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At the end of 1999,
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the Serbian Army abandoned
the Balkan Province of Kosovo,
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clearing the way for multi-national
forces whose primary objective
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was to keep the peace,
reconstruct the province
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and disarm the local guerrillas.
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The Spanish army dispatched a
contingent of professional soldiers
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to the Serbian border,
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an area known as
The Exclusion Zone.
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This strip of neutral land
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was the scene of violent incursions
by Serbian paramilitaries
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against the Kosovar population.
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It was also referred to as:
The Shadow Zone.
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RUICA - KOSOVAR VILLAGE
EXCLUSION ZONE