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'''Agim Ramadani'''{{efn|{{lang-sr-cyr|Агим Рамадани}}}} (3 May 1963 – 11 April 1999) also known with nickname '''"KATANA"''', was an ] commander of the ] (KLA), an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that sought the independence of ] from ]. He was killed in action during the ]. After the war, he was declared ].


==Biography==
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Agim Ramadani was born on 3 May 1963 in the village of ] located in the ] in the municipality of ] in ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Qeriqi |first=Zamir |date=11 April 2022 |title=Agim Hysni Ramadani (3.5.1963 – 11.4.1999) |url=https://www.radiokosovaelire.com/agim-hysni-ramadani-3-5-1963-11-4-1999/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Radio Kosova e Lirë |language=en-US}}</ref> His family originally hails from ] near ] and belongs to the ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 September 2020 |title=Порекло презимена, село Депце (Прешево) – Порекло |url=https://www.poreklo.rs/2020/09/17/poreklo-prezimena-selo-depce-presevo/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.poreklo.rs |language=sr-RS}}</ref> He studied at the higher technical school in Gnjilane in 1980, and the Military Academy for communications in ], ].<ref name=":0" />


In 1998 Ramadani left ], where his wife and three children lived,<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131523/http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts21/AH1999_1.html |date=2 April 2015 }}</ref> and joined the ] (KLA).<ref name="Ramadani"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101800/http://www.lajmeonline.net/en/to-the-ta-nderojne-Agim-ramadanin/ |date=2 April 2015 }}</ref> He died at the ].
'''Agim Ramadani'''{{ref label|names|a|}} (3 May 1964 - April 1999) was born in the village of ] in the municipality of ] in ] - now ]{{ref label|names|b|}}. He was considered on of the best students in his country{{fact|date=July 2012}}, and visited the high technical school in Gnjilane in 1980, and the Military Academy for communications in the ], ].


== Kosovo War ==
Poetry and painting were his passions during his high school. His poetry was published in literary magazines, whereas paintint exhibitions were organized in Croatia, where he worked as a military, and in Switzerland, where lived as a political immigrant after the beginning of the ]. In 1998 Ramadani accepted honorary membership at the European Academy of Arts.


=== Early stage ===
Although he was an immigrant in Switzerland, in 1998 Agim Ramadani responded to the call of his homeland, Kosovo, and joined the ] (KLA), leaving three children and wife in Switzerland.{{fact|date=July 2012}}
On the outbreak of the ], Ramadani joined the ], where he immediately became a commander in the Operational Zone of Dukagjin.<ref name=":0" />


=== Battle of Gjocaj and Jasiq ===
He was during the ] a top strategist and leader. Ramadani was known by the name-conspiratorial ''Katana''. The General of Albanian Army '''Kudusi Lama''' has rated '''Agim Ramdani''' as the best officer for radiobug. According to Lama, he had knowledge for all the movements of enemy in the territory of Košare.{{fact|date=July 2012}} This allowed his brigade to take sudden attacks, causing big losses for Serbian troops.The Department of Brigade "138"have two special units:The "Cobra" Special Unit that was tasked with observing enemy movements and "Delta" special unit which was involved in startling attacks. In action coded Phoenix 30.09.1998 he and his soldiers destroyed paramilitary unit of serbs called "Zhalka". Arms and uniforms of members of this unit are presented to supreme commander Rustem Berisha.
On 28 July 1998 Ramadani came to reinforce the defense of the villages Gjocaj and Jasiq. Yugoslav troops attacked the villages from the military outpost of Kosharë to take the two strategic points. The attack failed, resulting in three VJ soldiers as well as a VJ Major killed, while the KLA under Ramadani's command suffered three casualties.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Veprimtaria Kombëtare e Heroit të Kosovës Agim Ramadanit- Katana |url=https://www.botasot.info/historia-lajme/684166/veprimtaria-kombetare-e-heroit-te-kosoves-agim-ramadanit-katana/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Bota Sot |language=en}}</ref>{{bcn|date=October 2023}}
It was one of the drafters of the plan for breaking border, which also made together with Sali Ceku. He was the first one to take down the boundary stone in ]. After breaking border, on the part of Kosovo, called Zog, he was killed in battle.


