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The opening word of the Secretary of the office Mr.Albin Kurti in the

Press Conference held on February 23, 1999

Ladies and Gentlemen, journalists and representatives of Albanian and

foreign media, with Your permission I would like to say something on the

current prevailing situation in general, especially the latest events,

which took place in Kosova.

Since its existence, for 121 years now, Serbia was governed by

hegemonist and anti-Albanian regimes, which permanently exerted violence

and terror against the Albanian population. The generator of these

regimes was the colonial attitude toward Kosova by Serbia. Such an

attitude was and is the priority of the Serbian regime. On the other

hand, this regime supports itself by enormous military forces, crisis

and wars. The existence of the military machinery and triggering of the

crisis and wars are interlinked. They match each other. The wars,

resistance, uprisings and the liberation wars of the oppressed nations

were represented as ethnic conflicts by the Serbian regimes in order to

justify the terror and genocide. This is happening nowadays, too. During

the last decade, there were no wars and ethnic conflicts in the

territory of the former Yugoslavia, but there were liberation wars of

the oppressed peoples by the Serbian regime. This criminal regime is

fought by the Albanians, but we are not the last ones. The Milosevic's

mentality is a sophisticated symbiosis of the fascist and stalinist

mentalities. That mentality cannot become democratic, as it is

determined as a killing technology.

Albanians have realized that there is no success, results or anything

without confrontation. They are a part of the incessant process of the

liberation war and they do not want to avoid the enemy as it happened

several years ago. They feel it necessary to confront it. Several years

ago, we, Kosovar Albanians, used the power of argument, whereas today,

we also have got the argument of force, because we realized that the

power of argument weakens in front of the Serbian artillery.This can be

proved every day by their heroic war, warriors organized in the KLA

units. In all battle fields, they defeated the enemy, caused him a lot

of damages and defended their taken positions. KLA elected Sylejman

Selimi-as its General Commander-in-Chief, who contributed to the further

upgrading of the KLA.

Regarding the talks in Rambouillet of France, it is clear that they

would not bring any peace to the Balkans, as they are not based on

justice. Consequently, they cannot bring neither freedom to the Albanian

people nor the possibility to enjoy their rights. The offered

draft-project, show that there is no aim to solve the Kosova problem,

but to get rid of it once for ever. This was proved in Rambouillet with

the fact that the Albanians were not given duly the documents and

materials in advance, which were published in the Albanian media in

Kosova, with the only aim to be deceived. Such approach and procedures,

if they can be called so, do not restore peace to Balkans but unjustly

attempt to drag out the just solution to the Kosova issue and so make

concessions to the Serbian regime. Within this context, the attitude of

the Russian diplomacy is absolutely unacceptable. It cannot be an

advocate to a terrorist regime for the sake of the overpassed idea of

panslavism, moreover, when we know the elegant way the former USSR

solved the problems with its republics.

The international community must attack and bombard the aggressor and

occupier - the terrorist Serbian regime and its criminal forces. With

this, International community would help itself, would implement its

decisions and would ensure the respect of international norms and

conventions. Once the enormous Serbian military machinery is destroyed,

there will be possibilities for political solutions.

The Kosovo Liberation Army, today, is a state army and defender of the

Kosova population and Kosova itself. It wages war for freedom and

independence. Tomorrow, it will be a state army again, but it will

defend the borders of the free Republic of Kosova, its sovereignty and

territorial integrity. No disarmament or transformation of the KLA will

be considered. KLA is the guarantee of security of the Kosova population

and its victory. The Albanian population does not feel safe without the

KLA presence. The KLA was not created and it does not exist in order to

be disarmed. The gaining of the aim, the freedom and the independence of

Kosova, justifies the creation and existence of the KLA.

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From Demaci@albanian.com Fri Feb 26 19:59:09 1999

DAILY INFORMATION NR.3

Kosovapress, 16:00

Hani i Elezit

Today early in the morning, Serbian police and military forces attacked

the U K positions in the village Pustenik, near Hani i Elezit, in the

borderline of Kosova and Macedonia. Serbian tanks and armored vehicles,

using heavy artillery, carried out the attack. In today's fighting,

which lasted until the afternoon, two Serbian policemen or solders were

killed, while in the U K side one solder is easily wounded. It also

reported that the U K positions were successfully defended, while the

defeated Serbian forces started the withdrawal at 14:00. The situation

in this region has become very tensed due to the fighting and this has

resulted in the movements of the population from one village to the

other, although a small part of this population went toward the border

with Macedonia. Displacement of the population happened especially from

the villages Goranc and Rezhanc , near the border.

Vushtrri

Our sources inform that the Serbian police and military forces, which

yesterday attacked the villages in the Operative Zone of Shala, around

the mountain Qyqavica, continued their attack during last night. The

attacks are directed against the villages Nevolan, Bruznik, Bukosh,

Dollak, Shtitaric , Okrashtic , Liqej, Storfc, Pantin e Oshlan. The

attacks are continuing also today from the positions of the Serbian

police in Nevolan and Bukosh. In these positions the Serb forces have

concentrated tanks, pragas, 220mm canons, pitzgauers and other military

equipment. U K is successfully defending their positions. Except the

wounding of one person, which is a confirmed information, until now

there are no other information for any possible casualties from these

attacks. The Albanian population of the attacked villages was forced to

flee from their houses to safer places.

Information Service

Prishtin , 26.02.1999

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Adem Dema i

Udh heq si Politik i

Ushtris lirimtare t Kosov s (U K)

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Adem Dema i

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