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in March 1998, killing him, his closest associates and most of his extended family. The attack motivated thousands of young Kosovo
Albanians to join the KLA, fueling the Kosovar uprising that eventually erupted in the spring of 1998.
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region, MUP personnel were prone to attacks by KLA militants.
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Yugoslav forces regain control of most of the Eastern towns
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881:Milosevic: A Biography
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397:: Летња офанзива ОВК;
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878:Adam LeBor (2002).
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428:. KLA forces began
225:Goran Radosavljević
1278:. BBC. 1 July 1998
1176:The New York Times
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537:Bosnia-Herzegovina
509:Vojska Jugoslavije
470:Slobodan Milošević
409:(KLA) against the
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1352:978-1-61251-555-7
1235:978-1-13406-521-9
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1058:978-0-81224-565-3
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684:Weapons
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