupted in this restive province of Serbia and Montenegro last Wednesday. Some have returned home as the overall situation calmed down, but most of them are still living in KFOR bases and with host families.

UNHCR has distributed food, mattresses, blankets, jerry cans and hygiene items to the displaced people, who represent nearly 10 percent of the minority population in the Albanian-dominated southern portion of Kosovo.

Angry crowds in Kosovo last week burnt down 286 houses and 30 churches, and damaged another 80 houses and 11 churches. The violence and destruction marked a major setback to years of international efforts to promote inter-ethnic reconciliation in Serbia and Montenegro.

An estimated 220,000 ethnic Serbs and Romas fled Kosovo for Serbia and Montenegro when Serbian forces pulled out of Kosovo in 1999. Only a small portion of them has since gone back.

Nonetheless, UNHCR remains committed to continuing confidence-building projects like its twice-weekly bus line running between Prizren and Štrpce in southern Kosovo, and go-and-see visits for people wishing to return to Kosovo from Serbia. The refugee agency is also involved in reconstruction and income-generating programmes for returnees in Kosovo.


The recent violence in Kosovo led to the displacement of more than 3,200 minority people – mainly Serbs and some Roma – who are now accommodated in safer areas within the province after being evacuated from their villages by the NATO-led Kosovo Force. This represents almost 10 percent of the minority population of the predominantly ethnic Albanian southern portion of Kosovo. Some of the newly displaced have since gone back to their villages as the overall situation calmed down. However, many remain displaced and unable to go back. During the rampage, 286 houses were burned down and another 80 were damaged. Angry crowds also burned down 30 churches while 11 churches and monasteries were damaged.

UNHCR has distributed 746 mattresses, 1,098 blankets, and 200 jerry cans, as well as food and hygienic items to those now living with host families and those evacuated to KFOR bases.

We will make every effort to help those newly displaced to go back to their homes. Despite the recent violence, which represented a huge setback for UNHCR’s work in Kosovo, we will continue to support confidence-building projects to enable at least some of the displaced Kosovo minorities to go back.


Informationer fra Serbien

Den Serbiske Regerings Informationskontor har udsendt flg. om nedbrænding af Klostret i Devic

Gracanica, March 19, 2004 - The Eparchy of Raska and Prizren said citing a UNMIK report today that the Devic monastery near Srbica was burned Thursday after KFOR soldiers who had been guarding it withdrew from the area.

According to a statement, Danish KFOR troops and the monkery withdrew from Devic to a nearby KFOR base, after which the monastery was demolished and set on fire. No injured persons were reported.

The Eparchy of Raska and Prizren called on international forces to protect the valuable Christian cultural heritage as well, apart from protecting people as their priority. The eparchy described the recent developments in Kosovo, including the planned razing of churches and monasteries, as barbarity.

Also on Thursday, four other Orthodox churches were burned down in Kosovo-Metohija (the church in Donja Slapasnica near Kosovska Kamenica, the church in Brnjak near Orahovac, the Church of Sveti Nikola in Pristina, and the Church of Sveti Ilija in Vucitrn), according to the Eparchy of Raska and Prizren.

According to the latest reports, more than 15 churches and other Orthodox buildings have been set on fire in the past two days. Most of them are among the most significant monuments of Serbia's medieval art and architecture.


SERBISKE SPEKULATIONER OM HEMMELIG MIDDAG I WASHINGTON Mellem HOLBROOKE, THAÇI M.FL.

Thaçi har netop været i USA - han skulle bl.a. holde foredrag på USIP. Der har givetvis været en sammenkomst som nævnt nedenfor. Noget af hvad der står er helt korrekt (der nævnes forskellige tidligere sammenkomster). Det er meget sandsynligt at Holbrooke mener hvad han refereres for - at man bør give Kosovo / Kosóva selvstændighed og at man bør stræbe efter optagelse i EU. Holbrooke har andetsteds understreget at den Serbiske minoritet skulle sikres. Når han går ind for en EU-løsning er det fordi han formoder at 'grænserne' - i så tilfælde - vil komme til at spille en mindre rolle, og at det kan lykkes at etablere en økonomisk udvikling og et økonomisk samarbejde på tværs af grænserne.

Det er derimod aldeles usandsynligt at overskriften 'Holbrooke and Thaqui planned terror' har noget på sig, selv om man må formode at de to herrer begge har kunnet se forskellige politiske konsekvenser af handlingerne.

»Blic« skriver 25.03.2004:

Secret diner in Washington: Holbrooke and Thaqui planned terror

Less than a week before the clashes in Kosovo and Metohija occurred, a group of Albanian lobbyists from USA held a meeting at which they decided to help Kosovo Albanians to force international community to give independence to Kosovo. 'Blic' got this information from well-informed sources in the US.

As 'Blic' further finds out this informal meeting was held at the initiative of David Philips, deputy director of the Center for preventive action within Council for international relations in New York. The meeting was held at his home with light diner.

Apart from Philips, known to our public opinion for his offer to Serbian authorities to sell Kosovo for three billion Euros, Richard Holbrooke, former USA envoy to the Balkans was also present. Then there were Randy Bears, senior political advisor to Senator John Kerry, actual candidate for the President of USA and several people from former Clinton's administration close to Albanian lobby. The guest of honor at the diner was Hashim Thaqui, former leader of Kosovo Liberation Army, visiting USA at that time.

According to our unofficial information. Richard Holbrooke pointed out at that meeting that independence of Kosovo and its membership in European Union was the best way for establishment of peace in the Balkan region. The guests discussed possibilities for media campaign and accepted certain guidelines for the future actions.

'Blic' source says that the guests agreed that the first good opportunity should be waited for beginning of attack.

Such opportunity occurred several days later when Albanians used the tragic drowning of their three children as an excuse to begin the campaign of terror against Serbs. Thaqui then informs the public opinion that he 'interrupts his visit to USA to return and calm down the situation'.

While Holbrooke and Thaqui are well-known to our public opinion, Philips and Bears can be treated as p