KOSOVO ATTACK

>> YOUR LINK HERE: ___ http://youtube.com/watch?v=CDRk_DDNut4

(7 Jul 2000) Eng/Albanian/Nat • XFA • A former Kosovo Liberation Army commander was wounded on Friday in a shootout with a family allied with his ethnic Albanian political rival, Brjar Bukoshi. • The attack raises concern about political violence within the ethnic Albanian community ahead of local elections planned for October. • Ramush Haradinaj a former KLA commander-turned-politician, arrived with his cousin at the house of a rival gang and a firefight ensued. • During the shootout grenades were fired at a car parked outside the house and surrounding buildings were riddled with bullet holes. • It's believed Ramush went with supporters to the house to settle old scores. • Bukoshi's supporters at the Musaj household were armed only with light weapons but one of the family managed to grab a hand grenade from Ramush's men and launched it at them, wounding Ramush. • Ramush leads the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo. • Bukoshi is also a former K-L-A commander and is a former Prime Minister of the Kosovan government when it was in exile before the war. • SOUNDBITE: (Albanian) • We fired on them and they were wounded in the garden in front of our house. We wounded them. We had no alternative, it was self-defence. We opened fire with light weapons but I took one hand grenade from Ramush's boys and I threw that hand grenade at them - that's how Ramush was wounded. • SUPER CAPTION: Sadik Musaj Alb, political rival of Ramush • Bukoshi was not at the house at the time of the attack. • The rivalry between the two groups dates back to before the war - it is not the first time that Ramush's aggression has backfired. • SOUNDBITE: (English) • We didn't act in an aggressive way, we wanted only to work, to go on our work. • SUPER CAPTION: Ramush Haradinaj, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo leader • NATO spokesman Major Scott Slaten confirmed the attack and said Haradinaj was taken to the U-S military hospital at Camp Bondsteel. • SOUNDBITE: (English) • Mr Haradinaj requested medical assistance earlier during the day. A KFOR Italian helicopter was despatched to bring Mr Haradinaj to Camp Bondsteel. He arrived around 2:30pm and is currently receiving a medical evaluation at the combat support hospital. As of 4pm KFOR medical officials have stated that Haradinaj is being treated for a two inch laceration that is not considered life-threatening at this time. • SUPER CAPTION: Major Scott Slaten, NATO spokesman • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

#############################

New on site