Kosovo Liberation Army

420 Albania Albanians seeking KLA veteran status


About 420 Albania Albanians claim that they were former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, or have contributed in various forms in the struggle for the liberation of Kosovo. But among the applicants, there are also victims of the Serbian mine, located on the border in 1998-1999, and those who have suffered from Serb shelling.

Representative leadership of KLA veterans Albania Sokol Poga, has announced the "Daily Time" than five days before the deadline have applied to benefit KLA veteran status 420 people from Albania.

"Of these, 40 applications were to acquire the status of martyr and 67 people for war invalids. Among the applications to obtain the status of martyr and war invalids people who lost their lives or were maimed by the explosion of Serbian mine located on the border during the war, but also by the Serbian army shelling in the territory of Albania. Applicants according Poga, they are from districts of Has and Tropoja Region, but also from other areas of Albania, "said Poga.

He inadvertently prejudice their status, said that these people should be treated as civilian casualties.

"Martyr Status can receive about 50 percent of the number of applications," said Poga. A similar approach, according to him, goes to war invalids.