Kosovo Liberation Army ↔ Central Intelligence Agency

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The Central Intelligence Agency is linked to the Kosovo Liberation Army through reports of providing military training and arms to the group [1], [2], and allegations of facilitating their funding through the heroin trade [3].

Facts (3)

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claimThe Central Intelligence Agency funded, trained, and supplied the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), similar to how they had previously supported the Bosnian Army.

claimJames Bissett, the Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Albania, wrote in 2001 that media reports indicated the Central Intelligence Agency and the British Special Air Service were arming and training Kosovo Liberation Army members in Albania as early as 1998 to foment armed rebellion in Kosovo.

claimAlex Roslin of the Montreal Gazette summarized evidence indicating Central Intelligence Agency complicity in the Kosovo Liberation Army's funding via the heroin trade.