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I took part in this operation. A few facts never presented in the media: 1)The government/paramilitaries were corrupt and oppressed both ethnic Albanians and Serbs. Many of the refugees the media poured over on TV were in fact, Serbs. 2) The goal of the Albanian resistance from the start was to independence from Serbia. Possibly in order to join with Albania. 3) The resistance was funded largely by heroin smugglers looking to disrupt the Serbian police-state; as their route running from Central Asia to Western Europe runs right through it. 5) Al-Qaeda has been involved from the start. A couple agents were even caught in late '99-early '00. The book Jawbreaker mentioned it but the details were censored by the CIA. 6) Due to the NATO- war, the Serbs were effectively ethnically-cleansed, as it was unsafe for any to stay in the provence. Some left to some mountain-towns, others too old to budge stayed put with UN protection, but still faced death-threats. 7) If you want a cheap, stolen BMW or Mercedes, you can pick one up there for about $5k