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[ThomasWach]

Der Vollständigkeit halber:

Kosovo's new armed forces take control of security

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Kosovo armed forces took over security duties on Wednesday, less than a year after the territory declared independence and in the face of strong protests from Serbia.

The Kosovo Security Force replaces a 3,000-strong civilian emergency organization formed out of the disbanded ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army, which fought Serbia in a 1998-99 war.

Serbia _ which insists Kosovo remains a part of its territory _ said it would file a protest with the United Nations against the new force, which it says is designed to intimidate the Serb minority in Kosovo.

New commander Lt. Gen. Sylejman Selimi, a former rebel fighter, said the 2,500 lightly armed troops would fulfill security duties in Kosovo, but would remain under the supervision of NATO's 15,000 peacekeepers in charge of overall security.
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Quelle:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...00528.html