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U.S. Marines kill 3 gunmen in Kosovo
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A KFOR peacekeeper patrols Gnjilane, Kosovo, on Tuesday
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June 23, 1999
Web posted at: 3:39 p.m. EDT (1939 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Marines manning a checkpoint in Kosovo came under fire by a group of armed men and returned fire Wednesday, killing at least three of their attackers, the Pentagon said.
No Marines were injured in the shootout, U.S. Brig. Gen. John Craddock told reporters in Washington via a telephone link from Kosovo.
Five or six other gunmen were said to be holed up in a nearby building surrounded by Marines and helicopter gunships.
It is unclear whether the attackers were Serbs, Kosovar Albanians or others. Craddock said that he did not know whether the men were in uniform.
The incident began at the checkpoint south of the Kosovo town of Gnjilane about 6 p.m. local time (noon EDT) and was ongoing, Craddock said.
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RELATED SITES:
Yugoslavia:
• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia official site
• Kesovo and Metohija facts
• Serbia Ministry of Information
• Serbia Now! News
Kosovo:
• Kosova Crisis Center
• Kosovo - from Albanian.com
Military:
• NATO official site
• BosniaLINK - U.S. Dept. of Defense
• U.S. Navy images from Operation Allied Force
• U.K. Ministry of Defence - Kosovo news
• U.K. Royal Air Force - Kosovo news
• Jane's Defence - Kosovo Crisis
Resettlement Agencies Helping Kosovars in U.S.:
• Church World Service
• Episcopal Migration Ministries
• Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
• Iowa Department of Human Services
• International Rescue Committee
• Immigration and Refugee Services of America
• Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
• United States Catholic Conference
Relief:
• World Relief
• Doctors without borders
• U.S. Agency for International Development (Kosovo aid)
• Doctors of the World
• InterAction
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• Kosovo Humanitarian Disaster Forces Hundreds of Thousands from their Homes
• Catholic Relief Services
• Kosovo Relief
• ReliefWeb: Home page
• The Jewish Agency for Israel
• Mercy International
• UNHCR
Media:
• Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
• Independent Yugoslav radio stations B92
• Institute for War and Peace Reporting
• United States Information Agency - Kosovo Crisis
Other:
• Expanded list of related sites on Kosovo
• 1997 view of Kosovo from space - Eurimage
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