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词条 Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac
释义

  1. History

  2. Aftermath

  3. Notable people

  4. References

  5. External links

{{infobox war faction
| name = Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac
| native_name = Ushtria Çlirimtare e Preshevës, Medvegjës dhe Bujanocit
| native_name_lang = Albanian
| war = Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
| image =
| caption =
| active = 1999–2001
| ideology =Albanian nationalism
| leaders =Muhamet Xhemajli

Ridvan Qazimi "Lleshi"{{KIA}}


| clans =
| headquarters =
| area = "Ground Safety Zone" and Preševo Valley, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
| strength = 5,000 (1,500 active[1][2])
| previous = Kosovo Liberation Army
| next = National Liberation Army
|allies={{flag|Albania}}
Kosovo Liberation Army
| opponents = {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
KFOR
|battles=Insurgency in the Preševo Valley:
  • Battle of Oraovica

|active2=
}}

The Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac ({{lang-sq|Ushtria Çlirimtare e Preshevës, Medvegjës dhe Bujanocit}}, UÇPMB) was an Albanian militant group fighting for separation from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for three municipalities: Preševo, Bujanovac, and Medveđa, home to most of the Albanians in south Serbia, adjacent to Kosovo. Of the three municipalities, only Preševo has an Albanian majority.

UÇPMB's uniforms, procedures and tactics mirrored those of the then freshly disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The 1,500-strong paramilitary launched the insurgency in the Preševo Valley from 1999 to 2001, with the goal of seceding these municipalities from Yugoslavia and joining them to the protectorate of Kosovo.[3]

The EU condemned what it described as the "extremism" and use of "illegal terrorist actions" by the group.[4]

History

After the end of the Kosovo War in 1999, a three-mile "Ground Safety Zone" (GSZ) was established between Kosovo (governed by the UN) and inner Serbia and Montenegro. Yugoslav Forces (VJ) units were not permitted there, and only the lightly armed Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs forces were left in the area.[5]

The exclusion zone included the predominantly Albanian village of Dobrosin, but not Preševo. Kosovo terrorism was exported across the borders,[3] with former KLA members quickly established bases in the demilitarized zone, and Serbian police had to stop patrolling the area to avoid being ambushed. Ethnic Albanian politicians opposed to the KLA were attacked, including Zemail Mustafi (the vice-president of the Bujanovac branch of Slobodan Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia) who was assassinated.{{When?|date=May 2018}}

Between 21 June 1999 and 12 November 2000, 294 attacks were recorded, most of them (246) in Bujanovac, 44 in Medveđa and six in Preševo. These attacks resulted in 14 people killed (of which six were civilians and eight were policemen), 37 people wounded (two UN observers, three civilians and 34 policemen) and five civilians kidnapped. In their attacks, UÇPMB used mostly assault rifles, machine guns, mortars and sniper rifles, but occasionally also RPGs, hand grenades, and anti-tank and anti-personnel mines.[6]

The UÇPMB included minors.[7]

As the situation escalated, NATO allowed the VJ to reclaim the demilitarized zone on 24 May 2001, at the same time giving the UÇPMB the opportunity to turn themselves over to the Kosovo Force (KFOR), which promised to only take their weapons and note their names before releasing them. More than 450 UÇPMB members took advantage of KFOR's "screen and release" policy, among them commander Shefket Musliu, who turned himself over to KFOR at a checkpoint along the GSZ just after midnight of 26 May 2001.{{cn|date=May 2018}}

Aftermath

{{further|Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia}}

The former KLA next moved to western Macedonia where they established the National Liberation Army, which fought against the Macedonian government in 2001.[3]

Ali Ahmeti organized the NLA of former KLA fighters from Kosovo and Macedonia, Albanian insurgents from Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac in Serbia, young Albanian radicals and nationalists from Macedonia, and foreign mercenaries.[8]

Notable people

  • Muhamet Xhemajli, highest commander, {{surrendered}}
  • Ridvan Qazimi Lleshi, second commander, {{KIA}}
  • Shefket Musliu, commander, {{surrendered}}[9]
  • Pacir Shicri, spokesman, {{surrendered}}[10]
  • Tahir Dalipi, spokesman,
  • Yonuzu Musliu, {{surrendered}}
  • Mustafa Shaqiri, {{surrendered}}
  • Nagip Ali, {{surrendered}}
  • Orhan Rexhepi, {{surrendered}}
  • Lirim Jukupi,
  • Arben Ramadani, {{KIA}}

References

1. ^{{cite book|title=Jane's Terrorism and Security Monitor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThbdAAAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Jane's Information Group|page=51}}
2. ^Nigel Thomas, K. Mikulan, Darko Pavlović, The Yugoslav Wars, p. 51
3. ^{{cite book|author1=Rafael Reuveny|author2=William R. Thompson|title=Coping with Terrorism: Origins, Escalation, Counterstrategies, and Responses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkeKIYW0sXkC&pg=PA185|date=5 November 2010|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-1-4384-3313-4|pages=185–}}
4. ^{{cite book|author=European Centre for Minority Issues Staf|title=European Yearbook of Minority Issues: 2001/2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rkz7lvqGpDkC&pg=PA652|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=90-411-1956-6|pages=652–}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ce-review.org/00/43/kosovonews43.html|title=A calm Kosovo moves towards a tense future|publisher=Ce-review.org|accessdate=7 November 2012}}
6. ^{{cite news|first=Ninoslav|last=Krstic|author2=Dragan Zivkovic|title=Извођење операције решавања кризе на југу Србије изазване деловањем наоружаних албанских екстремиста (терориста)| work=Vojno delo|issn=0042-8426|page=180}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|publisher=Child Soldiers International|year=2001|url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/498805fbc.html|quote=The UCPMB is an Albanian armed group operating in southern Serbia whose operations are reportedly controlled by the Political Council for Presovo. They are calling for the incorporation of the cities of Preshava, Medvegia and Bujanovci into Kosovo. Estimates of numbers vary between 200 and 15,000.
The Guardian newspaper reported in January 2001 that some sixty suspected members of the UCPMB guerrilla had been arrested by peacekeepers. UCPMB recruits include children in their mid teens to men in their forties ... Further confirmation of the participation of child soldiers came when KFOR detained 16 juveniles (aged 15-17) in the first two months of 2001 for alleged involvement in the conflict (although the degree of "involvement" is not clear). The international media claim that there is forced recruitment of juveniles into this group but this is not verified and numbers are small ... A 15-year-old Albanian male was reported shot dead on 23 March 2001 in the Ground Safety Zone near Gnjilane. Although no confirmations have been received, the circumstances suggest he may have been a child soldier.
UNICEF, 9/3/01 op. cit.Information (provided by [a] confidential source that requests confidentiality, 3/01)}}
8. ^{{cite book|title=Media Discourse and the Yugoslav Conflicts: Representations of Self and Other|author=Pål Kolstø|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGNWORa2QccC|isbn=9780754676294|page=173}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1353692.stm|work=BBC News|title=Rebel Albanian chief surrenders|date=26 May 2001}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1137189.stm|work=BBC News|title=British K-For troops under fire|date=25 January 2001}}

External links

  • [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/in-serbia-albanian-gunmen-go-silently-to-work-722134.html In Serbia, Albanian gunmen go silently to work], The Independent, 2 March 2000.
  • A War Waiting to Happen: Clashes between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in southern Serbia threaten to ignite a fresh conflict, TIME, 13 March 2000.
  • Albanian rebels training for Serbian war, BBC News, 12 February 2001
  • Albanian separatists continue fighting in Kosovo buffer zone, World Socialist Web Site, 14 February 2001.
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