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Review of the criminal acts and crimes commited by the terrorists of so-called NLA

July 1, 2001 - Boris Magdenovski was 58. He had a wife and two daughters. He was

retired living with his family in poverty. He went to the village of Brezno everyday to take care of his house and occasionally he helped out his neighbors with construction work in order to earn some extra money money.. July 1st was not supposed to be any different. Magdenovski came to the house unaware of the fact that there are new visitors in the village. During the time he was in his house, the members of the so-called NLA had already ordered all the inhabitants to leave the village immediately immediately.. Heavily armed and wearing uniforms, uniforms, the terrorists gathered the people in the middle of the village and, as they were ordering them to leave, they saw Boris Magdenovski. He was passing by, not noticing what was happening. But the terrorists spotted him and started shouting at him to stop. He didn't react because he had hearing problems. Magdenovski didn't stop and that cost him his life. The The terrorists shot him and left his body laying on the road. r oad. It took two days before his brother was able to enter the village, now under NLA control, in order to retrieve his body.

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July 19, 2001 - A three-man European Union monitoring mission was missing in

Macedonia on Friday with fears growing they may have been killed by a mine. Ljubomir Orsag (1959) from Slovakia, Bjarte Gundersen (1958) from Norway and Valdet Bekiri the translator from the local population, have been found death, killed by the road mine on the road Madraca - Novo Selo controled by the terorists.

Bjarte Gundersen (1958) from Norway

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Ljubomir Orsag (1959) from Slovakia

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On July,27,2001, at 2,20 p.m.on the road between Lesok-Zilce, a passinger vehicle came across a mine,causing explosion and taking the life of Naca Petrovska 69 years old and her son Petre Petrovski 45 years old, both from the village of Otušište - region of Tetovo.

General view of the bodies of the killed civilians

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On August 08,2001 about 10. 30 p.m Ivan Stojkovski (20) and Laze (22) and Milorad (30) Kostadinovski, in the moment when they were returning to their houses in the village Otisiste, were kidnaped by the terorists of so - called NLA. They were taken in unknown direction and they were beaten and interogated for the positions of the Macedonian security forces. The next day with the help of OSCE they were released and taken to the Medical centar in Tetovo with highly visable injuries on the their bodies.

The injuries of the beaten citizens from the village Otisiste (1) & (2)

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August 7, 2001 - On Tuesday, around noon, the Albanian terrorists kidnapped five

employees of the Construction Company „Mavrovo“ from the construction site at the highway Skopje - Tetovo. Three of the road workers were working near the village of Grupcin on the main Skopje-Tetovo road at about 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 7, 2001, when they were abducted by uniformed members of the NLA, who came from the woods nearby. The NLA fighters ordered them to walk to a nearby camp, and then brutally abused them.

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Ali Ahmeti: We are no terorist „We are no terrorists. Our demands are reasonable and legitimate and we enjoy support of all of our people as well as the t he support of all the Albanian political factors in Macedonia. I do not feel as a terrorist because no civilian has been killed. On the contrary the civilians are protected. The soldiers near Vejce on the Shara Mountain were in uniforms and there was a clash. For that reason the war should be ended. We have to sit down and talk so that everyone could live in peace.“ (Ali Ahmeti in an interview to „Voice „Voice Of America“, April 16, 2001)

Xavid Asani: I will kill one Macedonian policeman or soldier for every Albanian house „I will kill one Macedonian policeman or soldier for every Albanian house pulled down. This is a revenge upon me by the Government and I will respond appropriately to this provocation. I am addressing this to Georgievski and the Government, that for every Albanian house pulled down we will cut a policeman's or soldier's head off.“ (July 21, 2001. „Fakti“ newspaper)

OSCE Special report The Mission specialist confirmed reports from the OSCE's Tetovo-area Monitors that, even during the ceasefire, the ethnic Macedonian civilian population north of Tetovo is under heavy pressure from the EAAG to leave. This pressure takes the form of kidnappings, temporary detentions, and serious, persistent forms of intimidation and restrictions on the movement of civilians attempting to engage in ordinary activities such as agriculture, shop ping, and going to work. The conduct of the EAAG EAAG is consistent with an attempt to ethnically cleanse that area. Furthermore, this conduct is having a negative effect on both the stability of the ceasefire in the Tetovo area and on efforts to achieve a broader political settlement. EAAG road blocks and vehicle stops are accurately perceived by government authorities as dangerous to the ethnic Macedonian civilian community north of Tetovo rather than solely in terms of military threats or technical ceasefire violations. In addition, the EAAG is currently engaging in actions associated with civil administration of the area under their control (e.g., regulating traffic, conducting „police patrols“, closing brothels). Unfortunately, their treatment of ethnic Macedonian civilians in the course of these activities actively discourages a perception that said community would be safe, let alone fairly treated, should the EAAG remain in control of their current area of influence in this region. Thus, to the extent the EAAG is engaged in behavior that creates intolerable conditions for ethnic Macedonians during the ceasefire, it is both destabilizing the ceasefire and discouraging a political settlement. 268

