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new KLA/UÇK leader
Brigadier Agim Ceku
has been named the new chief of staff for the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA/UÇK),
replacing Bislim Zyrapi. Brig Ceku, who defected from the Yugoslav Army
to the newly formed Croatian Army in 1991, was a key planner in Croatian
offensives from 1993. He was appointed in the face of mounting losses
by the KLA, which admits to having been "surprised" at "the
rapidity and heavy-handedness of the VJ [Yugoslav Army] and MUP [Serbian
Interior Ministry] campaign".
According to Senator Richard Shelby, chairman of the Senate Intelligence
Committee, the bombing of the embassy was "a serious intelligence
failure . . . indicative of what happens when you ask too few people to
do too much". Years of intelligence cuts, he said, "have stretched
our people to the breaking point.