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Bulgaria Detains Kosovo's Ex-PM on War Crimes Charges

But UN wants ethnic Albanian leader freed

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(AP) – Bulgarian authorities have detained a former Kosovo prime minister on an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol at Serbia's request, reports the AP. Agim Ceku, PM between 2006 and 2008, is wanted for war crimes allegedly committed during the 1998-1999 war when he was military chief of the Kosovo Liberation Army, made up of ethnic Albanian guerrillas. His arrest comes despite repeated requests from UN that the charges be dropped.

A former Bulgarian foreign minister told reporters that Ceku was detained on his way to Bulgaria to lobby for NATO membership. "I am in constant contact and we exchange regular visits with Agim Ceku," said Solomon Pasi, who added that the warrant for Ceku's arrest was "politically outdated, reflecting realities from a decade ago."

Police say Agim Ceku, the prime minister of Kosovo between 2006 and 2008, was taken into custody at a border checkpoint while entering Bulgaria from Macedonia late Tuesday, June 23, 2009.
Police say Agim Ceku, the prime minister of Kosovo between 2006 and 2008, was taken into custody at a border checkpoint while entering Bulgaria from Macedonia late Tuesday, June 23, 2009.   (VISAR KRYEZIU)
Ceku, 59, is wanted for war crimes allegedly committed during the 1998-1999 war when he was military chief of the Kosovo Liberation Army, made up of ethnic Albanian guerrillas.
Ceku, 59, is wanted for war crimes allegedly committed during the 1998-1999 war when he was military chief of the Kosovo Liberation Army, made up of ethnic Albanian guerrillas.   (JACQUELINE LARMA)
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Reader64481089
Jun 24, 09 6:54 AM CDT
A politician can kill all they want as long as they have something other powerful politicians want or need it seems. Reply
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Reader22060479
Jun 24, 09 1:14 PM CDT
How can war crimes be ever outdated if just recently USA sent Demjanuk (Ivan the Terrible) to Germany to face charges on deeds allegedly committed in WWII. Surely, if the World Court in the Hague prosecuted and still does the Serbs for war crimes during the same period , the Serbs deserve to have the other side ( Albanians ) equally charged. Reply
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njgreen
Nov 1, 09 4:49 PM CST
That the U.N. believes that there is a statute of limitations for war crimes shows how truly beneath contempt it is. By the way, Ceku's K.L.A. has been a known source of Al Qaeda recruits. Hopefully, some of them helped train the Taliban bombers who blew up the U.N. compound in Kabul last week. Reply
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