Operation Mountain Storm
2007 Macedonian police operation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Operation Mountain Storm (Macedonian: Операција Планинска бура) was carried out on 7 November 2007 by special police forces of the Republic of Macedonia against an armed ethnic Albanian group in the Šar Mountains of Brodec above Tetovo region with ties to Albanian paramilitary of the conflicts in Kosovo (1998–1999), Preševo Valley (2000–2001) and Macedonia (2001).
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Location of "Operation Mountain Storm" | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Macedonia | Albanian National Army | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Branko Crvenkovski Nikola Gruevski Gordana Jankuloska |
Lirim Jakupi (WIA) Ramadan Shiti † Habit Ahmeti (POW) Fisnik Meti † Fatos Aliu Bekim Mehmeti † | ||||||||
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Jakupi Group | |||||||||
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Unknown number of policemen Unknown number of armoured vehicles[2] | Unknown | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
None |
6 killed 11 wounded[2] 13 arrested[4] |
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