We don't have to wait for another Bosnia to happen, because there is a war in its own right in Kosovo,'' said Adem Demaqi, leader of Kosovo's second largest political party, the Parliamentary Party of Kosovo. Holbrooke emphasised that, unlike in Bosnia, the Western response would be timely. Rugova's team declined to come to the third round of talks scheduled for Jun. 5, explaining they could not negotiate while ''the terror against Albanian population is carried out''. Rugova, who throughout the decade has led an internationally acclaimed non-violent movement for independence, was already weakened when he accepted the talks. Hidajet Hyseni, former LDK vice-president, argues that Rugova's acceptance of talks without international mediators was defeatist.
Any compromise is out of the question,'' the commander says.
Jakup Nura, one of three UCK members who have talked publicly using their real names, said in an interview with the Pristina magazine Kombi that ''the Kosovo Albanian political parties are not able to liberate Kosovo, but the UCK will do it''. Estimates as to how numerous the UCK is vary from 5,000-30,000 members. The most accurate estimates may be around 12,000 fighters. They operate in small units armed with Kalashnikov rifles, bazookas and shoulder-held rocket launchers. Serbian police spokesmen say they have discovered a very modern field hospital in the village of Ljubenic near Decani.