[Paratrooper_501]

I will try to find my old notes tonight to be specific. Off the top of my head, we listed eight KLA. These were on the list, specifically designated as KLA. I believe they were at the end, in a group, separated from the civilians in the list. I think the eight KLA were in addition to the 45 others making the list total of 53. Again, I will look for my notes when I get home tonight.

[mark502inf]

DTA, I thought we went thru this some months ago: Buja (?), the local KLA commander, names the KLA soldiers killed in action at Racak in his testimony at the ICTY; they're in the on-line transcript. Those names are different from the 45 civilians listed, which is consistent with what Paratrooper says above.

[mark502inf]

Covered this last May

From the indictment for Racak:

Paragraph 66.a. On or about 15 January 1999, in the early morning hours, the village of Racak (Stimlje/Shtime municipality) was attacked by forces of the FRY and Serbia. After shelling, the forces of the FRY and Serbia entered the village later in the morning and began conducting house-to-house searches. Villagers, who attempted to flee from the forces of the FRY and Serbia, were shot throughout the village. A group of approximately 25 men attempted to hide in a building, but were discovered by the forces of the FRY and Serbia. They were beaten and then were removed to a nearby hill, where they were shot and killed. Altogether, the forces of the FRY and Serbia killed approximately 45 Kosovo Albanians in and around Racak. (Those persons killed who are known by name are set forth in Schedule A, which is attached as an appendix to this indictment.)

Follow the indictment link above and the names are listed at the bottom. Those are civilian noncombatants and killing noncombatants is murder--that is what the indictment addresses.

There were KLA in Racak also. According to their commander, nine were killed or died later of wounds. Their names are not included in the above as they were combatants and legitimately killed by the Serb security forces that morning. The KLA commander, Shukri Buja, describes what happened here. (Scroll down to page 6297) Its a long read. The bodies of the KLA soldiers who were killed were later buried in the village of Mullopolc.

Their names were Kadri Syla, Skender Qarri, Ismail Luma, Enver Rashiti, Mehmet Mustafa, Sadik Mujota, Ali Beqa Nazim Kokollari, who was also known as Budakovc, and Skender Jashari. Those names are not included on the list of civlians in the indictment.