Macedonia (FYRM)


Conflict between Macedonian Government and Ethnic Albanian Insurgents. 2001.




A unidentified Macedonian boy plays with a dog as a special police officer observes ethnic Albanian guerrilla position in the front-line village of Matejce near Kumanovo, some 38 kms (24mls) north-east of capitol Skopje, Saturday, May 19, 2001. Clashes in northern Macedonia started in February and Macedonian Security forces have not been able to defeate Albanian rebels. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Macedonian special police officer aims his assault riffle towards ethnic Albanian guerrilla position in the front-line village of Matejce near Kumanovo, some 38 kms (24mls) north-east of capitol Skopje, Saturday, May 19, 2001. Clashes in northern Macedonia started in February and Macedonian Security forces have not been able to defeate Albanian rebels. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Ethnic Albanians evacuated from Vaksince walk towards refugees collecting point in Tabanovce near Kumanovo, some 38 kms (24mls) north-east of the capitol Skopje, Macedonia, Thursday, May 24, 2001. Macedonian security forces have lounched offensive against ethnic Albanian guerrilla capturing one of their strongholds. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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An elderly ethnic Albanian woman is carried in the wheelbarrow past macedonian police armored vehicle towards the assembling point for civilians in Tabanovce near Kumanovo, some 38 kms (24mls) north-east of the capitol Skopje, Macedonia, Friday, May 25, 2001. Some 800 civilians have left the village of Vaksince, fleeing from fighting between Macedonian security forces and Albanian insurgents North of Kumanovo. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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An ethnic Albanian trying to comforts a child at the assembling point for civilians in Tabanovce near Kumanovo, some 38 kms (24mls) north-east of the capitol Skopje, Macedonia, Friday, May 25, 2001. Some 800 civilians have left the village of Vaksince, fleeing from fighting between Macedonian security forces and Albanian insurgents North of Kumanovo. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Macedonian army«s MI24 helicopter gunship makes a low-altitude pass immediately after strafing ethnic Albanian insurgents in the village of Vaksince near Kumanovo, some 38 kms (24mls) north-east of the capitol Skopje, Macedonia, Friday, May 25, 2001. Macedonian security forces launched a offensive against Albanian insurgents North of Kumanovo. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Macedonian policemen run in front of a Macedonian army T-55 tank in the front-line village of Matejce, near Kumanovo, some 45kms (28mls) northeast of the capitol Skopje, Monday, May 28, 2001. Heavy fighting continues between Macedonian security forces and ethnic Albanian guerrilla. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Ethnic Albanian women and children evacuated from the front-line village of Matejce, arrive on the tractor trailer to Kumanovo, some 38 kms (24mls) northeast of the capitol Skopje, Tuesday, May 29, 2001. As heavy fighting continues between Macedonian security forces and ethnic Albanian guerrilla, hundreds of civilians are evacuated from the villages in northern Macedonia. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Macedonian army troops travel to the frontline to fight Albanian guerilla in Kumanovo, some 38 kms (24mls) northeast of the capitol Skopje, Wednesday, May 30, 2001. Fighting continues between Macedonian security forces and Albanian guerrilla in north-east Macedonia. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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