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A distinct change in the attitude displayed towards Mission vehicles and activities by persons in ethnic Albanian areas in and south of Tetovo was also noted. Whereas the Mission has previously been welcomed and received a friendly reaction as it drove through these communities, a distinct wariness and even a chill was perceived in the general tenor of the average person on the street in ethnic Albanian areas around Tetovo. For example, one young boy in the Poroj area, sitting with a playmate of the same age, began to wave at a Mission vehicle but was immediately stopped by his companion. Adults observed the HDO specialist's movements carefully. It appears there has been a sea change in the ethnic Albanian community towards international observers in the Tetovo area. The Mission has received numerous allegations of kidnappings, beatings, robberies, and intimidation of ethnic Macedonians at EAAG checkpoints, checkpoints that are themselves a violation of the ceasefire agreement. It is impossible to present a figure for each of these categories. The Mission believes that incidents of robberies and intimidation at EAAG checkpoints are significantly under-reported and that the most likely explanation for this phenomenon is fear of retaliation by the EAAG. (Note: when the ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Serbs were displaced from villages in the Kumanovo area, the Mission discovered these communities lacked familiarity with the human rights reporting process. The Mission then engaged in community outreach and education with these ethnic groups and has confirmed that ethnic Macedonians in the Tetovo area know how to report human rights com plaints.) Circumstantial evidence indicates that the number of incidents of robbery and intimidation is likely to be substantial. When contacted by the Mission HDO, villagers give indications that these events are occurring but also indicate that any missing property or threat is not worth the perceived risk involved in making a complaint. Relatives and friends in particularly vulnerable villages are noted to discourage persons from coming forward. Indeed, several villagers in Lesok complained that the recent presence of EU and UNHCR officials in the village exposed the villagers to danger and retaliation when the officials left. The Mission is most likely to be be informed of allegations related to missing/ kidnapped/disappeared persons, largely because the success of the Mission in locating missing persons results in these cases being brought to its attention by families seeking the Mission's assistance in locating a loved one. As of 23 July, the Mission has received credible allegations that 25 persons have disappeared or are allegedly detained by the EAAG operating in the Tetovo area. This number includes ethnic Macedonian civilians and ethnic Albanians who were serving in the Ministry of Interior as regular officers or as reservists at the time of their disappearance. It does not include 3 persons held by the EAAG in Raduca. An additional number of ethnic Macedonian civilians have reportedly been kidnapped, shown military preparations of the EAAG, and then released. (The Mission has met with ethnic Albanian activists to check on their situation. At this time the Mission has received 1 report of a disappearance of an ethnic Albanian from a police checkpoint since the ceasefire. Although this is a surprising number, it is unusual for this ethnic group not to report such incidents when they occur.) Human rights related complaints specific to the alleged conduct of the EAAG in the Tetovo area now include: illegal detentions of civilians, beatings and other physical abuse, 269


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forced labor (detained persons report having been forced to dig ditches, some ethnic Albanians report they were similarly forced to assist the EAAG), forced conscription, use of juveniles in areas of engagement, intimidation of ethnic Macedonian civilians (including women, children, and the elderly) at checkpoints, looting and wanton destruction of property,, robbery, ethnic cleansing (5 ethnic Macedonian villages primarily inhabited by retirees erty have been cleared of inhabitants by the EAAG), and engaging in a firefight with automatic weapons without warning in an area immediately adjacent to civilian dwellings and where children were at play play..

Human Rights Watch: Torture, Kidnappings by Albanians in Macedonia Ethnic Albanian rebels in Macedonia brutally tortured, sexually abused and mutilated five ethnic Macedonian road workers after abducting them from the Skopje-Tetovo highway on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch said today. The abductions were part of an increasing pattern of illegal detentions and kidnappings by ethnic Albanian fighters who call themselves the National Liberation Army (NLA). Human Rights Watch reported that it has separately received information about the recent abduction by NLA fighters of at least fourteen Macedonian civilians from the city of Tetovo alone. „Abductions and illegal detentions by the NLA are rapidly rising“, said Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director of the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch. „The NLA has failed to account for at least fourteen Macedonians abducted from Tetovo during the fighting in late July July.“ .“ Three of the road workers were working near the village of Grupcin on the main SkopjeTetovo road at about 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 7, 2001, when they were abducted by uniformed members of the NLA, who came from the woods nearby. nearby. The NLA fighters ordered them to walk to a nearby camp, and then brutally abused them. At about noon the same day, the ethnic Albanian rebels abducted two more workers from the same area, and subjected them to similar abuse. Previous incidents in the area suggest that the NLA mistreatment of the road crew was intended to stop the road crew from working on the road. Human Rights Watch interviewed two of the five workers separately, and found their detailed accounts credible and consistent. The two men showed Human Rights Watch their severe wounds, which were consistent with their accounts. The abuse started with a severe beating. Then one of the rebels used a knif e to carve letters on the Macedonians' backs and to cut them on other parts of their bodies. One of the rebels forced the men to perform oral sex on each other, and tried to anally rape one of the men with a wooden stick. The men were then beaten more before they were driven to a near by village and released shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Tuesday. 270

