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Like [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], and [[Bosnia]], the Albanians in Kosovo tried to break off from the former [[Yugoslavia]] in the 1990s. Serbian resistance to the KLA led to the [[Kosovo War]], with both the United Nations and [[NATO]] intervening to stop violence.
Like [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], and [[Bosnia]], the Albanians in Kosovo tried to break off from the former [[Yugoslavia]] in the 1990s. Serbian resistance to the KLA led to the [[Kosovo War]], with both the United Nations and [[NATO]] intervening to stop violence.
On 17 February 2008, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, former KLA commander [[Hashim Thaci]], declared independence from Serbia.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/world/europe/18kosovo.html?ex=1360990800&en=579b01366cbc2ea5&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Kosovo Declares Its independence From Serbia]</ref>
On 17 February 2008, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, former KLA commander [[Hashim Thaci]], declared independence from Serbia.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/world/europe/18kosovo.html?ex=1360990800&en=579b01366cbc2ea5&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Kosovo Declares Its independence From Serbia]</ref>
In January 2008, the former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. [[John Bolton]], former U.S. Secretary of State [[Lawrence Eagleburger]] and former Assistant Defense Secretary [[Peter Rodman]] warned in a joint statement that Western recognition of Kosovo independence would create "an avoidable confrontation with [[Russia]]" and "turn what is now a relatively small problem into a large one."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jan/31/warning-light-on-kosovo/|title=Warning light on Kosovo|publisher=[[The Washington Times]]|date=2008-01-31|accessdate=2008-08-29}}</ref>
In January 2008, the former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. [[John Bolton]], former U.S. Secretary of State [[Lawrence Eagleburger]] and former Assistant Defense Secretary [[Peter Rodman]] warned in a joint statement that Western recognition of Kosovo independence would create "an avoidable confrontation with [[Russia]]" and "turn what is now a relatively small problem into a large one."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jan/31/warning-light-on-kosovo/|title=Warning light on Kosovo|publisher=[[The Washington Times]]|date=2008-01-31|accessdate=2008-08-29}}</ref>
==Geography==
==Geography==
*[http://rpc.senate.gov/releases/1998/kosovo.htm Bosnia II: The Clinton Administration Sets Course for NATO Intervention in Kosovo], [[United States Senate]], 1998-08-12
*[http://rpc.senate.gov/releases/1998/kosovo.htm Bosnia II: The Clinton Administration Sets Course for NATO Intervention in Kosovo], [[United States Senate]], 1998-08-12
*[http://nobsblog.blogspot.com/1999/01/clinton-wag-dog-no-kosovo-genocide.html Clinton Wag the Dog -- No Kosovo Genocide], German Foreign Office Report, January 6, 1999.
*[http://nobsblog.blogspot.com/1999/01/clinton-wag-dog-no-kosovo-genocide.html Clinton Wag the Dog -- No Kosovo Genocide], German Foreign Office Report, January 6, 1999.
*[http://www.senate.gov/~rpc/releases/1999/fr033199.htm The Kosovo Liberation Army: Does Clinton Policy Support Group with Terror, Drug Ties?: From 'Terrorists' to 'Partners'], United States Senate, 1999-03-31
*[https://www.senate.gov/~rpc/releases/1999/fr033199.htm The Kosovo Liberation Army: Does Clinton Policy Support Group with Terror, Drug Ties?: From 'Terrorists' to 'Partners'], United States Senate, 1999-03-31
== References ==
== References ==