Posted on 09/28/2011 8:29:52 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
A key witness in a war crimes case against a senior Kosovo figure has been found dead in Germany, the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo (EULEX) said Wednesday.
"EULEX confirms that Agim Zogaj, known as witness X in the Klecka case, was found dead in a park in Germany," the mission's statement said.
It added that the "German authorities are conducting the necessary investigation to determine the circumstances of his death."
According to local media reports, Zogaj had agreed to testify in the case of Fatmir Limaj, one of the most prominent commanders of the ethnic Albanian guerrillas of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
The separatist KLA fought the forces of the then Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo.
Zogaj, as a former KLA member, was reportedly under Limaj's direct command in the Klecka improvised detention centre where war crimes against non-Albanians were allegedly committed.
In September, Limaj was charged with nine other suspects for war crimes committed against civilians and prisoners of war in June 1999.
Last week, he was placed under a month-long house arrest pending the start of his trial.
Limaj is now a lawmaker and deputy president of prime minister Hashim Thaci's ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). He served as transport minister in Thaci's previous government.
Zogaj's identity was kept secret while he was alive as the main trial was expected to begin next month.
Local media have speculated that Zogaj was placed under a special witness programme and relocated out of Kosovo.
Limaj was tried for war crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. He was acquitted in 2007.
The war ended after a NATO air campaign ousted Milosevic's forces from Kosovo, paving the way for establishment of a UN protectorate over the territory.
Kososvo, which has a majority ethnic Albanian population, unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
Sounds like Vince Foster in Fort Marcy park.
The result of Allied Force was that Milosevic and his murdering thugs were booted from Kosovo, as Bush the Elder had warned back in '92.
But hey, if you want to tilt at windmills, who am I to stop you?
“...Milosevic and his murdering thugs...”
But the murdering Albanians are still there.
I'd have thought that after our time in Iraq and Afghanistan, the whole "lesser of two evils" thing wouldn't be such a hard concept for folks to wrap their minds around.
Wishful thinking on my part, I guess.
Let’s see: Hands tied behind his back. A plastic bag over his head. Both feet cut off. Five shots in the back of the head.
Hey Himmler. It’s a clear case of suicide.
Yawvolh!
“Agim Zogaj” is unmistakably a Muslim name. I only know a little Serbian, but there are no Slavic roots or endings in that name.
So how heavily were you involved in Operation Allied Force? Were you in the region before and/or after that said operation?
The Serbs have been fighting the Musselmen since 1215. Do you favor the Serbs, who have fought the Nazis and the ROP, or do you favor two new Muslim nations in Europe? Nazis - I hate those guys. And I hate the Muslims even more. Do you love Muslims?
No involvement, and never been closer than Southern Germany.
About as much as Reagan.
"He committed suicide. There are no indications for a different explanation," police spokesman Stefan Bauer said. But he also said an autopsy will be carried out Thursday.
Remember that sensitive minds are so easily affected by those somber dark woodland parks in Germany. We haven't forgotten the case...sorry... suicide of "controversial" judge (juvenile magistrate) Kirsten Heisig who was found hanged in a wooded area north of Berlin in July last year.
Obviously she was so distraught by the fact that she had been criticized by "some" ethnic minorities for her tactics and for her view that "some" foreign cultures neglect education and encourage juvenile delinquency that she found no way out except to commit suicide. (Though, even the august Neue Zurcher Zeitung - hardly a scandal sheet - found the police investigation less than convincing.)
Zogaj had agreed to testify in the case of Fatmir Limaj, one of the most prominent commanders of the ethnic Albanian guerrillas of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)... was reportedly under Limaj's direct command in the Klecka improvised detention centre where war crimes against non-Albanians were allegedly committed. In September, Limaj was charged with nine other suspects for war crimes committed against civilians and prisoners of war in June 1999... Limaj is now a lawmaker and deputy president of prime minister Hashim Thaci's ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). He served as transport minister in Thaci's previous government. Zogaj's identity was kept secret while he was alive as the main trial was expected to begin next month.Oh, in that case, it was probably just a coincidence that he died.
“...There’s less of them than there are murdering Serbs...”
Your statement is simply not true though it is difficult to get any reliable stats out of that area and that is especially true of your new Mohammedan Kosovo.
More entitled Moslems conducting genocide.
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