Kosovo Liberation Army: The Inside Story of an Insurgency

Acronyms and Organization Names

185 acronyms and organization names 4GW Fourth Generation War; a type of armed conflict in which guerrilla techniques are used to build political support for an insurgency, within local populations and internationally AAK Alliance for the Future of Kosovo; formed by Ramush Haradinaj; competitor of the PDK for KLA adherents AK-47 Popular automatic weapon; the principal weapon of KLA fighters; also known as a Kalishnikov, after its Russian inventor CIA U.S. Central Intelligence Agency; the principal agency of the United States government responsible for collection and analysis of foreign intelligence and for clandestine operations in support of U.S. policy CSCE Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe; later OSCE Defenders Kosovar Albanian resistance fighters who initially at Home defended themselves against Serb security forces and then became the organizers of armed attacks against police and collaborators within Kosovo; one of the two components of the KLA ECMM European Commission Monitoring Mission; abortive EU effort to monitor early developments in Kosovo ETA Spanish Basque guerrilla and terrorist group EU European Union FARK Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo; military group formed by Peaceful Path Institutionalists to compete with the KLA General Staff Executive Committee of the Planners in Exile, through which they tried to give support and direction to KLA 186 Acronyms and Organization Names commanders on the ground; eventually expanded to include KLA zone commanders Government A collection of Kosovar Albanian leaders formed in 1991 in Exile to resist Serb oppression in Kosovo from outside Kosovo; centered in Germany and led by Prime Minister Bujar Bukoshi Homeland The most prominent vehicle for raising money for the Calls KLA; competed with Three-Percent Fund for Diaspora contributions ICL International Criminal Law; a synthesis of International Humanitarian Law potentially resulting in criminal liability for individuals violating the international law of armed conflict ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, often referred to as “The Hague,” or “the Hague Tribunal”; court established by the UN Security Council to try persons accused of violations of international criminal law on the territory of the former Yugoslavia IRA Irish Republican Army; Irish nationalist guerrilla force organized after Easter Uprising against British occupation of Ireland in 1916 JCE Joint Criminal Enterprise; ICL theory used by ICTY to impose criminal liability on KLA fighters and commanders for conduct of others associated with them KCC Kosovo Crisis Center KDOM Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission; force of international civilian monitors introduced in Kosovo in mid-1998 to monitor activities of Serb forces and KLA KLA Kosovo Liberation Army (see UÇK) Kosovo Action Internet-based e-mail and Web channel for disseminating Network information about Serb human rights abuses in Kosovo Kosovo Crisis Internet-based e-mail and Web channel for disseminating Center information about Serb human rights abuses in Kosovo KVM Kosovo Verification Mission (OSCE); force of international civilian monitors, introduced in Kosovo to oversee the October 1998 Holbrooke-Milosevic cease fire Acronyms and Organization Names 187 LDK Democratic League of Kosovo; successor to the Kosovo branch of the Yugoslav Communist League and the Socialist Association of Working People; principal Kosovar Albanian political party during the Milosevic regime; core of the Peaceful Path Institutionalists; led by Ibrahim Rugova Lehi Jewish guerrilla and terrorist group, organized to resist British occupation of Palestine in the late 1940s LKÇK National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo; breakaway from LPRK/LPK and, for a time, competitor of the KLA in organizing armed resistance in Kosovo; placed higher priority than KLA on organizing mass demonstrations as a way of building popular support for Kosovar independence; later merged with the KLA LPK Lëvizja Popullore e Kosoves; Popular League for Kosovo; successor to the LPRK as a militant Marxist-Leninist movement seeking to organize guerrilla resistance in Kosovo; organizer of the KLA LPRK Popular League for the Republic of Kosovo; MarxistLeninist group centered in Germany and Switzerland that began work in the early 1980s to organize guerrilla resistance to Serb control of Kosovo MUP Serb Ministry of the Interior NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization; led the military attack on Serb forces in Kosovo and in Serbia proper in 1999 NGO Nongovernmental organization; a type of private publicinterest organization, usually focused on ameliorating humanitarian crises, exposing human rights abuses, or assisting with democratization and establishment of rule of law OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; international governmental organization responsible for monitoring human rights abuses in Kosovo and...