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<br>THE HAGUE, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A former commander in the ethnic Albanian guerrilla movement the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) said on Monday he was not ready to enter a plea in an initial appearance before a war crimes [http://www.futureofeducation.com/main/search/search?q=tribunal tribunal] in The Hague.<br> <br>Salih Mustafa, 48, was arrested last week and brought to the Hague tribunal on four charges stemming from the 1998-1999 Kosovo War, including murder and torture,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] which he is accused of having committed as head of an interrogation site.<br> <br>"Your honor I said I won't enter a plea today, I will consult with my lawyer," Mustafa, the first defendant to appear at the court formally known as Kosovo Specialist Chambers,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] told presiding judge Judge Nicolas Guillou.<br> <br>During the war, the KLA battled against Serbian forces in what was then a province of Serbia.<br><br>NATO aircraft bombed the Serbian forces to prevent what Western countries described as a campaign against Kosovo's Albanian ethnic majority. Kosovo later [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/declared%20independence declared independence] from Serbia in 2008. (Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg Editing by Peter Graff)<br>
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−	<br>THE HAGUE, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A former commander in the ethnic Albanian guerrilla movement the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) said on Monday he was not ready to enter a plea in an initial appearance before a war crimes [http://www.~~ehow~~.com/search~~.html~~?s=tribunal tribunal] in The Hague.<br> <br>Salih Mustafa, ~~[https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn]~~ 48, was arrested last week and ~~[https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn]~~ brought to the Hague tribunal on four charges stemming from the 1998-1999 Kosovo War, including murder and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html ~~tour trương gia giới~~] ~~torture,~~ which he is accused of having committed as head of an interrogation site.<br> <br>"Your honor I said I won't enter a plea today, I will consult with my lawyer," Mustafa, the first defendant to appear at the court formally known as Kosovo Specialist Chambers, told presiding judge Judge Nicolas Guillou.<br> <br>During the war, the KLA battled against Serbian forces in what was then a province of Serbia.<br><br>NATO aircraft bombed the Serbian forces to prevent what ~~[http://dict.leo.org/?search=Western%20countries~~ Western countries] described as a campaign against Kosovo's Albanian ethnic majority. Kosovo later declared independence from Serbia in 2008. (Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg Editing by Peter Graff)<br>	+	<br>THE HAGUE, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A former commander in the ethnic Albanian guerrilla movement the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) said on Monday he was not ready to enter a plea in an initial appearance before a war crimes [http://www.futureofeducation.com/main/search/search?q=tribunal tribunal] in The Hague.<br> <br>Salih Mustafa, 48, was arrested last week and brought to the Hague tribunal on four charges stemming from the 1998-1999 Kosovo War, including murder and torture, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] which he is accused of having committed as head of an interrogation site.<br> <br>"Your honor I said I won't enter a plea today, I will consult with my lawyer," Mustafa, the first defendant to appear at the court formally known as Kosovo Specialist Chambers, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] told presiding judge Judge Nicolas Guillou.<br> <br>During the war, the KLA battled against Serbian forces in what was then a province of Serbia.<br><br>NATO aircraft bombed the Serbian forces to prevent what Western countries described as a campaign against Kosovo's Albanian ethnic majority. Kosovo later [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/declared%20independence declared independence] from Serbia in 2008. (Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg Editing by Peter Graff)<br>