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	UCPMB
		UCPMBs uniforms, procedures and tactics mirrored those of the disbanded KLA.
		Former KLA guerrilla soldiers quickly established bases in the demilitarized zone, and Serbian police had to stop patrolling the area to avoid beeing ambushed.
		More than 450 UCPMB members took advantage of KFOR's screen and release policy, among them Shefket Musliu[?], the commander of the UCPMB, who turned himself over to KFOR at acheckpoint along the GSZ just after midnight May 26.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/uc/UCPMB.html (295 words)

	UCPMB article - UCPMB Albanian guerrilla Serbia Kosovo 1999 2001 Kosovo United Nations - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare e Preshevës, Medvegjës dhe Bujanovcit - UCPMB) was a guerrilla group fighting for independence from Serbia for the regions of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac, Albanian-dominated areas situated east of Kosovo.
		UCPMBs uniforms, procedures and tactics mirrored those of the disbanded KLA.
		More than 450 UCPMB members took advantage of KFOR's screen and release policy, among them Shefket Musliu, the commander of the UCPMB, who turned himself over to KFOR at a checkpoint along the GSZ just after midnight May 26.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/UCPMB (337 words)

	UCPMB - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare e Preshevës, Medvegjës dhe Bujanovcit - UCPMB) was a guerrilla group fighting for independence from Serbia for the three municipalities: Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac, home to most of the Albanians of inner Serbia, adjacent to the province of Kosovo and Metohija.
		In January 2001, the UCPMB killed three Serbs in Mucibaba, near Preševo.
		More than 450 UCPMB members took advantage of KFOR's screen and release policy, among them Shefket Musliu, the commander of the UCPMB, who turned himself over to KFOR at a checkpoint along the GSZ just after midnight May 26, 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UCPMB (331 words)

	UCPMB
		The Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare e Preshevës, Medvegjës dhe Bujanovcit - UCPMB) was a terrorist guerrilla group fighting for independence from Serbia for the three municipalities: Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac, home to most of the Albanians of inner Serbia, adjacent to the province of Kosovo and Metohija.
		Former KLA guerrilla soldiers quickly established bases in the demilitarized zone, and Serbian police had to stop patrolling the area to avoid being ambushed.
		More than 450 UCPMB members took advantage of KFOR's screen and release policy, among them Shefket Musliu, the commander of the UCPMB, who turned himself over to KFOR at a checkpoint along the GSZ just after midnight May 26.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/uc/ucpmb.html (328 words)

	Muslimedia.com
		The UCPMB was founded in response to increased repression of the Albanian majority in the region at the hands of the Serbian police.
		The arrest of the UCPMB commander came a few hours after the UCPMB made a positive gesture to defuse tensions in the region by handing six Serbs, who had been detained on a road linking Kosova with Serbia the previous day, over to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
		In late December, NATO pressured the UCPMB to agree to a verbal accord with the Serbian authorities to remove blockades on a key road in the region.
	www.muslimedia.com /ARCHIVES/world01/kosowest.htm (1350 words)

	H-Net* US raids against UCPMB help Serbs to fight Kosovar
		The UCPMB, which models itself on the UCK in name, uniform and tactics, consists of a few hundred well-armed fighters who are active in the hills of the no-man’s-land around Presevo town, about 12 kilometres east of the boundary between Serbia and Kosova.
		Uniformed UCPMB fighters made their public debut on January 26, at the funeral of two Albanian brothers from Dobrosin, who were killed by police while returning from woodcutting.
		A UCPMB representative was quoted last month as saying that the insurgents also aimed to internationalize their plight in the hope of drawing NATO into another conflict with Yugoslavia.
	www.mail-archive.com /hizb@hizbi.net/msg11121.html (999 words)

	UNHCR - The State of the World's Refugees 2006 - Chapter 4 Responding to emergencies: Box 4.1 Presevo Valley: ...
		Although at the time the number of displaced persons was relatively small and the conflict was confined to a five-kilometre-wide strip between Serbia and Kosovo, the hopes for finally achieving peace and stability in the region hung on the line.
		The lack of representation in the local police force – most of the Albanian police had been dismissed by the former regime – was the leading concern, though there were a number of other problems related to education, employment and the media.
		On 17 May, UNHCR was present alongside NATO representatives, EU monitors, Deputy Prime Minister Covic and the commander of the UCPMB to witness the disarmament of the rebel movement and the historic withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from the village.
	www.unhcr.org /publ/PUBL/4444d3c72f.html (1190 words)

