Editing Kosovo Ex-commander Appears Before Hague Court Delays War Crimes Plea

<br>THE HAGUE, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A former commander in the ethnic Albanian guerrilla movement the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) said on Monday he was not ready to enter a plea in an initial appearance before a war crimes tribunal in The Hague.<br> <br>Salih Mustafa, 48,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] was arrested last week and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] brought to the Hague tribunal on four charges stemming from the 1998-1999 Kosovo War,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] including murder and torture, which he is accused of having committed as head of an interrogation site.<br> <br>"Your honor I said I won't enter a plea today, I will consult with my lawyer," Mustafa, the first defendant to appear at the [http://www.wordreference.com/definition/court%20formally court formally] known as Kosovo Specialist Chambers, told presiding judge Judge Nicolas Guillou.<br> <br>During the war, the KLA battled against Serbian forces in what was then a province of Serbia.<br><br>NATO aircraft bombed the Serbian forces to prevent what Western countries described as a campaign against Kosovo's Albanian ethnic majority. Kosovo later declared independence from Serbia in 2008. (Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg Editing by Peter Graff)<br>
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−	<br>THE HAGUE, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A former commander in the ethnic Albanian guerrilla movement the ~~[http://www.usatoday.com/search/Kosovo%20Liberation/~~ Kosovo Liberation] Army (KLA) said on Monday he was not ready to enter a plea in an initial appearance before a war crimes tribunal in The Hague.<br> <br>Salih Mustafa, 48, was arrested last week and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour ~~trương gia giới~~] brought to the Hague tribunal on four charges stemming from the 1998-1999 Kosovo War~~, including murder and torture~~, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] which he is accused of having committed as head of an interrogation site.<br> <br>"Your honor I said I won't enter a plea today, I will consult with my lawyer," Mustafa, the first defendant to appear at the court formally known as Kosovo Specialist Chambers, told presiding judge Judge Nicolas Guillou.<br> <br>During the war, the KLA battled against Serbian forces in what was then a province of Serbia.<br><br>NATO aircraft bombed the Serbian forces to prevent what Western countries described as a campaign against Kosovo's Albanian ethnic majority. Kosovo later declared independence from Serbia in 2008. (Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg Editing by Peter Graff)<br>	+	<br>THE HAGUE, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A former commander in the ethnic Albanian guerrilla movement the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) said on Monday he was not ready to enter a plea in an initial appearance before a war crimes tribunal in The Hague.<br> <br>Salih Mustafa, 48, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] was arrested last week and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] brought to the Hague tribunal on four charges stemming from the 1998-1999 Kosovo War, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] including murder and torture, which he is accused of having committed as head of an interrogation site.<br> <br>"Your honor I said I won't enter a plea today, I will consult with my lawyer," Mustafa, the first defendant to appear at the [http://www.wordreference.com/definition/court%20formally court formally] known as Kosovo Specialist Chambers, told presiding judge Judge Nicolas Guillou.<br> <br>During the war, the KLA battled against Serbian forces in what was then a province of Serbia.<br><br>NATO aircraft bombed the Serbian forces to prevent what Western countries described as a campaign against Kosovo's Albanian ethnic majority. Kosovo later declared independence from Serbia in 2008. (Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg Editing by Peter Graff)<br>