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Erasing History: Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo

Report released by the U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC,
May 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW

DOCUMENTING THE ABUSES

Atrocities and War Crimes by Category
Atrocities and War Crimes by Location
Chronology of Recent Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo
Important Links for Kosovo Information
FIGURES
Sample Refugee Questionnaire
Mass Burial Site Near Izbica, Kosovo
New Graves in Pusto Selo, Kosovo
Significant IDP Encampments in Kosovo
Kosovar Refugees, April 1999
Damaged Settlements in Kosovo

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