	West Stepping up Campaign against Kosovar Muslim... (by Helena Bestakova) - Media Monitors Network
		The UCPMB was founded in response to increased repression of the Albanian majority in the region at the hands of the Serbian police.
		The arrest of the UCPMB commander came a few hours after the UCPMB made a positive gesture to defuse tensions in the region by handing six Serbs, who had been detained on a road linking Kosova with Serbia the previous day, over to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
		In late December, NATO pressured the UCPMB to agree to a verbal accord with the Serbian authorities to remove blockades on a key road in the region.
	www.mediamonitors.net /helena1.html (1371 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		NATO is permitting the troops to move in in a phased operation, despite the threat of renewed violence.
		The commander of Serb forces deploying in Sector B is to use units from the 72nd special brigade and 63rd airborne brigade, as well as several elite units from the military police, to deal with any Albanian resistance.
		This report was compiled by Koha Ditore journalists Garentina Kraja in Pristina, Gnjilane, and Vitina; Augustin Palokaj in Brussels; Metali Krasniqi in the Presevo valley; and IWPR contributor Daniel Sunter in Belgrade
	www.iwpr.net /archive/bcr/bcr_20010523_1_eng.txt (1054 words)

	Military.com Content
		Given the freedom of movement within the buffer zone and the flight of most persons to Kosovo, UCPMB forces are likely to build up forces in the key towns inside Kosovo.
		UCPMB forces have confronted police at key transport routes into Serbia from Kosovo, including Malina Malla, Blace, Mucibaba and Brevnik.
		UCPMB will attempt to hold at key points along the border and will use the mountains as cover.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=SG15march01 (945 words)

	KFOR: Basic Information:
		Truckloads: The UCPMB members brought eight tractors loaded with weapons, uniforms and ammunition across the boundary from the Ground Safety Zone.
		Unarmed and dressed in civilian clothing, the former UCPMB commander had just come from the funeral of Ridvan Qazimi, known as commander Lleshi, a fellow UCPMB commander who was killed Thursday.
		UCPMB members continued to lie down arms and turn themselves in to KFOR throughout the night and the following day.
	www.nato.int /kfor/chronicle/2001/nr_010526.htm (521 words)

	In These Times 25/08 -- War Without End
		The UCPMB say they are fighting to liberate the area from Belgrade's repression and unite it with Kosovo.
		In November, Serbian security forces and the UCPMB agreed to a de facto cease-fire after three Serbian police officers were killed in the village of Dobrosin.
		Yugoslavian and Serbian officials say the aim of the UCPMB is to provoke its security forces into a radical response to demonstrate that the new government is no different than the regime of Slobodan Milosevic.
	www.inthesetimes.com /issue/25/08/scahill2508.html (920 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/UCPMB
		The Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare e Preshevës, Medvegjës dhe Bujanocit, UCPMB) was a guerrilla group fighting for independence from Serbia (then Yugoslavia) for the three municipalities: Preševo, Bujanovac, and Medveđa, home to most of the Albanians of Central Serbia, adjacent to Kosovo.
		The goal of the UCPMB was to secede these municipalities from Yugoslavia and join them to a future independent Kosovo.
		Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, NATO allowed the Yugoslav army to reclaim the demilitarized zone on May 24th 2001, and at the same time giving the rebels the opportunity to turn themselves over to KFOR.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/UCPMB (412 words)

	CNN.com - Kosovo: Tension on the border - December 4, 2000
		The UCPMB is an offshoot of the KLA (now officially disbanded), but it does not enjoy the same kind of support by local villagers as the KLA did in the early stages of its struggle for independence.
		UCPMB leaders however are still trying to gain influence in the area, and say they want to protect the local population from police harassment.
		But so far the UCPMB is believed to be confined to a few villages on the border area, and counting no more than a few hundred active members.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/12/02/kosovo.vinci/index.html (801 words)

	Rebels Battle Army in Macedonia, Disarm in Serbia [Free Republic] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The agreement was signed by Shefket Musliu, commander of the general headquarters of the UCPMB guerrilla group based in the Presevo Valley area next to the Kosovo border, and by the head of NATO's office in Yugoslavia as a witness.
		Privately, guerrillas in Macedonia say a few UCPMB fighters have moved south to the villages which the UCK have held in northern Macedonia during nearly three weeks of Macedonian artillery bombardment and helicopter rocket attacks.
		The Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac, known as the UCPMB after the initials of its name in Albanian, emerged in January last year, saying it was fighting Serb repression of ethnic Albanians in the Presevo Valley.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b0936834c29.htm (1159 words)

