Testimonials 2001 By Pande Petrovski (Translated from Macedonian to English and edited by Risto Stefov) Testimonials 2001 Published by: Risto Stefov Publications
[email protected] Toronto, Canada All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without written consent from the author, except for the inclusion of brief and documented quotations in a review. Copyright 2015 by Pande Petrovski & Risto Stefov e-Book Edition ****** February 23, 2015 ****** 2 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................................................4 THE MILITARY CRISIS IN MACEDONIA IN 2001 ...................10 TAKING MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THE “NLA”..............20 MILITARY OPERATION IN SKOPJE TSRNA GORA “MH -1” 38 EXECUTING THE OPERATION ..................................................45 KUMANOVO OPERATION “MH - 2”..........................................53 EXECUTING OPERATION “MH - 2”...........................................63 EXECUTING OPERATION “VAKSINTSE” ................................73 OPERATION “RUGINTSE”...........................................................76 ARACHINOVO - AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE CRISIS BY POLITICAL MEANS ......................................................................86 EXECUTING OPERATION “ARACHINOVO”............................98 CONDITIONS AFTER THE MILITARY OPERATION IN ARACHINOVO.............................................................................111