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THE BALKANS: Greece Sending a Message to Albanians
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| September 6, 2001
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Posted on 09/10/2001 9:49:16 AM PDT by Pericles
THE BALKANS: Sending a Message to Albanians
September 6, 2001; Greece announced its armed forces will conduct a training exercise near the northern Macedonian border from September 10 to 14. The exercise is named “Philippos 2001.” The Greek defense ministry announcement indicated the exercise would be a large-scale combined arms exercise. Is there a message? Of course. The Greeks fear spill-over trouble from Macedonia. There are also Albanian minorities in northern Greece. On the flip side, there are ethnic Greeks living in southern Albania.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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“Philippos 2001” is named after the King of the Ancient Greek kindom of Macedonia and the father of Alexander the Great. Alexander's mother was a queen from the Greek kingdom of Epirus. Northern Epirus (which forms southern Albania) is where about 200,000 (Albanian refuses to open this area to an outside census) Greek Epirotes live.
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posted on
09/10/2001 9:49:16 AM PDT
by
Pericles
To: Pericles
Where are albanians then in the south when 200 thousand are greeks ? Oh I forgot the greeks don't know to count!
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posted on
09/10/2001 10:12:43 AM PDT
by
mir
To: Pericles
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posted on
09/10/2001 10:54:17 AM PDT
by
DTA
To: Pericles
It is rare when the Greek government does something I approve of but will wonders never cease?
To: mir
Can you ask your question using better English?
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posted on
09/10/2001 11:57:59 AM PDT
by
Pericles
To: mir
Are you a Shiptar by chance?
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posted on
09/10/2001 11:58:19 AM PDT
by
Stavka2
To: Pericles
I did hear a news (week or to back) about Albanian-Greek clashes at Rhodos island...
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posted on
09/10/2001 12:05:51 PM PDT
by
Alexandre
To: Alexandre
That was street justice on Albanians. A common site around Greece. Albanians are natural brigands (due to enviornment not genetics) and the Greeks do not lke to wait for the politically correct socialist led police force to show up.
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posted on
09/10/2001 12:13:45 PM PDT
by
Pericles
To: Pericles, Balkans
mir is rat, rat is mir!
A perfect example of doublespeak when the name mir is used rather than the more appropriate name rat.
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posted on
09/10/2001 12:20:21 PM PDT
by
F-117A
To: Pericles, mir
interesting to see the KLA has been calling for a campaign next year against Northern Greece. Wonder why Kfor and Tirana have not been able to rein in the KLA ?
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posted on
09/10/2001 12:22:34 PM PDT
by
vooch
To: vooch
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posted on
09/10/2001 12:35:20 PM PDT
by
Pericles
To: mir, Stavka2, F-117A
mir, member since August 27th, 2001
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posted on
09/10/2001 12:38:48 PM PDT
by
Pericles
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: Pericles
a message indeed to the kla!!!
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posted on
09/10/2001 4:38:02 PM PDT
by
oxi-nato
To: Pericles,F117A
I don`t think that MIR means (peace) like in Serbo-Croat!I think that he is MIR= good,in Albanian!
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posted on
09/11/2001 11:03:01 PM PDT
by
branicap
To: Pericles
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posted on
09/11/2001 11:04:08 PM PDT
by
branicap
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