' SERBIA'S WAR CRIMINALS '

By : Zainab

Belgrade : A former Serb general convicted of war crimes and two other commanders who took part in a bloody crackdown against Kosovo's Albanians in the in the 1990s-

Will be invited to teach at the Balkan country's Military Academy, Serbia's defense minister said Thursday.

Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin has praised former Gen. Vladmir Lazarevic, who was sentenced to  14 years  in prison by a U.N. war crime tribunal for terrible atrocities committed by Serbia troops in Kosovo-

During the 1998-99 violence that left over   10,000  people killed and nearly 1 million chased from homes.

The  bloodshed topped only after a 78-day NATO bombardment.

Serbia doesn't recognize  Kosovo's  independence declared in 2008.