Kosovo Liberation Army: The Inside Story of an Insurgency

Index

211 index AAK: along for the ride, 156; association with PDK, 161; Çeku’s nominal membership, 164; coalition with LDK, 162; election results 2004, 161; electoral expectations, 155; establishment, 155; Kosumi insufficiently loyal to, 163; organizational weakness, 158; postwar election results, 156; reason for electoral disappointment, 157; 2004 campaign, 161; veto of grand coalition decisions, 162 Ademi, Afrim, 40; loyalty to Haradinaj , 18 adolescents: and risk, 40 agency benefits, 27 Ahmeti, Ali, 84; responsibilities of, 81 AK-47: ammunition for, 115; as basic KLA weapon, 73; Chinese, 118; cost of, 117; description of, 113; requirements , 113; total supply, 116; training , 100, 103, 106; use of clips, 75 AlbaNews, 148 Albania: arms, quality, 118; arms through, 47, 51, 95, 110; borders, 20, 72; collapse of government, 8, 9, 118, 132, 140; creation of, 5; Diaspora from, 94; Enver Hoxha and, 6; Greater, 22; journalist visits to, 147; KLA infiltration from, 82, 84; KLA oversight from, 82; KLA recruits from, 42; KLA withdrawal to, 79, 86; Kosovars left out of, 6, 7; little support for KLA, 63; manuals as source of training for KLA, 45; money through, 89, 96, 97; origin of contributors, 91; oversight of KLA from, 95, 145; paradise for Albanians, 22; popular support for KLA, 134; PR for KLA from, 147; refugees’ effect on public opinion, 138; refugees in, 4; resupply point, 91; spillover of Kosovo conflict, 138; state of, 4; support for KLA, 7, 45, 94, 121, 130, 132–33, 135; traditional stories, 20; training camps, 15, 42, 43, 56, 103, 105, 109; weapons through, 92, 106, 115–16, 118–27 Albanian Army: training materials, 107; training models, 100–102, 105 Albanian intelligence service. See Sigurimi Albanian literature, 7 Albright, Madeleine: leadership, 141; referendum on independence, 151; warning to Milosevic, 58 Algeria, 7 Alia, Ramiz, 132 ammunition: civilians handled, 71; purchases in Switzerland, 118; requirements, 112; reserving for single-shot, 76; for training, 106 annihilation as counterinsurgency strategy, 3, 9, 11, 47, 51, 56, 131; avoidance of, 33, 45, 64; completion of, 59; ethnic cleansing as means of, 53; failure in closely knit societies , 50; failure of Serbian, 47; fear in KLA soldiers, 43; frustration, 65; KLA defense, 62; luring KLA into, 70; Milosevic’s use, 47; near success , 143; Serb efforts, 181 antiaircraft weapons: from Bosnia, 212 Index 118; need for, 114; requirements, 112; training, 106 anti-insurgency theory, 48; decapitation , 49; ethnic cleansing, 53; interdiction , 50; reform, 51 antitank weapons, 114; from Bosnia, 118; at Kaqinoll, 77; KLA use of, 114; need for, 114; requirements, 114; supply in Dukagjini, 116; total supply, 116; training, 103, 106 Arkan, 55 armed conflicts: international law, 170; Thaçi participation in, 16 Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo . See FARK armored personnel carriers, 112 arms: acquiescence by other states, 132, 135, 141, 142; Albania as transit point, 8, 31, 47, 80, 120, 121; capture of, 117; coordination of supply, 94; defense against, 112, 114; distribution through local population, 123, 125; Dukagjini flush with, 84; KLA reliance on, 62; Kosovar civilians and, 72; for Kosovar Serbs, 55; injuries from, 128; interdiction, Serb ambushes, 70; interdiction of, 50, 51, 129, 133, 134; logistics system for, 123, 124; mines on goal trails, 65; money spent on, 92, 95, 96, 98; mutual assistance among zones, 84; need for, 2, 3, 110; open during NATO bombing , 59; opportunity for KLA, 70; poor quality of those from Albania, 118; Remi and, 191; requirements, 111, 112, 113; for Serb forces, 71; Serbia as source of, 53, 119; shopping lists, 119; sources of, 8, 118; training, 103; U.S. as source of, 118 arms control, 93, 125. See also legal restrictions on weapons Arta, 150; source of news about KLA, 148 artillery: attack on Kaçanoll, 77; casualties, 128; near Podujeve, 76; Serb use of, 114; use in summer offensive , 48 Asanaj, Dino, 146 assassination: and ICL, 177; IRA, 73 autonomous province, 6 autonomy, 185; goal of Rugova, 143; loss of, 52; revocation of, 8, 52; under 1974 constitution, 21 Bajgora: attack at, 77; leadership, 108; physical fitness training, 107; training on law of armed conflict, 107; training school, 102; weapons training, 106 Bajraktari, Arxhient, 102, 115 Bajraktari, Harry, 130; lobbying, 146 Balkan Wars, 20, 185 banking system, 96; Swiss, 97 Bardh coal mine, 70 Bardosh, 50 Basque model for separatists, 7 Bassiouni, Cherif, 178 Batllava Lake, 80 Battle of the Bridge, 74; Potera reaction , 75 battle plans, 74 bazookas, 114 Beqaj, Besim, 21, 157 Berisha, Kole, 165 Berisha, Sali, 66, 132; arrests of KLA leaders, 133...