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their homes. The evacuation process was scheduled to commence the next day, after which
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was destroyed. Macedonian soldiers later justified themselves by saying the Mosque was a "terrorist weapons depot".
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902:"CNN.com - Macedonia attacks rebel forces - May 3, 2001"
877:"CNN.com - Shelling resumes in Macedonia - May 6, 2001"
925:Kahl, Thede; Maksuti, Izer; Ramaj, Albert (2006).
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324:Orizare Mosque destroyed by Macedonian shelling
16:Battle during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
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824:"New Offensive Against Rebels In Macedonia"
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109:Commanders and leaders
299:Casualties and losses
1002:"Gefährliche Fische"
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675:mechanized battalion
248:Macedonian Air force
931:(in German). Lit.
828:The New York Times
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167:Ljubčo Georgievski
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720:On May 13,
500:2004 - 2005
399:Tanuševci 3
394:Tanuševci 2
384:Tanuševci 1
133:Jakup Asipi
68:NLA victory
1260:2023-11-28
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783:References
600:Macedonian
1014:2195-1349
836:0362-4331
740:ceasefire
679:artillery
663:Ljubodrag
640:Mil Mi-24
552:Smilkovci
464:Aračinovo
103:Macedonia
58:Macedonia
1275:Category
1156:DIE WELT
752:Slupčane
748:Vaksince
715:evacuate
711:Vaskince
699:Slupcane
659:Slupčane
655:demining
628:Slupčane
624:Vaksince
604:Albanian
581:Kumanovo
479:Ljuboten
469:Nikuštak
459:Karpalak
444:Vaksince
429:Slupčane
294:gunships
254:Strength
49:Location
707:Orizare
695:Matejce
671:Orizare
634:in the
632:Orizare
576:Gošince
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319:Unknown
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667:Lopate
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618:Battle
564:Skopje
494:Treboš
474:Raduša
454:Skopje
404:Tetovo
379:Tearce
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284:Tanks
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