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{{Short description|1998 battle}}
{{Infobox Military Conflict {{Infobox military conflict
|conflict= Battle of Glodjane | conflict = Battle of Glođane
|partof= ] | partof = the ]
|caption= | caption =
|date= September 9, 1998 <ref name="hrw.org">http://www.hrw.org/legacy/campaigns/kosovo98/timeline.shtml</ref>
| date = '''First Phase:''' 24 March 1998<br />'''Second Phase:''' 11–12 August 1998
|place= Glodjane, near ]
| place = Gllogjan, near ]
|result= Decisive Yugoslav Victory
| result = '''First battle:''' KLA victory<ref>{{cite news| publisher=Sense| url=https://archive.sensecentar.org/vijesti.php?aid=10553|title=HARADINAJ WAS 'ALPHA AND OMEGA' IN DUKAGJIN AREA | date= 8 October 2008|access-date=9 February 2022| location=The Hague}}</ref><ref name="vanityfair" /><br />
|combatant1= ] ]
'''Second battle:''' Yugoslav victory<ref>{{cite news| work=The Independent| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/kla-rebels-lose-stronghold-1171340.html|title=KLA rebels lose stronghold| date= 13 August 1998|access-date=8 October 2012| location=London| first=Julijana| last=Mojsilovic}}</ref>
|combatant2= ] ]
Returned presence of the KLA forces<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/kosovo-fighting-dies-out-after-rebel-loss|title=Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss - Serbia|date=17 August 1998 }}</ref>
|commander1= ] ]
| combatant1 = ]]
|commander2= ] ]
|strength1= ]500 police officers | combatant2 = ] ]
| commander1 = {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} ]
|strength2= ]250 insurgents
| commander2 = ] ] {{WIA}}<br />] ]<br />] ]<br />] Bedri Shala{{KIA}}
|casualties1= ]1 dead<br>]6 wounded<ref> http://www.hlc-rdc.org/?p=13091</ref><ref>http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=613776</ref><ref>http://www.pogledi.rs/galerija/sz/index.php</ref>
] ]{{KIA}}<br /> | strength1 = {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} 500 soldiers and policemen
|casualties2= ]8 dead<br>]45 wounded
| strength2 = ] 250 militants
|casualties3= {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} 38 civilians killed<ref>{{cite book|author=Heike Krieger |title=The Kosovo conflict and international law: an analytical documentation 1974–1999 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-OhPTJn8ZWoC&pg=PA38 |accessdate=30 April 2011 |year=2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-80071-6 |pages=38–}}</ref>
| casualties1 = {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} 5 ] killed<br />{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} 2 soldiers killed<br />{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} 10 policemen wounded<ref>{{cite news| publisher=BBC| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/150108.stm| title= Serbs 'take' Kosovo rebel base| date= 14 August 1998| access-date= 3 March 2013}}</ref>
|campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Kosovo War}}
| casualties2 = ] 7 killed<br />] 49 wounded<ref name=LAT>{{cite news| work= Los Angeles Times| url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-13-mn-12868-story.html| title= Serbs Seize One Rebel Redoubt, Attack Second| date= 13 August 1998| access-date= 3 March 2013}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Campaignbox Kosovo War}}


The '''Battle of Glođane''' ({{langx|sr|{{lang|sr-Cyrl|Битка за Глођане}} / {{lang|sr-Latn|Bitka za Glođane}}}}, {{langx|sq|Beteja e Gllogjanit}}) was fought during the ] in the village of Glođane first on March 24, 1998, and again later on August 11, 1998. It involved the ] militant group known as the ] (KLA) and the Yugoslav military and Serbian police forces. The clashes signified a sequence of military offensives initiated by the Yugoslav army and Serbian police to counter the increasing presence of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) within Kosovo Albanian villages.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |url=http://www.ictytranscripts.org/trials/haradinaj/070523IT.htm |title=Public Testimony of John Crosland, transcript |date=23 May 2007 |publisher=U.N. |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228205615/http://www.ictytranscripts.org/trials/haradinaj/070523IT.htm |archive-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The '''Battle of Glodjane''' ({{lang-sr|Битка за Глођане}}; {{lang-al|Beteja e Glloxhanit}}) was a battle that was fought in 1998 during the ] between the Albanian militant group the ] (UÇK) and Yugoslav police officers.


