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Section B; Road to Rambouillet
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The beginning of the end started in the spring of 1998. That year separatists in
Kosovo initiated a real guerilla war. Almost every day the KLA would kill couple of
members of the Serbian armed forces from the ambush, in addition to attacks on
‖Albanian traitors‖ and non-Albanians. 87 On the other side, Milosevic organized
referendum regarding the involvement of the international community in this conflict in
Kosovo. As expected, a vast majority of the Serbian population voted against
internationalization of the internal issues of Serbia. Arrogant Milosevic was very satisfied
with the result of referendum, which he saw as approval to handle this conflict in the
same manner. He sent more troops to Kosovo to protect the borders and to deal with the
KLA.
Due to an enormous use of armed forces, Clinton‘s administration treated
Yugoslavia with bombing. Even Mr. Cosic found this ironic because USA bombed
countries that just might be connected to attacks on USA embassies in Africa while
Yugoslavia was not allowed to fight against terrorists on her own territory. However, to
make sure that any future intervention has some legitimacy, the UN Security Council
voted for resolution that will allowed NATO to intervene against ―country that
threatening international peace‖, regardless of the fact that NATO was established to
protect only those countries that are members of that organization. In the meantime,
Adem Demaci, ―political leader of the KLA‖ appealed to his ―army‖ to ―fight against
Serbian occupation until entire liberation of Kosovo‖. 88
87 United Nations, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ―Indictment against Ramush
Haradinaj, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj Released to the Public,‖ March 10, 2005,
http://www.icty.org/sid/8631
88 Dobrica Cosic, Kosovo (Beograd: Novosti, 2004), 89.