PRISHTINË, 21 Korrik 2016-Gazeta DIELLI-Behlul JASHARI/ Në 21 korrik 1998 Kosova ritheksonte kërkesën për ndërhyrje urgjente ndërkombëtare, nga Serbia hynin forca të reja të luftës kundër shqiptarëve, Grupi i Kontaktit njoftohej për masakrat e forave serbe në Kosovë – te kufiri me Shqipërinë, në Rahovec vazhdonte situata e rëndë dhe mëse 20 mijë veta kishin braktisur qytetin, dilomati amerikan Christopher Hill kishte mbërritur në Prishtinë dhe takohej me presidentin Ibrahim Rugova…Këto janë disa nga raportimet që kam bërë para 18 vitesh.

Për Kosovën e rreth Kosovës edhe të tjera në:http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/ata/1998/98-07-21.ata.html

[01] Fresh Serb military and police forces in Kosova

PRISHTINE, July 20 (ATA)-Serbia dispatches fresh heavy military and police forces to Kosova. Albanian sources report that these forces cross the valley of the Iber river and the Podujeve-Prishtine road from several cities of Serbia.

Meanwhile, Belgrade has threatened that it will undertake tougher military and police actions against the Albanians of Kosova. /b.j/lm/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

[02] Rugova meets U.S. diplomat

PRISHTINE, July 20 (ATA)-President of the Republic of Kosova Ibrahim Rugova met in Prishtine today with the second secretary of the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, Robert Pitri, and discussed the latest situation in Kosova and the possibility to overcome it through diplomatic means.

Rugova said that the situation in Kosova is becoming increasingly grave and dangerous, due to Serb forces’ attacks in various parts of the region.

The situation is especially grave in the commune of Rahovec, said Rugova, who called for an urgent international intervention to halt attacks and ethnic cleansing. /b.j/lm/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

[13] KLMDNJ briefs contact group on Serb massacres in Albanian border

PRISHTINE, July 21 – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reported that the sub council of the Human Rights (KLMDNJ) in Deçan had sent reports to Belgrade- based Contact Group ambassadors on the massacres of the Serb army on July 18 near the Albanian border killing scores of people and wounding hundreds of others, including women and children who were leaving Albania for Kosova.

“After they passed the border at the place called Padesh and were heading for Livadhi i Madh through a mountainous terrain, two mines went off followed by grenade shelling and incessant shooting. The attack started from three directions and lasted 30 minutes followed by a short break, and resumed again,” the report said.

“Many people were massacred but their number could not be clearly defined. It was learned that all the children, women and elderly people who were being transported by 30 horses were killed,” it said.

Hundreds of people have been injured, others have broken feet and legs or fallen down in abysses or maybe lost in mountains without any help, the report said.

“The fact that names of those killed or any other detail as regards the horrible event has not revealed after four days shows that Belgrade is trying to hide the traces of the crime, which included children, women and many citizens who were turning back to Kosova,” the report said. pta/mima/ak/

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[14] LDK urges international energetic action in Kosova

PRISHTINE, July 21 – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reported that the leadership of the Democratic League of Kosova (LDK) issued a statement on Tuesday denouncing violence and massacres of the Serb military-police and paramilitary in Rahovec and in other war zones.

“The LDK leadership invites the United States, Contact Group, European Union and NATO to take energetic actions to stop Serb aggression in Kosova. We ask for the Hague Court on war crimes to investigate on the massacres in Kosova and bring law suit on war crimes,” the statement said.

It also invited the international humanitarian organisation to be quickly engaged in crisis area.

“The reports from Rahovec tell about massacres against civil Albanians. Tight curfew around Rahovec by the Serbian forces made it impossible to observe the situation and give help to thousand of citizens who are victims of Serb aggression,” it said.

“Serbia is killing children, women, elderly people and youth. It is burning down and destroying houses and launching ethnic cleansing, thus openly undertaking crimes against humanity,” the statement said.

It also added: “Serbia’s aim is very evident, ethnic cleansing.” Therefore, the LDK calls for resistance in Kosova. la/mima/ak/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

[15] Scores of victims in Rahovec

PRISHTINE, July 21 – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reported that the situation in the city of Rahovec and suburbs on Tuesday was catastrophic, at a time when the Kosova Liberation Army (KLA) continued resisting Serb attacks and shelling in the city.

“Eyewitnesses speak of many victims and unprecedented Serb massacres against the Albanian population. Some 20 thousand persons have abandoned the city,” the “Bujku” correspondent Fadil Gashi said.

The same source said that a large number of people fled amid volleys of gunfire. But civilians, children, women and elderly people have remained in the city.

“Two Serb tanks opened fire with heavy machine-gun at some one thousand citizens coming out hands up of the holy place Teqe e Madhe where they have taken shelter. Many eyewitnesses speak of large number of victims, ” he said.

“People are forced to walk on dead bodies. Serb police raid, torch and destroy houses,” the same source said.

Some 80 injured, mostly children, women, in the police station in Ostrozub, need medical treatment. Three Albanian pregnant women have also been killed. The city is engulfed in the flames. la/mima/ak/

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