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		The "Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac" (Albanian Albanian: "Ushtria Clirimtare Presheve, Medveja e Bujanovec - UCPMB") was a guerrilla guerrilla group fighting for independence from Serbia Serbia for the regions of Preševo Preševo, Medveđa Medveđa and Bujanovac Bujanovac, Albanian-dominated areas situated east of Kosovo Kosovo.
		UCPMBs uniforms, procedures and tactics mirrored those of the disbanded KLA KLA.
		More than 450 UCPMB members took advantage of KFOR's "screen and release" policy, among them Shefket Musliu Shefket Musliu, the commander of the UCPMB, who turned himself over to KFOR at a checkpoint along the GSZ just after midnight May 26 May 26.
	www.biodatabase.de /UCPMB (389 words)

	Nato seizes armed Albanian guerrillas
		The KFOR peace force said 10 men in fl uniforms were detained on Wednesday trying to evade a checkpoint and re-enter Kosovo from a security zone over the boundary in Serbia proper.
		He was referring to an armed group calling itself the Liberation Army for Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac (UCPMB), believed to have been involved in several clashes with Serb police near the Kosovo boundary over the last year.
		Both events took place near Dobrosin, a village in Serbia where the UCPMB is believed to be based, and KFOR said it had closed a nearby checkpoint by the boundary with Serbia.
	www.iol.co.za /general/avant_newsview.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw974995261713G642&set_id=6 (613 words)

	UCPMB
		Most important, the platform, which is the unified response of the Liberation Army of Presheva, Medvegja, and Bujanoc (UCPMB) and the Albanian political parties in the region, abandoned a previous call for the annexation of the region to Kosova and, instead, asks for an international effort to create a democratic society in the Presheva Valley.
		The Albanian platform also asks that the Serbian forces withdraw from the region, that the UCPMB be placed under international supervision, and that the international community establish a judicial system, police force, and other municipal bodies.
		The aim of UCPMB is to defend and protect the lives of Albanians in this unprotected region.
	www.aacl.com /ucpmb.htm (1692 words)

	Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of
		On May 24, VJ troops killed UCPMB leader Ridvan Qazimi, known as Commander Leshi, in an exchange of fire in the GSZ; the VJ stated that Leshi's killing was accidental.
		UCPMB forces killed approximately 10 ethnic-Albanian civilians during the conflict.
		UCPMB forces killed approximately 30 VJ soldiers and police officers during the conflict.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eur/8369.htm (19315 words)

	Southern Serbia: Sowing Seeds of Change
		The plan was comprised of three elements: negotiating a truce with the UCPMB; addressing the political grievances of the ethnic Albanian population in the three affected municipalities; and providing humanitarian and developmental assistance to build confidence and address the poor living conditions in the area.
		Progress was slow, with the UCPMB refusing to agree to a truce until May 2002, when agreement was reached between NATO and the government of Serbia on the reintroduction of Serbian forces into the safety zone.
		Today, 18 months since the Peace Agreement with the UCPMB was signed, the municipalities of the Presevo Valley have achieved political stability, elected representative and multi-ethnic local governments, and established a police force that better reflects the ethnic diversity of the population.
	www.usaid.gov /locations/europe_eurasia/press/southern_serbia12122002.html (2319 words)

	Southern Serbia: The second Kosovo?
		Between 2000 and 2001, the UCPMB, which was organised according to the UCK model, tried to create this “emergency”.
		The UCPMB exploited the eastern section of this safety zone, adjacent to the Presevo Valley, to use as a base for launching attacks on the police and other targets.
		And the Albanians of southern Serbia, who did not support the UCPMB as a whole as the Kosovo Albanians supported the UCK, certainly will not approve of the use of violence to resolve their problems.
	www.axisglobe.com /article.asp?article=689 (1787 words)

	CER \| Kosovo: Conflict in Presevo worsens
		The UCPMB fighters have moved into the demilitarized zone set up under the terms of the Kumanovo agreement (signed in the Macedonian town of the same name) between Belgrade and NATO in June 1999.
		The UCPMB first appeared in public on 26 January 2000 at the burial in Dobrosin of two Albanians killed by the Serb police.
		Men in uniforms emblazoned with the insignia of the UCPMB vowed to "fight until the Albanians of the Preševo valley are free".
	www.ce-review.org /01/6/kosovonews6.html (960 words)

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