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One of the men interviewed by Human Rights Watch stated:

One of (the NLA rebels) took a spade and started beating us with the metal part. We were sitting on the ground then. He said to put our palms on our knees, and he started beating us with the spade, trying to hit us in the head. We raised our hands to protect our heads, and everytime we put our hands up, he would beat us on our legs and arms. arms. . . Then he left, he was probably called away and this other guy came. There were two others, they were standing by our sides with machine guns since the beginning. The one who came was a bit thin. He had very short hair, and was going a bit bald . . . He told us to take off our T-shirts. He pulled out a knife, knife, it was a folding knife. Then he asked everyone for their names. He started carving in my back, I didn't know what he was writing, but it was for about five minutes. It was painful, but I couldn't move. I just firmed my body to take the pain. After the cutting, the NLA fighter ordered the men to lie down, and ordered one of the men to anally rape one of the others with a stick, before grabbing the stick and attempting to rape the man himself with the stick. He then forced the men to perform oral sex on each other. The men men were then kept for several hours in pits where they were regularly beaten by the NLA fighters. Before being released, one of the NLA fighters took his pistol, cocked it, and shoved it in the mouth of one of the abducted men, threatening to kill him if he told about the abuse. Human Rights Watch Watch has confirmed that at least fourteen ethnic Macedonian men were abducted by NLA fighters from the town of Tetovo during heavy fighting in the end of July July,, and expressed deep concern about the fate of the men. Human Rights Watch Watch raised the cases of the missing ethnic Macedonians with a regional NLA commander for the Tetovo region, who uses the code name Matoshi, and the commander stated that he had no information about the cases. According to their families, the ethnic Macedonian men were last seen in the custody of NLA fighters. Human Rights Watch Watch is still investigating other reports it has received of abducted Macedonians in NLA-controlled areas in recent days. „We are deeply concerned about the safety of ethnic Macedonians abducted by the Albanian rebels in recent weeks“, said Andersen. „These men should be released now, the NLA must bring those responsible for these serious abuses to to account, and take steps to ensure that such crimes cease.“ (New York, August 11, 2001)

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Juny 25, 2001 At around 16.00 Hours, in the vicinity of the village of Dvorce, Skopje

area, the terrorist groups opened fire from an automatic weapons against a cargo train running from Kicevo to Skopje. There were no injured people during this attack. The metal and the glass parts of the locomotive have been damaged by a 17 and 18 projectiles.

Demages of the train windows caused by the gun - shoots

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July 6, 2001 - Albanian terrorists controlling Lipkovo Lake cut the water supply for

the city of Kumanovo and its 100,000 inhabitants. This humanitarian tragedy is largely ignored by the international media. The terrorists blackmail the authorities to supply them with fresh food supplies, under the disguise of asking for humanitarian aid for the civilian population of the occupied region. The Macedonian Security Forces do not attack the terrorists' positions because they use the locals as human shields, in a well-known tactics that proved so effective in Kosovo. Any casualties are misused to portray the Albanians as the „eternal victims“ of the Balkan Wars. In the meantime, the citizens are supplied by water trucks from other locations. Each day they have to go to the designated places where the trucks stop and fill in bottles or canisters with water, which is barely enough to fulfill their basic dietary needs, and is not enough for the basic hygienic needs, so if this condition doesn't improve soon, spread of diseases is imminent. The city is inhabited by Macedonians, Serbs, Albanians, Roma, and other ethnicities they all suffer the same fate, as a result of the actions of the Albanian terrorists.

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14.06.2001- In the vicinity of the village of Brnjarci, Skopje one „Nisan“ make Jeep

with Bulgarian registration plates market with UCK, run through the police checkpoint very fast and the person who was driving the jeep has opened fire fi re against the police officers. The police officers responded immediately to this attack and shot and killed the attacker. After the jeep was searched, there were two hand mortars „zolja“, one hand launcher, 8 mortar projectiles, three frames for automatic rifle and a slow burning fuse, found inside.

Picture of the jeep from which the terrorist attack was carried out

Weapons found in the Jeep 275


Part of the weapons found in the village of Aracinovo

International humanitarian aid used by the NLA terrorists 276

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Trenches in the village of Aracinovo 277


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Part of the weapons and drugs intended for use of the terrorist in v. Aracinovo

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Fortification sites in the village of Aracinovo

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Warehouse with weapons discovered in v. Lojane

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