Rahim Beqiri ( al, Rrahim Beqiri; mk, Рахим Беќири, 1 January 1957 – 2 August 2001), or better known as Komandant Roki, was an army commander in the KLA during the

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of the late 1998s. He was born in

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. At the start of the

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, he joined the

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(KLA) in the role of a commander of the Marec operative zone. Afterwards he joined the UÇPMB in the

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, and after the beginning of the

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he joined the NLA and infiltrates the Kosovo-Macedonian border, where he started attacking the Macedonian security forces. He was one of the commanders of the 112 Brigade of the NLA, which is active in the

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area. He was wounded by the Macedonian security forces a clash at the Drenovec suburb, during the Second Battle for Tetovo. He was immediately transferred to the hospital in

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, and then in the

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hospital, where he died on 2 August 2001."UÇK. Message and hope. Part II" by Petrit Menaj. Open Society Institute, Macedonia. Skopje. 200

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