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A masked gunmen armed with AK-47 and wearing the "AKSH" insignia of an outlawed ethnic Albanian paramilitary group is seen in northern Kosovo as they appear in defiance of international authorities, saying it had been provoked by Serb threats and will defend Kosovo "to the last soldier." in pictures taken early Monday, Nov. 12, 2007. A commander of the outlawed Albanian National Army, known as AKSH and branded as a terrorist organization by the U.N. mission in Kosovo, also told The Associated Press the group was disillusioned with Kosovo's political leaders and considered the international-mediated talks on the province's future to be a failure The paramilitaries said they patrolled all northern Kosovo towns bordering Serbia to prevent any Serb incursion into the area. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)