=== Battle of Opljaz ===
Calculated as one of the most famous heroes of the new Albanian history.{{fact|date=July 2012}} In Gnjilane first National Theater has established a September in which all elements are komponuar artistic and combat the Katanës. Agim Ramadani - represented in several anthologies and lectures of Albanian writers, published after the year 2000. Agim Ramdani have left behind two sons, Jeton and Edon, and his daughter Laurina.{{fact|date=July 2012}}
On 9 August 1998 in the village of Oplazë (]: Опљаз, <small>]:</small> ''Opljaz''), forces under Ramadani's command successfully defeated Yugoslav forces killing 17–20 Soldiers as well as two Army officers.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Albanian criminal Agim Ramadani (1963-1999) - www.zlocininadsrbima.com |url=http://www.zlocininadsrbima.com/EN/NewsPiece.aspx?Naslov=Agim-Ramadani |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=www.zlocininadsrbima.com}}</ref>


=== Operation Eagle ===
==Titles==
On 15 August 1998 Ramadani initiated "Operation Eagle," which involved attacking the Zhillovic police station.<ref name=":2" />
*A different life - Pristina 2002 (posthumous publication)


=== Gjeravica Raid ===
==Trivia==
Agim Ramadani’s next operation against Yugoslav forces happened on a Yugoslav Military Outpost and Watchtower near the ] on 15 September 1998.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> 40 Serbian soldiers were killed and 20 wounded<ref>{{Cite web |last=infokus |date=2020-04-09 |title=Veprimtaria Kombëtare e Heroit të Kosovës Agim Ramadanit- Katana |url=https://gazetainfokus.com/veprimtaria-kombetare-e-heroit-te-kosoves-agim-ramadanit-katana/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Infokus |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Albanian criminal Agim Ramadani (1963-1999) - www.zlocininadsrbima.com |url=http://www.zlocininadsrbima.com/EN/NewsPiece.aspx?Naslov=Agim-Ramadani |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.zlocininadsrbima.com}}</ref>
*A main street in ] is named after Agim Ramadani.{{fact|date=July 2012}}


=== Operation Fenix ===
==Notes==
In his next Operation codenamed "]" on 30 September 1998 he attacked Yugoslav Army positions near the ] Military Base. Again the Operation ended with an victory for Ramadani's brigade, killing 6 Yugoslav soldiers, wounding another 6, destroying 1 Tank and 1 APC.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nikolic |first=Petrit Çollaku, Ivana |date=16 February 2016 |title=Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas Await Yugoslav Army Ambush Verdict |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2016/02/16/kosovo-guerrillas-await-yugoslav-army-ambush-verdict-02-16-2016/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Balkan Insight |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|{{note|names}}]: ''Agim Ramadani'', ] Cyrillic spelling: Агим Рамадани.
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=== Battle of Košare ===
On 9 April 1999 Ramadani, together with 136 Soldiers under his command crossed the Albanian-Yugoslav border near ] and attacked Yugoslav Forces numbering 300 Soldiers, starting the bloodiest Battle in the entire ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 April 2017 |title=Rrëfimi për Kosharen |url=https://telegrafi.com/rrefimi-per-kosharen/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Telegrafi |language=sq}}</ref> The fighting on the first day lasted 24 hours and ended with a victory for Ramadani's forces, forcing the Yugoslav soldiers to retreat to the Košare base, the heavy fighting left 4 KLA soldiers and 23 Yugoslav soldiers dead.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Demaj |first=Florim |title=Me UÇK-në në Koshare : nga vija e parë të frontit dhe nëpër Kosovën e pasluftës |pages=79–80 |language=sq |quote=Rezultati i gjashtë orë luftimeve ishte nga ana jonë katër të vrarë e një të plagosur, kurse nga radhët e armikut kishte 23 të vrarë}}</ref>

