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Kosovo Liberation Army

Also known as: KLA

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measurementWestern intelligence agencies estimated that over $250 million of narcotics money had been funneled into Kosovo Liberation Army coffers by 1999.
claimAmerican intelligence agents admitted to helping train the Kosovo Liberation Army prior to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, according to disclosures made to The Sunday Times.
quote"…They (the CIA) protected them (the KLA) in every way they could. As long as the CIA is protecting the KLA, you've got major drug pipelines protected from any police investigation."
accountIn 1999, a retired Colonel stated that Kosovo Liberation Army forces were trained in Albania by former United States military personnel working for the private military company MPRI.
claimThe United States State Department listed the Kosovo Liberation Army as a terrorist organization in 1998, noting its links to the heroin trade, though this designation was later revoked.
claimThe Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was largely funded through narcotics trafficking.
quote"We would be remiss to dismiss allegations that between 30 and 50 percent of the KLA's money comes from drugs."
claimThe Central Intelligence Agency funded, trained, and supplied the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), similar to how they had previously supported the Bosnian Army.
claimThe United States and NATO directly supported the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) by funding, training, and supplying the organization.
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.