Kosovo/Kosova As Seen, As Told
KOSOVO / KOSOVA As Seen, As Told
The human rights findings of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission
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GLOSSARY
AK-47/Kalashnikov
Russian- or Chinese-made semi-automatic rifle
APC
armoured personnel carrier
Arkan
real name, Zeljko Raznjatovic, paramilitary leader during the wars in
Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Indicted by the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (on 30 September 1997 and publicly
on 31 March 1999); wanted by Interpol
Arkan's Tigers
Serb paramilitary formation lead by "Arkan"
Black Hand
Serbian paramilitary group
BOV
armoured personnel carrier/Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
BOV M-86
wheeled reconnaissance vehicle
CC
OSCE-KVM Co-ordination Centre co-ordinating two to four Field Offices
CDHRF
Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms in Kosovo
Chetnik
term with connotations to First World War combat forces under Kosta
Pecenac, and to Second World War combat forces under Draza
Mihailovic. The term is now derogatory, used to indicate a hard- line
nationalistic Serb
Dervish
member of a Muslim Sufi order
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