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Kosovo President charged with war crimes cancels White House visit
CNN ^ | June 25, 2020 | Laura Smith-Spark, Lauren Kent and Michael Callahan

Posted on 06/25/2020 4:08:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Kosovan President Hashim Thaci has been indicted for war crimes allegedly committed during the Kosovo conflict in the late 1990s, leading him to cancel a planned trip to the White House this weekend for talks with Serbian leaders.

The charges against Thaci were announced Wednesday by a special court at The Hague, in the Netherlands.

According to a press statement, the Specialist Prosecutor's Office filed a 10-count indictment on April 24 that accuses Thaci, Kadri Veseli, the former Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo, and others of "a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, enforced disappearance of persons, persecution, and torture."

It added that a pre-trial judge was reviewing the indictment "to decide on whether to confirm the charges."

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia a decade after the bloody conflict between Serb forces and Kosovar-Albanian rebels began. The war, from 1998 to 1999, led to thousands of deaths and the displacement of nearly 90% of Kosovo's population.

Thaci came to prominence as a leading figure in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) between 1997 and 1999 and played a part in peace negotiations.

Wednesday's indictment alleges that Thaci, Veseli and other charged suspects "are criminally responsible for nearly 100 murders. The crimes alleged in the Indictment involve hundreds of known victims of Kosovo Albanian, Serb, Roma, and other ethnicities and include political opponents," the statement said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: kosovo

1 posted on 06/25/2020 4:08:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
"Kosovo President charged with war crimes"

Kosovo? Isn't that where they erected the bj clinton statue?


2 posted on 06/25/2020 4:21:14 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: clearcarbon

Or was it where Hillary dodged sniper fire?


3 posted on 06/25/2020 4:27:29 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin

Kosovo is Serbia!


4 posted on 06/25/2020 4:31:50 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: clearcarbon

>>Wednesday’s indictment alleges that Thaci, Veseli and other charged suspects “are criminally responsible for nearly 100 murders.

The Clintons scoff “Pikers!”


5 posted on 06/25/2020 4:33:32 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: a fool in paradise

Bet they won’t be poisoned in prison, like Milosevic was.


6 posted on 06/25/2020 4:37:05 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

7 posted on 06/25/2020 9:40:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

The Hitman’s Bodyguard redux?


8 posted on 06/25/2020 10:43:20 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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