Posted on 03/13/2002 7:05:33 PM PST by vooch
While "experts" speak of "atrocities", there is of course, no mention of Glodjane, Klecka, Orahovac, Izbica, Lipovica, Klina, Volujak , Gnjilane, nor Junik, just to name a few, which were sites of KLA murders of members of an unquestionably civilian population. These were sites of SOME of the REAL mass graves in Kosovo
Glodjane, September 8th 1998. Six mass graves and execution grounds, where Albanian terrorists murdered Serbian civilians, were found. 37 Serb civilians were discovered. According to testimonies given by apprehended Albanian terrorists, members of the KLA brought kidnapped Serb civilians to the banks of the channel connecting Bistrica River and Radonjic Lake, shot them and dumped their bodies into the channel. Two female and two male bodies were found on the banks, while an additional 16 were fished out of the channel in various stages of decomposition. One female body was missing half its scull, and another was riddled with 17 bullet wounds. An additional four bodies were found in a shallow grave 100 meters away. Some bodies floated to the lake, and were recovered there. Examining Magistrate, Rajko Gojkovic, described the scene as monstrous, since many of the victims were mutilated and tortured before being executed. Several other shallow graves were discovered near Glodjane, with mutilated, beheaded or castrated bodies. By September 13th, bodies of 37 Serb civilians were discovered. This included children and elderly. The remains of others were found nearby and the count of 37 was not final.
Klecka, August 27th 1998. Located in the region of Dulja, on the Stimlje-Suva Reka road. Serbian police discovered a cremation oven in the lime factory in the Klecka village, used to dispose of murdered Serbian civilians. Klecka contained a KLA base including a training camp and a munitions depot. Captured KLA terrorists from Malisevo, Lyan Mazreku and Bekim Mazreku, told police that in July, 1998 the KLA captured, killed and burned 22 Serbian civilians in the village of Klecka, some 45km southwestern of Pristina. Civilians were put before a firing squad and executed. Several partially burned bodies remained The bodies of 22 Serb civilians were found.. One of the KLA terrorists, Lyan Mazreku admitted that the KLA rounded up about 100 civilians in Orahovac, under the command of Fatmir Lima, Gani Krasnici and Hismi Kilya. They transferred them to Klecka where they proceeded to rape, in front of everyone, all the females, regardless of age, including children. Also, Mazreku admitted to raping and cutting off a little boy's ear. He described how people's limbs were amputated, eyes gouged, heads cut off, and various organs removed before they were finally shot. Another KLA terrorist, Bekim Mazreku admitted to having personally killed 5 men, 3 women and 2 children ages 7 and 11 years. He confirmed that a KLA firing squad executed 22 civilians under the directive of Fatmir Lima, Gani Krasnici and Hismi Kilya.
According to Christopher Hill, then Special US Envoy to Yugoslavia: "I condemn the horrible massacre of Serb civilians committed by Albanian terrorists. The United States are shocked by the brutalities in the village of Klecka. Whoever did this must be punished. The United States do not support the armed battles of the KLA and condemn every kind of aggression, as well as the kidnapping of civilians."
Orahovac, April 6th 1998. Bodies of 6 ethnic Albanians, all residents of Klina area were found: Berisa Saljiu, his brother Avduljaj Bajram, Zogaj Ibrahim, his sons Ramadan and Fadilj, and Salijaj Ibrahim, were found near the Orahovac-Malisevo road. They were government loyalists who three days before, had been kidnapped by the KLA.
Ugljare , August 24, 1999 - In the village of Ugljare, ten kilometers east of Gnjilane, 15 bodies in a mass grave of Serbs who were believed to have been kidnapped on July 10 by Albanian terrorists were found. All were transferred to morgues of the health center in Gnjilane where three persons were immediately identified. They were Dragan Tomic from Ranilog and brothers Djordje and Zoran Zdravkovic from the village of Glogovce near Lipljane.
Gnjilane, August 27, 1999 - The discovery of another mass grave with bodies of 50 Serbs in the outskirts of the Gnjilane area Serbs who wanted to learn the fate of their relatives or friends after the discovery of a first grave with 15 bodies, were told by an unnamed UN police officer that another grave with 50 bodies had been found in the vicinity of Gnjilane and an investigation would be undertaken soon.
Gnjilane, September 7, 1999 - 17 people of Serbian nationality were found buried in a residential area of Cernan Cesma in Gnjilane
Pec, September 14, 1999 - 20 Serbs found in a well in the "Istok" area. After KFor's arrival, more than 40 Serbs had been kidnapped there. David Perovic, a priest who visited the area September 11 and 12 said that five men set on fire together with pigs in the "Istok" prison were among those found. 20 out of the 40 abducted, were dropped in a deep well called "Jama" (The hole), which was covered with concrete. According to three witnesses, a monk Stefan Puric, from the "Sveto Preobrazenje" monastery in Budisavci, kidnapped in July, was among those killed. According to the witnesses, father Stefan was brought to Istok where he was violently tortured and subsequently murdered by Albanian terrorists.
PS: Hate to say it, but being married to an Orthodox Russian who laughs at Pravda these days... and yep, I've been known to post Pravda articles for fun, especially when they concerned drunken tractor drivers doing hilarious things.
I certainly don't necessarily mean that everything in Pravda is all bunk, only that one needs to "take a grain of salt" with whatever they say.
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