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{{Infobox military person
|name=Adem Jashari
|birth_date={{Birth date|1955|11|28}}
|death_date={{Death date and age|1998|3|7|1955|11|28}}
|birth_place=[[Srbica]], [[Drenica]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
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|image=Palace of Youth and Adem Jashari.JPG
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|allegiance= [[KLA]]
|serviceyears=1991-1998
|rank=[[Commander]]
|commands=[[Kosovo Liberation Army]]
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|battles=[[Kosovo war]] <br> [[Attack on Prekaz]]
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|family=[[Hamëz Jashari]] (brother)
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'''Adem Jashari''' ({{Lang-sq|Adem Jashari}}, {{Lang-sh|Adem Jašari, Адем Јашари}}; 28 November 1955 – 7 March 1998) is considered to be one of the chief architects of the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]], along with [[Zahir Pajaziti]]. Jashari was a chief commander in the Drenica operation zone of the KLA.
In July 1997 a Yugoslav court had convicted him in absentia of terrorist actions in a trial condemned by international human rights groups.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=vELQpx1U9EcC&pg=PA32 Humanitarian law violations in Kosovo] By Fred Abrahams, Elizabeth Andersen, [[Human Rights Watch]], p. 32</ref> He was [[Attack on Prekaz|killed]] in March 1998, along with most of his extended family, when Yugoslav security forces laid siege to his home in Prekaz.<ref name=Pettifer-Jashari>[http://books.google.com/books?id=I5A9_wOXa8kC&pg=PA144 Pettifer, p. 144]</ref><ref>Judah, p. {{page needed|date=August 2012}}</ref>
==Life==
Jashari was born in Donji Prekaz, in [[Srbica]], part of [[Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija|AP Kosovo and Metohija]], [[People's Republic of Serbia|SR Serbia]], [[Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia|FPR Yugoslavia]].
In 1991, Jashari moved to [[Albania]] to train with the first volunteers who later joined in [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] (KLA). On 28 February 1998 a group of KLA fighters led by Adem Jashari were attacked by Serbian police patrols killing four policemen and injuring two. In the attack sixteen [[KLA]] members were killed.<ref name="report">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/monitoring/64947.stm BBC News: Kosovo killings: Belgrade's official version of events]</ref> The first battle between Jashari and his friends against federal forces took place on the morning of 30 December 1991. Jashari's house was surrounded by a large number of security personnel demanding his surrender. They broke the siege and later participated in several actions against the [[FR Yugoslavia|Yugoslav Army]] and police.
On 28 February 1998 a group of KLA fighters led by Adem Jashari attacked a Yugoslav police patrol, killing four policemen and injuring two. In the attack sixteen [[KLA]] members were killed.<ref name="report"/>
==La vita==
Jashari è nato a Donji Prekaz, in Srbica, parte di AP Kosovo e Metohija, SR Serbia, FPR Jugoslavia.
Nel 1991 Jashari si trasferì in Albania per allenarsi con i primi volontari che in seguito hanno aderito alla Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Il 28 febbraio 1998 un gruppo di combattenti dell'UCK guidata da Adem Jashari sono stati attaccati da pattuglie di polizia serbe uccidendo quattro poliziotti e ferendone due. Nell'attacco sedici membri dell'UCK sono stati uccisi. [4] La prima battaglia tra Jashari ei suoi amici contro le forze federali si è svolta la mattina del 30 dicembre 1991. La casa di Jashari è stata circondata da un gran numero di personale di sicurezza che richiedono la sua resa. Hanno rotto l'assedio e in seguito ha partecipato a numerose azioni contro l'esercito jugoslavo e della polizia.
Il 28 febbraio 1998 un gruppo di combattenti dell'UCK guidata da Adem Jashari ha attaccato una pattuglia della polizia jugoslava, uccidendo quattro poliziotti e ferendone due. Nell'attacco sedici membri dell'UCK sono stati uccisi. [4]
==Death==
{{main|Attack on Prekaz}}
In the early morning hours of 5 March 1998, the village of Prekaz was attacked again by the large forces of Yugoslav national army and police.<ref name="OhPTJn8ZWoC pg. 96">[http://books.google.com/books?id=-OhPTJn8ZWoC&pg=PA97&dq=adem+jashari#v=onepage&q=adem%20jashari&f=false The Kosovo conflict and international law: an analytical documentation 1974-1999] By [[Heike Krieger]], pg. 96</ref> A second ring of troops was formed to prevent any possible escape. The attacking force consisted of armored personnel carriers and policemen, backed up by [[artillery]] from a nearby ammunition factory.<ref name=Pettifer-Jashari/> Many villagers were killed; some were killed execution-style.<ref>{{cite book|last=Krieger|first=Heike|title=The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999|pages=96}}</ref>
Police forces first asked Jashari to come out and give himself up, then gave him a 2 hour deadline to consider the offer. After time ran out, shootings started. In one of the houses, the police fired mortars, followed by [[tear gas]]. Most of Jashari's extended family gathered in a single room, which had a brick wall. The shelling continued for another thirty-six hours before the police finally entered the compound. Adem Jashari together with fifty-two<ref name="OhPTJn8ZWoC pg. 96"/> of his family members were killed, some of them burned beyond recognition.<ref name=Pettifer-Jashari/>
== Aftermath ==
[[File:Adem Jašari, bista u Tirani.JPG|thumb|Bust of Adem Jashari in central part of Tirana]]
Jashari became a symbol of independence for Kosovar Albanians, as many have been known to wear t-shirts with his picture after Kosovo [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declared its independence]] on Sunday, 17 February 2008.<ref name="unclueitsdone">{{cite news |title=Joy and defiance on Kosovo's greatest day|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/17/serbia.kosovo|publisher=The Guardian|date=February 17, 2008|accessdate=March 9, 2010 | ___location=London | first=Peter | last=Beaumont}}</ref> The t-shirts are known to say "[[Bac u kry|Bac, U Kry!]]", which roughly translates to 'Uncle, It's done!" in English.<ref name="unclueitsdone"/> The family home in Prekaz i Poshtem has been converted into a shrine, and the anniversary of his death is marked by the Epopee of the Kosovo Liberation Army. The title "Hero of Kosovo" was awarded to him in 2008 by the Prime Minister of Kosovo.
Nevertheless, Jashari's attacks and rebellion was sometimes associated with behavior of Drenica kaçaks from the past<ref name=Pettifer-Jashari/>:
{{Quote|''In one village, Donji Prekaz, lived a local tough called Adem Jashari. Several years before he had killed a Serbian policeman and been convicted, but the Serbs were frightened to get him because he would shoot at them from his house. They had tried in January but were forced to retreat. Jashari was a maverick. He hated the Serbs, and although he was one of the KLA’s early recruits, he was no ideological guerrilla. In the words of one source: “He liked to get drunk and go out and shoot Serbs.” In this sense he was a true, dyed in the wool, Drenica kaçak.''|[[Tim Judah]]|Kosovo, War and Revenge{{page needed|date=August 2012}}}}
==Trivia==
*[[Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari]] - The main [[Kosovar]] Airport is named after Adem Jashari
==See also==
*[[Kosovo War]]
*[[Attack on Prekaz]]
==Annotations==
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==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{cite book|author=[[Tim Judah]]|title=Kosovo, War and Revenge}}
*{{cite book|author=James Pettifer|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=I5A9_wOXa8kC&pg=PA144|title=Kosova express: a journey in wartime|page=144}}
==External links==
* [http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80607,4933115.html Article about Adem Jashari] - Gazeta Wyborcza {{pl icon}}
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