SEVERAL DOZEN TERRORIST CAMPS EXIST IN KOSOVO - SERBIAN TV
TV Pink - July 9, 2004

(Presenter) A map drawn up by NATO shows the existence of several dozen illegal locations in Kosovo-Metohija where terrorist groups train. However, Kfor (NATO-led Kosovo Force) is not doing anything about it for the time being. Infotop's (Pink TV's regular news programme) correspondent Branislav Krstic, who has seen the map, has a report from Kosovo.

(Krstic, voice over phone) In a statement given to Infotop, the commander of the multinational Northeastern Kfor Division, French Gen Etienne La Fontaine, did not confirm or deny the existence of illegal camps for training terrorists.

I do not wish to contest the validity of the document you have submitted to me but I assure you that Kfor patrols in the field safeguard the security of all Kosovo citizens, Gen La Fontaine said, persistently declining to specify whether the camps existed or not.

A member of Kfor who wished to remain anonymous told this programme that the movement of organized groups had been registered in some areas, which Kfor patrols were avoiding for the time being.

Albanian terrorists have been encouraged by the inaction on the part of Kfor and UNMIK (UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) but the latter are not only afraid of arresting them on the basis of photographs and video recordings dating from (17-18) March wave of violence - they are also assuming a defensive role, the chairman of the Serb National Council (SNV) for Northern Kosovo, Milan Ivanovic, told Infotop. He noted that UNMIK built fortifications, surrounded itself with concrete walls, and even relocated. He recalled that the SNV had long been warning about the existence of camps for training terrorists throughout the province.

Source: TV Pink, Belgrade, in Serbian 1610 gmt 9 Jul 04

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