=== Death ===
The death of Agim Ramadani has been a source of speculation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Misteri i vrasjes së Agim Ramadanit! |url=https://www.botasot.info/aktuale-lajme/1793068/misteri-i-vrasjes-se-agim-ramadanit/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Bota Sot |language=sq}}</ref> The account of his death reported by the KLA was that he had been killed in surprise attack by Serbian forces during the battle of Košare. American journalist James Ridgeway speculates that his death was connected to a string of assassinations of prominent KLA and FARK leaders that link to ].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Udovicki |first1=Jasminka |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DHMioF8-CewC |title=Burn This House: The Making and Unmaking of Yugoslavia |last2=Ridgeway |first2=James |date=31 October 2000 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0-8223-8091-7 |pages=329 |language=en}}</ref> Isni Berisha, a former KLA soldier who witnessed Ramadani's death said he was killed in a surprise attack by Serbs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Si u vra Agim Ramadani? Rrëfen për herë të parë ish-ushtari që e pa komandantin kur ra në tokë |url=https://indeksonline.net/si-u-vra-agim-ramadani-rrefen-per-here-te-pare-ish-ushtari-qe-e-pa-komandantin-kur-ra-ne-toke1/}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Agim is regarded an Albanian hero.<ref>{{citation|access-date=2013-11-09 |url=http://news.albanianscreen.tv/pages/news_detail/50923/ENG |publisher=AS TV |title=The exhibit of a hero, Berisha: Agim Ramadani, an eminent patriot |date=14 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110060854/http://news.albanianscreen.tv/pages/news_detail/50923/ENG |archive-date=10 November 2013 }}</ref> A main street in ] is named after him.<ref>{{citation|url=http://kk.rks-gov.net/prishtina/News/Te-premten-mbyllet-pjeserisht-per-qarkullim-rruga-.aspx|access-date=2013-10-07|language=Albanian|publisher=Municipality of Prishtina|date=25 September 2013|title=Të premten mbyllet pjesërisht për qarkullim rruga "Agim Ramadani"|trans-title="Agim Ramadani" street will be partly closed for circulation on Friday|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222074757/http://kk.rks-gov.net/prishtina/News/Te-premten-mbyllet-pjeserisht-per-qarkullim-rruga-.aspx|archive-date=2016-02-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 21:39, 20 December 2024

Kosovar military commander (1963–1999)

Agim Ramadani
Statue of Agim Ramadani in Zhegër, Kosovo
Nickname(s)"KATANA"
Born3 May 1963
Zhegër, Gjilan, AP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Kosovo)
Died11 April 1999 (1999-04-12) (aged 35)
Koshare, Gjakova, Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia
(now Kosovo)
RankMilitary Commander
Unit138th Brigade
Commands Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)
Battles / warsKosovo War
AwardsHero of Kosovo (posthumously)

Agim Ramadani (3 May 1963 – 11 April 1999) also known with nickname "KATANA", was an Albanian commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that sought the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. He was killed in action during the Battle of Košare. After the war, he was declared Hero of Kosovo.

Biography

Agim Ramadani was born on 3 May 1963 in the village of Zhegër located in the Karadak Highlands in the municipality of Gjilan in AP Kosovo. His family originally hails from Depce near Preševo and belongs to the Berisha tribe. He studied at the higher technical school in Gnjilane in 1980, and the Military Academy for communications in Zagreb, SR Croatia.

In 1998 Ramadani left Switzerland, where his wife and three children lived, and joined the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). He died at the Battle of Košare.

Kosovo War

Early stage

On the outbreak of the Kosovo War, Ramadani joined the Kosovo Liberation Army, where he immediately became a commander in the Operational Zone of Dukagjin.

Battle of Gjocaj and Jasiq

On 28 July 1998 Ramadani came to reinforce the defense of the villages Gjocaj and Jasiq. Yugoslav troops attacked the villages from the military outpost of Kosharë to take the two strategic points. The attack failed, resulting in three VJ soldiers as well as a VJ Major killed, while the KLA under Ramadani's command suffered three casualties.

Battle of Opljaz

On 9 August 1998 in the village of Oplazë (Serbian: Опљаз, romanized: Opljaz), forces under Ramadani's command successfully defeated Yugoslav forces killing 17–20 Soldiers as well as two Army officers.

