“Surroy, Kurti and Shala ú one of them told me the KLA was a group of rebel villagers against Rugova” evidence of Shawn Byrne, former head of the US diplomatic mission in Kosovo during the war

They, Byrns tells, had told him of the divisions that exist between the Pristina Albanians and the Drenica Albanians, when they talked to him about it. KLA.

One of them said, at one point and that's something I'll never forget, I've impressed on my mind that KLA represented a unit or group of peasant rebels against LDK. And the others are urban and sophisticated representatives represented by President Rugova”, Byrs shows.

The lawyer asks the American that “Who said that?”

But he did not remember exactly.

I don't remember the concrete person who said this, yet said one of these young intellectuals we talked to and we met in town”.

The complete transliterated part:

Byrnes: “We were trying to gather as much information as possible for The KLA and the only prospect we had at the time was that there was a group in Drenica that was the KLA. We didn't have any other kind of contact with those who later turned out to be areas, we didn't know”.

The lawyer: “This information supports what other people in Pristina have told you, right? This was your source of information, on which do you rely? So this division between Drenica and Pristina, this information came from these sophisticated people you say?

Byrnes: “This comes from this latest group -- that is, the group that were mostly young, well-educated Kosovo Albanians, journalists -- prestom Shala, the Time Ditore Veton Surroi, the presions of this nature. Albin Kurti also, who at that time worked for Adam Demach. I mean, people like that. One of them told me, at some point, and this is something I will never forget, I've impressed on my mind: They talked about divisions, about traditional, cultural differences between Drenica and Pristina. Pristina was the commercial centre, and government institutions, including the University of Pristina, in a sense was the center of the country's high culture, while in terms of Drenica, Drenica was a remote area in some ways at the time, which, in their opinion, consisted mainly, or dominated by villagers. However, one of these people in this conversation dispute said that KLA represented a unit or group of peasant rebels against LDK. And urban and sophisticated representatives represented by President Rugova<18x1>.

Lawyer: “Who said that?”

Byrs: “I don't remember the concrete person who said that, however, said one of these young intellectuals that we talked to and introduced in town”. /Albanianpost. com/

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