Mujahedin In Macedonia, or, an Enormous Embarrassment For the West

Anti-War.com ^ | 03/12/02 | Christopher Deliso

[Spar]

Back up what? Your claiming the 7 dead, be they legit killers or framed innocents did not include Pakis/Arabs?

[Hoplite]

So the names haven't been published, the Macedonians are scrambling to clarify whether or not these were actual militants or merely migrants, and you're talking your usual smack.

Got it.

[Spar]

The names have been published and Pakistani officials have already identified thats among the 7 bodies were Pakistani nationals. In addition plans for terror attacks were taken from this cell from both the live and dead that included Bosnians and Jordanian nationals as well as Albanians. Enjoy the links. They make for good informative reading.

[Hoplite]

The names have been published

So you say.

And I'm pretty sure you know how much I value your word, Spar.

This is one of those "put up or shut up" situations, and you're just yammering instead of putting up.

[joan]

Six of the names are listed today in an article. Wasn't the name of the 7th listed earlier?

'Bodies of six slain Pakistanis rotting in Macedonia'

KARACHI: The Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International has deplored that the bodies of six young Pakistanis killed by the Macedonian authorities in Skopje on March 2 have been decaying there since then. The chairman of the trust, Ansar Burney, requested President General Pervez Musharraf to pay attention to the matter and ask the ministries of foreign affairs and interior to contact Macedonian government for bringing back home the bodies of slain young men.

Family members of the deceased--Ejaz Hussain, Asif Khan, Riaz Deen, Bilal Shah, Umar Farooq and Khalid-hailing from different districts of Punjab province are desperate to get their bodies for burial according to Muslim tradition.

"These Pakistanis arrested from Macedonian boarder while they were reciting the Holy Quran were declared terrorists of Taliban and Alqaeda following the recovery of the copies of Holy Quran from their pockets," Burney said.

The arrested men were mercilessly killed by the Macedonian forces in front of the American embassy on March 2. Later, the deceased were declared innocent by the FBI as they were travelling to Europe for a better future.

Burney said he had faxed letters to President Musharraf and Macedonian Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski for the repatriation of bodies for burial in their hometowns. Requesting them to ask their respective ministries to arrange for an early return of the bodies Burney said: "It is very sad that we do not have any respect for our own nationals or even the innocents."