Operation Eagle

On 15 August 1998 Ramadani initiated "Operation Eagle," which involved attacking the Zhillovic police station.

Gjeravica Raid

Agim Ramadani’s next operation against Yugoslav forces happened on a Yugoslav Military Outpost and Watchtower near the Gjeravica Mountain on 15 September 1998. 40 Serbian soldiers were killed and 20 wounded

Operation Fenix

In his next Operation codenamed "Operation Fenix" on 30 September 1998 he attacked Yugoslav Army positions near the Košare Military Base. Again the Operation ended with an victory for Ramadani's brigade, killing 6 Yugoslav soldiers, wounding another 6, destroying 1 Tank and 1 APC.

Battle of Košare

On 9 April 1999 Ramadani, together with 136 Soldiers under his command crossed the Albanian-Yugoslav border near Košare and attacked Yugoslav Forces numbering 300 Soldiers, starting the bloodiest Battle in the entire Kosovo War. The fighting on the first day lasted 24 hours and ended with a victory for Ramadani's forces, forcing the Yugoslav soldiers to retreat to the Košare base, the heavy fighting left 4 KLA soldiers and 23 Yugoslav soldiers dead.

Death

The death of Agim Ramadani has been a source of speculation. The account of his death reported by the KLA was that he had been killed in surprise attack by Serbian forces during the battle of Košare. American journalist James Ridgeway speculates that his death was connected to a string of assassinations of prominent KLA and FARK leaders that link to Hashim Thaçi. Isni Berisha, a former KLA soldier who witnessed Ramadani's death said he was killed in a surprise attack by Serbs.

Legacy

Agim is regarded an Albanian hero. A main street in Pristina is named after him.

Notes

  1. Serbian Cyrillic: Агим Рамадани

References

  1. "Zyra e Kryeministrit të Kosovës". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ Qeriqi, Zamir (11 April 2022). "Agim Hysni Ramadani (3.5.1963 – 11.4.1999)". Radio Kosova e Lirë. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. "Порекло презимена, село Депце (Прешево) – Порекло". www.poreklo.rs (in Serbian). 17 September 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. albanian history Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Agim Ramadani Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Veprimtaria Kombëtare e Heroit të Kosovës Agim Ramadanit- Katana". Bota Sot. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  7. ^ "The Albanian criminal Agim Ramadani (1963-1999) - www.zlocininadsrbima.com". www.zlocininadsrbima.com. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  8. infokus (9 April 2020). "Veprimtaria Kombëtare e Heroit të Kosovës Agim Ramadanit- Katana". Infokus. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  9. "The Albanian criminal Agim Ramadani (1963-1999) - www.zlocininadsrbima.com". www.zlocininadsrbima.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  10. Nikolic, Petrit Çollaku, Ivana (16 February 2016). "Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas Await Yugoslav Army Ambush Verdict". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 27 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. "Rrëfimi për Kosharen". Telegrafi (in Albanian). 9 April 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  12. Demaj, Florim. Me UÇK-në në Koshare : nga vija e parë të frontit dhe nëpër Kosovën e pasluftës (in Albanian). pp. 79–80. Rezultati i gjashtë orë luftimeve ishte nga ana jonë katër të vrarë e një të plagosur, kurse nga radhët e armikut kishte 23 të vrarë
  13. "Misteri i vrasjes së Agim Ramadanit!". Bota Sot (in Albanian). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  14. Udovicki, Jasminka; Ridgeway, James (31 October 2000). Burn This House: The Making and Unmaking of Yugoslavia. Duke University Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-8223-8091-7.
  15. "Si u vra Agim Ramadani? Rrëfen për herë të parë ish-ushtari që e pa komandantin kur ra në tokë".
  16. The exhibit of a hero, Berisha: Agim Ramadani, an eminent patriot, AS TV, 14 November 2012, archived from the original on 10 November 2013, retrieved 9 November 2013
  17. Të premten mbyllet pjesërisht për qarkullim rruga "Agim Ramadani" ["Agim Ramadani" street will be partly closed for circulation on Friday] (in Albanian), Municipality of Prishtina, 25 September 2013, archived from the original on 22 February 2016, retrieved 7 October 2013

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