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After the end of the Kosovo war in 1999, a three-mile "Ground Safety Zone" (GSZ) was established between Kosovo (still Serbian territory, but governed by United Nations) - and inner Serbia and Montenegro. Yugoslav army units were not permitted to patrol the area, only lightly-armed police forces. The exclusion zone included the predominantly Albanian village of Dobrosin, but not Preševo.

Former KLA guerrilla soldiers quickly established bases in the demilitarized zone, and Serbian police had to stop patrolling the area to avoid being ambushed. In January 2001, the UCPMB killed three Serbs in Mucibaba, near Presevo. In Bujanovac, four bombs were detonated in February, one near an elementary school, two in a Gypsy neighbourhood and one next to a cinema. Attacks were also made on Albanian politicians opposed to the KLA, including the murder of Zemail Mustafi , the Albanian vice-president of the Bujanovac branch of Slobodan MiloševicSlobodan MiloSevic ( Serbian Cyrillic: pron. sloh-BOH-dahn mee-LOH-sheh-vitch born 20 August 1941) is a former President of Serbia and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as well as leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia. Early career MiloSevic was bor's Socialist PartyThe Socialist Party of Serbia ( Serbian: Socijalisticka partija Srbije is a political party in Serbia. It was founded on July 27, 1990 by Slobodan Milosevic, as a merger of Milosevic's League of Communists of Serbia (technically the Serbian section of the.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, NATO allowed the Yugoslav army to reclaim the demilitarized zone on May 24May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). There are 221 days remaining. Events 1153 Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. 1218 The Fifth Crusade leaves for Egypt. 1430 Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne. 1487 Imth 2001, and at the same time giving the rebels the opportunity to turn themselves over to KFORThe Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. This peace-enforcement force entered Kosovo on June 12 1999 under a United Nations mandate, two days after the adoption of UN Securi. KFOR promised to just take their weapons and note their names before releasing them.

More than 450 UCPMB members took advantage of KFOR's screen and release policy, among them Shefket Musliu , the commander of the UCPMB, who turned himself over to KFOR at a checkpoint along the GSZ just after midnight May 26May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). There are 219 days remaining before the end of the year. Events 1328 William of Ockham secretly leaves Avignon under threat from Pope John XXII. 1538 Geneva throws out Jo.