==Attrocities== ==Background==
In Kosovo, the ] (KLA) forces gained strength and tended to control villages away from the main roads while Yugoslav military forces were positioned on the hills around ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.icty.org/case/haradinaj/4#tjug |title= Trial Chamber Judgment - para 148 |publisher=U.N. |date=3 April 2008|access-date=6 February 2013}}</ref> Throughout the summer of 1998, Yugoslav forces shelled Albanian villages surrounding Lake Radoni on a daily basis.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.icty.org/case/haradinaj/4#tjug |title= Trial Chamber Judgment - para 96 |publisher=U.N. |date=3 April 2008|access-date=6 February 2013}}</ref>
After the battle, 37 ] were massacred by the Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK).<ref>{{cite book|author=Heike Krieger |title=The Kosovo conflict and international law: an analytical documentation 1974–1999 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-OhPTJn8ZWoC&pg=PA38 |accessdate=30 April 2011 |year=2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-80071-6 |pages=38–}}</ref> The corpses were then taken away from Glodjane and were either buried in mass graves or thrown into Lake Radonjić.<ref> http://www.hlc-rdc.org/?p=13091</ref><ref>http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=613776</ref><ref>http://www.pogledi.rs/galerija/sz/index.php</ref>


== Clashes on 24 March 1998 ==
After the ] and the killings of KLA leaders ] and his brother ], along with nearly 60 other family members, Yugoslav forces planned a similar attack on the village of Glođane, which was home to the Haradinaj clan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Report No. 401 |url=http://www.cdhrf.org/English/Weekly/CDHRFReprotNo-401E.pdf |access-date=2022-01-25 |website=www.cdhrf.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013204957/http://www.cdhrf.org/English/Weekly/CDHRFReprotNo-401E.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Hamzaj|first=Bardh|title=A Narrative about War and Freedom|publisher=Zëri Biblioteka Publicistike|year=2000|location=Prishtina|language=en}}</ref> On March 24, 1998, hundreds of Yugoslav forces surrounded and besieged Glođane.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Beteja e Gllogjanit|url=https://www.ademjashari.com/index.aspx?SID=37&LID=2&ACatID=11&AID=178&Ctype=1|access-date=2022-01-25|website=www.ademjashari.com|archive-date=2019-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029035202/http://www.ademjashari.com/index.aspx?SID=37&LID=2&ACatID=11&AID=178&Ctype=1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-24|title=Rama: Beteja e Gllogjanit është shembull unik i taktikave të suksesshme guerile|url=https://klankosova.tv/rama-beteja-e-gllogjanit-eshte-shembull-unik-i-taktikave-te-suksesshme-guerile1/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Klan Kosova|language=sq}}</ref> The attack began several hours later, while police forces had been monitoring the movements of the Haradinaj Clan. The Yugoslav forces first attacked the House of the Haradinaj Clan and managed to advance to the courtyard, but had to retreat due to military resistance.<ref name=":2" /> KLA forces began to take up positions in the village and counter-attacked the Yugoslav forces which resulted in a Yugoslav withdrawal from the village.<ref name="vanityfair">{{Cite magazine|date=2008-11-12|title=House of War|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/12/kosovo200812|access-date=2021-11-25|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Hamzaj|first=Bardh|title=The Peace of the General: The End of War|year=2007|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1"/>


During the battle, 2 KLA fighters and 1 Serbian officer were killed, while 3 Serbian officers and ] were wounded.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=KOSOVO: GLODJANE: VILLAGERS RETURN HOME AFTER RECENT CLASHES {{!}} AP Archive|url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1785cc4ef54d63b06b41f25cc21d8323#:~:text=Villagers%20began%20returning%20to%20their,in%20Yugoslavia%27s%20troubled%20southern%20province.|access-date=2022-02-08|website=www.aparchive.com}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}


