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Former NATO Adviser Testifies Against War Crimes Defendant Thaçi

11/14/2025

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Michael Durkee, a former adviser to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Supreme Allied Commander, testified on November 13, 2025, at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers about Hashim Thaçi, the defendant in a war crimes trial.
Durkee said Thaçi lacked the authority and the command structure to prevent Kosovo Liberation Army violence in 1999.
The trial involves Thaçi and three co-defendants facing serious war crime charges.

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Michael Durkee, a former adviser to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Supreme Allied Commander, testified on November 13, 2025, at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers about Hashim Thaçi, the defendant in a war crimes trial.
Durkee said Thaçi lacked the authority and the command structure to prevent Kosovo Liberation Army violence in 1999.
The trial involves Thaçi and three co-defendants facing serious war crime charges.