Kosovo rebel commander sentenced to 26 years in prison for war crimes in case overseen by Jack Smith

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/politics/kosovo-war-crimes-tribunal-jack-smith

A war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Friday sentenced a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army to 26 years in prison for the war crimes of arbitrary detention, torture and murder.

The Salih Mustafa case was one overseen in part by now-special counsel Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor appointed last month by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee investigations in the US involving former President Donald Trump.

The panel of judges in the tribunal found Mustafa guilty of crimes that occurred in April 1999 in a village in Kosovo used as a base by a KLA unit that Mustafa led during the conflict with Serbian government forces.,,,,

Smith participated in the Mustafa trial before stepping down last month from his role as specialist prosecutor in the Kosovo tribunal after being tapped to oversee the Trump-related investigations in the US.

He remains in the Netherlands while he recovers from a bike injury and is expected to return to the US in the coming weeks.

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1. Good to know this

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2. Kicking for visibility

Next up tfg & coconspirators.

If I were a felon with SC Smith hot on my trail, I'd be

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3. Now he can come back to the US and aim for some REALLY long sentences ! nt