Der Spiegel: When Thaci negotiated in Rambouille, Lushtaku held the front in Drenica

At the time the Peace Conference was taking place in Storm for finding a political solution to transitional status Kosovo, the renowned German magazine “Der Spiegel”, brought a writing from Kosovo.

“I have my family and five children and I would all sacrifice them for the independence of Kosovo”, said Sami Lushtaku, one of the commanders of the Army Liberation of Kosovo, in a conversation with the prestigious German magazine “Der Spiegel”.

He's on his way to the front of the Oshan village. With one hand, he drove his car onto the snow - covered road while carrying his weapon in the other hand.

The cannons of the Serbian Army ruin the peace. On the other side of the mountain, from the villages of Bukos and Novolan, Serbs promote the positions of Albanian forces. Sami Lushtaku (37) is commander of the KLA for the Drenica region. He has conviction that Kosovo Liberation Army will soon The government even without NATO assistance. The further arms are continuing, he says. Weapons arrive from Bosnia, Germany, even Serbia.

The KLA headquarters in Oshan is located in an abandoned house. Five wounded soldiers are being treated by a team of “border-free drugs”. No state hospital in Kosovo would not guarantee security to its fellow fighters, the guard says.
Private in Black uniform The KLA handmade by the tractor, which through a muddy road approaches their positions. The contractor brings bread and four canisters of diesel. This is how we've been living here for months only with water and bread” No one opposes Sami Lushtaku when he says that “is good for once and for all to end the war. Let him that survive live in freedom. ”

This day in Rambouillet Castle will decide whether the Kosovo peace plan will be accepted.

However, the commander of The KLA is not interested in information from Paris. The General Staff has banned the signing of the agreement. Thousands of warriors KLA has pledged to fight until full release Kosovo. That's all it's worth.
The Albanian delegation to Rambouille, despite the promise of broad autonomy, insists in the referendum, which after the end of the three-year transition period would guarantee Kosovo's independence.

Only after the popular and KLA opinion agreement on the basis will Albanians decide on the peace plan.
In Rambouille, jealousy is evident among mediamen from France, England and the United States. While the Boni Conclate authors did not play any role in Rambouille. Serbs Tacted wisely and skillfully, announced his bosses in Bon German Ambassador Christian Pauls, adding that any decision is in the hands of Slobodan Milosevich. On the other hand, 16-member Albanian delegation Kosovo, in the absence of a adoption from its homeland, remained divided. The delegation's leader, Hashim Thaci, 31, of the KLA ranks, was at all times overloaded. Shortly before the end of ultimatum, foreign ministers of member states of the Group The contacts met with members of the two delegations, trying to persuade them to accept the deal.

“Do not take the blame for failing the agreement. Try to seize this historic chance”, Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, the head of the Albanian delegation, told Kosovo, Hashim Thaci.