==Clashes on 11–12 August 1998==
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The Yugoslav forces first broke through the KLA lines and entered Glođane around 10–11 August, 1998, as reported by BBC Correspondent ] who was on the scene. He reported that the Serbs "knew they had the upper hand" and had "shelled and machine-gunned" the village of Glođane into submission.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.icty.org/x/cases/haradinaj/trans/en/070515ED.htm | title=ICTY Public Testimony of Achilleas Papas page 4284 | publisher=U.N. |date= 17 May 2007 |access-date= 7 February 2013}}</ref> Cooke reported seeing houses shelled and livestock slaughtered to prevent rebels from reentering the village; the Serbian paramilitary police were involved in the operation.<ref name="auto1"/>


The next military offensive involving Glođane occurred in the beginning of September.<ref name="auto2"/> KLA forces had regrouped and in September, the Yugoslav military moved through the villages around the lake in order to attack and expel the KLA: Colonel John Crosland, an English military officer attached to the VJ, witnessed this first hand commented on the destruction caused by those forces.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.ictytranscripts.org/trials/haradinaj/070523IT.htm |title=Public Testimony of John Crosland, transcript page 4666-4670 |date=23 May 2007 |publisher=U.N. |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228205615/http://www.ictytranscripts.org/trials/haradinaj/070523IT.htm |archive-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He noted that he personally witnessed the looting and burning of houses by Yugoslav forces and that the village of Prilep was razed to 18 inches about the ground.<ref name="auto"/> He stated that VJ forces, Serbian police forces and paramilitary police forces, including (MUP, PJP, SAJ) and JSO (Frenki's boys), were involved in the offensive.<ref name="auto"/>
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Shortly after capturing Glođane, VJ forces withdrew from the village, resulting in a returned presence of KLA forces.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss - Serbia|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/kosovo-fighting-dies-out-after-rebel-loss|access-date=2022-02-07|website=ReliefWeb|date=17 August 1998 |language=en}}</ref>

During the operation, KLA member Idriz Gashi murdered a civilian suspected of collaborating with Yugoslav police. Her body was ] where, along with other bodies, was found in September 1998. Gashi was found guilty and was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Kosovo Supreme Court in 2010.<ref>, 1 December 2010</ref>

==See also==

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==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:51, 2 December 2024

1998 battle
Battle of Glođane
Part of the Kosovo War
DateFirst Phase: 24 March 1998
Second Phase: 11–12 August 1998
LocationGllogjan, near Gjakova
Result

First battle: KLA victory
Second battle: Yugoslav victory

Returned presence of the KLA forces
Belligerents
Yugoslavia Kosovo Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sreten Lukić

Ramush Haradinaj  (WIA)
Bekim Berisha
Xhezair Shaqiri
Bedri Shala 

Agron Mehmetaj 
Strength
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 500 soldiers and policemen 250 militants
Casualties and losses
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 5 Policemen killed
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2 soldiers killed
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 10 policemen wounded
7 killed
49 wounded
Kosovo War
Prelude

Wartime events

Aftermath

Aspects

The Battle of Glođane (Serbian: Битка за Глођане / Bitka za Glođane, Albanian: Beteja e Gllogjanit) was fought during the Kosovo War in the village of Glođane first on March 24, 1998, and again later on August 11, 1998. It involved the Kosovo Albanian militant group known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the Yugoslav military and Serbian police forces. The clashes signified a sequence of military offensives initiated by the Yugoslav army and Serbian police to counter the increasing presence of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) within Kosovo Albanian villages.

Background

In Kosovo, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) forces gained strength and tended to control villages away from the main roads while Yugoslav military forces were positioned on the hills around Lake Radoniq. Throughout the summer of 1998, Yugoslav forces shelled Albanian villages surrounding Lake Radoni on a daily basis.

