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|date= September 9, 1998 <ref name="hrw.org">http://www.hrw.org/legacy/campaigns/kosovo98/timeline.shtml</ref> |date= September 9, 1998 <ref name="hrw.org">http://www.hrw.org/legacy/campaigns/kosovo98/timeline.shtml</ref>
|place= Glodjane, near ] |place= Glodjane, near ]
|result= Decisive Yugoslav Victory<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/kla-rebels-lose-stronghold-1171340.html</ref> |result= Decisive Yugoslav Victory<ref>{{cite web| publisher=The Independent| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/kla-rebels-lose-stronghold-1171340.html| author= |title=KLA rebels lose stronghold| date= |accessdate=8 October 2012}}</ref>
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|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> |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>
|casualties2= ]8 dead<br>]45 wounded |casualties2= ]8 dead<br>]45 wounded
|casualties3= {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} 39 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> |casualties3= {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} 39 Serb civilians executed<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>
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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. 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==
After the battle, 39 ] 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>



==References== ==References==

Revision as of 21:45, 8 October 2012

Battle of Glodjane
Part of Kosovo War
DateSeptember 9, 1998
LocationGlodjane, near Đakovica
Result Decisive Yugoslav Victory
Belligerents
Yugoslav Police UÇK
Commanders and leaders
Sreten Lukić Ramush Haradinaj
Strength
500 police officers 250 insurgents
Casualties and losses
1 dead
6 wounded
8 dead
45 wounded
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 39 Serb civilians executed
Kosovo War
Prelude

Wartime events

Aftermath

Aspects

The Battle of Glodjane (Template:Lang-sr; Template:Lang-al) was a battle that was fought in 1998 during the Kosovo War between the Albanian militant group the Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK) and Yugoslav police officers.

References

  1. http://www.hrw.org/legacy/campaigns/kosovo98/timeline.shtml
  2. "KLA rebels lose stronghold". The Independent. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  3. http://www.hlc-rdc.org/?p=13091
  4. http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=613776
  5. http://www.pogledi.rs/galerija/sz/index.php
  6. Heike Krieger (2001). The Kosovo conflict and international law: an analytical documentation 1974–1999. Cambridge University Press. pp. 38–. ISBN 978-0-521-80071-6. Retrieved 30 April 2011.


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