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This report examines the evolution of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA or UCK), its genesis, military fortunes, political impact and prospects. The paper considers the current humanitarian crisis, analyzes the internal dynamics of ethnic Albanian politics in and about Kosovo and their impact on the options that the international community may contemplate to promote a political solution to the conflict. The paper assesses that the UCK is gaining credibility and that credibility is likely to grow the longer the fighting drags on.