Ex-Diplomat: Thaci Lacked Control Over KLA During Kosovo War

Imagine a leader in a war, Hashim Thaci.

He's accused of bad things that happened during the war in Kosovo.

Now, a former U.S. official says that Thaci wasn't really in charge of the soldiers; the soldiers told him what to do.

He was more like a public face.

This former official testified in court, saying Thaci didn't have the power to make important decisions.

The trial is happening in the Netherlands, with international judges.

Thaci and others deny the charges of violence against political opponents, as well as minority ethnic Serbs and Roma.

More than 13,000 people are believed to have died during the Kosovo conflict.