Trial Begins for Three Kosovo Albanians Accused of War Crimes
The first international war crimes trial of former ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Kosovo began in The Hague on Monday, with three men accused of torturing and killing a group of prisoners under their control during the conflict in that Serbian province from 1997 to 1999. All three are former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, the ethnic Albanian force that battled with Yugoslav troops and the police there, until military intervention by NATO ended the conflict and placed the region under the authority of the United Nations.Full Story