UÇK

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UÇK is the Albanian-language acronym for the Kosovo Liberation Army, an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that fought for Kosovo’s independence from Serbia in the late 1990s.

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UÇK canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf insurgent group
paramilitary organization
separatist organization
accusedOf ethnic cleansing of Serb and Roma civilians in some areas
war crimes
acronymFor Kosovo Liberation Army
activePeriodEnd 1999
activePeriodStart 1990s
1996
alliedWith NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (de facto during 1999 air campaign)
associatedWith Democratic Party of Kosovo
surface form: Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK)
conflict Kosovo War
country Kosovo
disarmamentProcess NATO-supervised demilitarization in 1999
ethnicComposition ethnic Albanians
fullName Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës
goal independence of Kosovo from Serbia
secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
ideology Albanian nationalism
languageOfName Albanian
notableCommander Adem Jashari
notableEvent 1998–1999 insurgency in Kosovo
Battle of Prekaz
notableLeader Adem Jashari
Hashim Thaçi
Jakup Krasniqi
Ramush Haradinaj
operationalArea Albanian-populated areas of Kosovo
Kosovo
opponent Yugoslavia
surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Serbia
Serbian police forces
surface form: Serbian security forces

Yugoslav Army
partOf wider Yugoslav Wars context
recognizedAsTerroristOrganizationBy Yugoslavia
surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

United States of America
surface form: United States (until 1998 reclassification)
region Balkans
shortName KLA
statusAfterWar officially disbanded
subjectOfInvestigationBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Kosovo Specialist Chambers
successorOrganization Kosovo Protection Corps
Kosovo Protection Corps
surface form: Kosovo Security Force (indirectly, via institutional evolution)
supportedBy some Western states during the Kosovo War
some elements of the Albanian diaspora
some political actors in Albania
transitionedInto Kosovo Protection Corps

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