ALBANIAN REBEL COMMANDER REPORTEDLY HELD IN US BASE IN KOSOVO
BBC Monitoring International Reports - December 26, 2004

Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA

Belgrade, 26 December: Lirim Jakupi was not wounded in a clash with Macedonian police near Tetovo and he is now in the US Bondsteel base in Kosovo-Metohija, the chairman of the (Serbian government's) Coordination Centre (for Kosovo), Nebojsa Covic, has said.

The Macedonian police said last night that Jakupi, one of the main commanders of the terrorist paramilitary units of Kosmet (Kosovo-Metohija) Albanians, had been arrested by UNMIK (UN Mission in Kosovo) forces in the territory of Kosovo-Metohija. According to the Macedonian police, Jakupi was previously wounded in the clash with the police in Tetovo town centre.

"Last night, we found out from our sources that Jakupi is in Bondsteel and that he had not been wounded," Covic told RTS (Serbian Radio-TV).

Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 1224 gmt 26 Dec 04

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