Agim Ceku

[Ivo Skoric]

Agim Ceku, a Kosovo Albanian by origin, was a Yugoslav Army general. 
Then he became a Croatian Army general, when Yugoslavia started 
falling apart. He is accused by Serbs for having war crimes committed 
under his command during the operation in region of Medak Pocket. 
That story is well documented in reports by the Human Rights Watch. 
However, an indictement against him has not been issued by the ICTY. 
Instead he went on to become a commander of 'Protective Corps' of UN 
ruled Kosovo after the war in 1999. Recently, he even offered 3000 of 
his troops to fight under the US in Afghanistan. Yesterday (or today) 
he was reportedly detained by Slovenian authorities on an Interpol 
warrant, during his trip from Croatia to Kosovo. It is interesting 
that he chose to travel South over Croatia's Northern neighbor. And 
the report is not giving details about the Interpol warrant. While it 
is likely that Slovenia would let him go under EU pressure, it is not 
clear what kind of legal status internationally does he have. Is he a 
hero or a criminal or does that really depend so severely on the day-
to-day political interpretation?
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