Clashes on 24 March 1998

After the Attack on Prekaz and the killings of KLA leaders Adem Jashari and his brother Hamëz Jashari, along with nearly 60 other family members, Yugoslav forces planned a similar attack on the village of Glođane, which was home to the Haradinaj clan. On March 24, 1998, hundreds of Yugoslav forces surrounded and besieged Glođane. The attack began several hours later, while police forces had been monitoring the movements of the Haradinaj Clan. The Yugoslav forces first attacked the House of the Haradinaj Clan and managed to advance to the courtyard, but had to retreat due to military resistance. KLA forces began to take up positions in the village and counter-attacked the Yugoslav forces which resulted in a Yugoslav withdrawal from the village.

During the battle, 2 KLA fighters and 1 Serbian officer were killed, while 3 Serbian officers and Ramush Haradinaj were wounded.

Clashes on 11–12 August 1998

The Yugoslav forces first broke through the KLA lines and entered Glođane around 10–11 August, 1998, as reported by BBC Correspondent Jeremey Cooke who was on the scene. He reported that the Serbs "knew they had the upper hand" and had "shelled and machine-gunned" the village of Glođane into submission. Cooke reported seeing houses shelled and livestock slaughtered to prevent rebels from reentering the village; the Serbian paramilitary police were involved in the operation.

The next military offensive involving Glođane occurred in the beginning of September. KLA forces had regrouped and in September, the Yugoslav military moved through the villages around the lake in order to attack and expel the KLA: Colonel John Crosland, an English military officer attached to the VJ, witnessed this first hand commented on the destruction caused by those forces. He noted that he personally witnessed the looting and burning of houses by Yugoslav forces and that the village of Prilep was razed to 18 inches about the ground. He stated that VJ forces, Serbian police forces and paramilitary police forces, including (MUP, PJP, SAJ) and JSO (Frenki's boys), were involved in the offensive.

Shortly after capturing Glođane, VJ forces withdrew from the village, resulting in a returned presence of KLA forces.

During the operation, KLA member Idriz Gashi murdered a civilian suspected of collaborating with Yugoslav police. Her body was dropped into the Radonjić Lake where, along with other bodies, was found in September 1998. Gashi was found guilty and was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Kosovo Supreme Court in 2010.

See also

References

  1. "HARADINAJ WAS 'ALPHA AND OMEGA' IN DUKAGJIN AREA". The Hague: Sense. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ "House of War". Vanity Fair. 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  3. Mojsilovic, Julijana (13 August 1998). "KLA rebels lose stronghold". The Independent. London. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  4. "Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss - Serbia". 17 August 1998.
  5. "Serbs 'take' Kosovo rebel base". BBC. 14 August 1998. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  6. "Serbs Seize One Rebel Redoubt, Attack Second". Los Angeles Times. 13 August 1998. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Public Testimony of John Crosland, transcript". U.N. 23 May 2007. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  8. "Trial Chamber Judgment - para 148". U.N. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  9. "Trial Chamber Judgment - para 96". U.N. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Report No. 401" (PDF). www.cdhrf.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2006. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  11. ^ Hamzaj, Bardh (2000). A Narrative about War and Freedom. Prishtina: Zëri Biblioteka Publicistike.
  12. ^ "Beteja e Gllogjanit". www.ademjashari.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  13. "Rama: Beteja e Gllogjanit është shembull unik i taktikave të suksesshme guerile". Klan Kosova (in Albanian). 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  14. Hamzaj, Bardh (2007). The Peace of the General: The End of War.
  15. "KOSOVO: GLODJANE: VILLAGERS RETURN HOME AFTER RECENT CLASHES | AP Archive". www.aparchive.com. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  16. ^ "ICTY Public Testimony of Achilleas Papas page 4284". U.N. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  17. ^ "Public Testimony of John Crosland, transcript page 4666-4670". U.N. 23 May 2007. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  18. "Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss - Serbia". ReliefWeb. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  19. The Supreme Court of Kosovo Sentences Former KLA Member Idriz Gashi to 14 Years in Prison for the Commitment of a War Crime, 1 December 2010

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