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To: followerofchrist; mark502inf; Honorary Serb
The story of the creation of Albania is interesting. The first constitution was charted by a Turk. The first country to diplomatically recognize Albania was Serbia.

Serbia had no ill intentions toward the new neighbor, especially having in mind large number of Serbs who were left behind in Albania. Yes, sowe Shqip were left outside of Albanian border, but also Serbs, Greeks were left in Albania. This tiny detail is hidden by Albanian extremist in their rabid nationalistic tantrum.

When speaking to the outside world, Albanians call their country Albania and call themselves Albanians. Yet, when speaking about themselves and their country in their own language, they call country Shqipnia and themselves Shqip.

Sounds odd? It gets even more interesting with Turkish name. Turks call Shqip ARNAVUT and country ARNAVUTLUK. Loosely translated it means: "Unreturned". This si is unerasable mark where Shqip came from -when Turks settled in the Balkans, they found ARNAVUT, people they already knew.

Sadly, the best product of Albania is falsification of history (i.e. claim of Shqip being descendants of Illyrians) supported by the brazen theft of historical heritage of Serb and Hellenic people.

13 posted on 12/07/2004 7:08:18 AM PST by DTA (proud pajamista)
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To: DTA

Ah! I thought I did my research well during Clinton's ethnic cleansing campaign. I thought the Illyrians were Albanians.


16 posted on 12/07/2004 9:26:33 AM PST by followerofchrist
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