> www.beta.co.yu > > Beta News Agency, Belgrade > March 31, 2004 > > Covic: Multiple KPC units have moved from their barracks to the > mountains > > BELGRADE - Coordinating Center for Kosovo and Metohija head Nebojsa > Covic advised today that units of the the Kosovo Protection Corps have > left their barracks and deployed on mountainsides throughout Kosovo. > > Covic said that his information came from sources close to international > intelligence agencies in Kosovo, adding that the redeployment of the KPC > units occurred yesterday. > > "From the Adem Jashari barracks, the former "Kosovski Junaci" (Kosovo > Heroes) barracks of the Yugoslav Army, in Pristina two KPC units have > been transferred to the region of Mt. Cicavica. One unit has been > deployed in the area of the village of Zilivode near Vucitrn, also on > the same mountain," said Covic. > > According to the same source, the KPC guard brigade is located on Mt. > Grmija near Pristina, a KPC unit from Prizren is deployed on the border > toward Macedonia in the area of Kosovska Vitina, from Pec to the region > of the village of Glodjane in Decani municpality, and from Gnjilane in > the region of Kosovska Kamenica, toward the municipalities in the south > of central Serbia, said Covic. > > "It is obvious that neither UNMIK or KFOR can manage or control the KPC > which is actually the repackaged terrorist organization of the Kosovo > Liberation Army," assessed Covic. > > He repeated that Belgrade officials on several occasions have pointed > out that the KPC is "a great factor of instability, violence, terrorism > and ethnic cleansing in the area of Kosovo and Metohija". > > Covic said that attempts to dilute the situation in Kosovo after > everything that occurred there mid-month is extremely dangerous and he > believes that the government in Belgrade "must take care as it is now > completely clear that some organizations are attempting to depict ethnic > cleansing like a normal traffic accident". > > "This cannot be permitted," said Covic. > > ----- > > B92 version, March 31, 2004 > > Covic claims former guerrillas being deployed in Kosovo | 13:55 | Beta > > BELGRADE -- Wednesday - Members of the Kosovo Protection Corps have left > their barracks and been deployed on mountainsides throughout Kosovo, the > Serbian government's coordinator for the province claimed today in > Belgrade. > > Nebojsa Covic said he had obtained the information from sources close to > international intelligence agencies in the UN-governed province, adding > that the deployment began yesterday. > > The Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) was created by the UN as a civil > emergency unit, absorbing former guerrilla fighters from the disbanded > Kosovo Liberation Army. > > Covic said it was "obvious that neither UNMIK nor KFOR can manage or > control the KPC, which, in fact, is a repackaged terrorist organisation > of the Kosovo Liberation Army."