[joan]

The oil pipelines could only be a side reason and not the necessarily the main one(s). There were many reasons for the attack and the country was destroyed along old faultlines which were based on history of the region, earlier wars and treaties and ethnic divisions. But since we are on pipelines, there is a little recent news on the AMBO (Albania-Macedonia-Bulgaria Oil) pipeline:

Vecer: Talks will be Held in Bulgaria for AMBO Pipeline

22 July 2006 | 13:12 | FOCUS News Agency

Skopje. The Macedonian Minister of Economy Fatmir Besimi will take part in talks for building of Albanian Macedonian Bulgarian Oil Corporation (AMBO) pipeline. The talks will take place in Bulgaria next week, the Macedonian Vecer newspaper reports. The main topic of Besimis’ talks with Bulgarian, Albanian representatives and the US corporation AMBO will be the track on which the pipeline from Burgas to Vlora is to pass. Last month the talks in Sofia were interrupted since the Bulgarian and the Albanian representatives demanded funds beforehand from the US investor for realization of the project. Beside the three Balkan countries, Europe and USA are also demonstrating interest to the building of the pipeline. According to evaluations Macedonia will get some USD 30 million, the newspaper reports.

[John Lenin]

The article is from a communist website, so take it for what it is. But it does have some juicy info on who's who in the oil wars.