The forgotten ruthlessness of Canada’s Great War soldiers (2018)

Re:The forgotten ruthlessness of Canada’s Great War soldiers... by benj111 on Sunday July 21, 2019 @01:59AM (#20490165)

"the Albanian underground had to import a 50 cal AA gun from the US. What for? To shoot at UN helicopters attacking their citizens"

I'm trying to parse this.

Did the US knowingly export this AA gun? Why were the UN attacking the citizens.

Are you referring to this? It doesn't seem to bear much resemblance to what you're describing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Alba

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Re:The forgotten ruthlessness of Canada’s Great War soldiers... by nradov on Sunday July 21, 2019 @09:37AM (#20491255)

Kosovar Albanian rebel representatives living in the US at the time legally purchased a small number of .50 BMG rifles on the civilian market. Those were bolt-action or semi-automatic, not actual anti-aircraft guns. Then they illegally smuggled those rifles to Kosovo.

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Re:The forgotten ruthlessness of Canada’s Great War soldiers... by benj111 on Sunday July 21, 2019 @11:32AM (#20491757)

Ok, not Albania then.

Still can't find a reference to ethnic Albanians shooting down a UN helicopter, or UN helicopters attacking ethnic Albanians.

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