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Albania stands with U.S. in Iraq
The Washington Times ^ | 03/27/2005 | Fatos Tarifa

Posted on 03/27/2005 4:57:25 AM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands

The announcement several days ago Albania -- a small country with limited resources -- was sending an additional 50 well-trained troops to Iraq came as a surprise to some observers. But it really should not have surprised anyone. Albania was one of only four countries to send combat troops during the operation "Iraqi Freedom." Albania is probably the most pro-American country on Earth. It showed its support of the United States early, when it initially sent 70 commandos to join the Coalition of the Willing's effort to bring peace, stability and free elections to Iraq.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; albania; allies; allyalbania; balkans; coalition; friends; iraq; multinational; staythecourse
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

Thank you, Albania! says Secretary Rumsfeld to Prime Minster Nano.

101 posted on 04/01/2005 8:00:07 AM PST by mark502inf
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

President Bush says "Thank you" to President Moisiu of Albania.

102 posted on 04/01/2005 8:04:33 AM PST by mark502inf
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To: AdmSmith

I read somewhere that a lot of the "conversions" were actually imported muslims from the Caucasus area.


103 posted on 04/01/2005 8:16:22 AM PST by BJClinton
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To: Great Prophet Zarquon
The "loss" was prearranged, Milosevic and Tudjman saw to that and your intellectual laziness is your problem, not ours.
104 posted on 04/01/2005 12:03:16 PM PST by montyspython
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To: mark502inf

Rumsfeld also shook hands with Saddam, so what?


105 posted on 04/01/2005 12:05:15 PM PST by montyspython
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To: montyspython
"So what" is in the purpose of each visit.

Secretary Rumsfeld shook hands with Hussein as a courtesy when meeting him in 1983 as an envoy from President Reagan on a fact-finding mission to a country with which we did not have diplomatic relations.

Secretary Rumsfeld traveled to Albania to thank Prime Minister Nano for Albania's contributions of troops to Afghanistan & Iraq as well as the use of Albanian training areas, airspace, and seaspace to prep American units for deployment into combat.

106 posted on 04/01/2005 12:56:25 PM PST by mark502inf
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To: montyspython
Since you liked the photo of Rumsfeld thanking the Albanians for their help, here's one of Secretary Powell in Tirana thanking Prime Minister Nano for signing the agreement between the USA & Albania on protecting each other's citizens from spurious prosecutions at the International Criminal Court:

And here's Powell walking down the main street in Tirana greeting the tens of thousands of Albanian citizens who came out to see him.


107 posted on 04/01/2005 1:10:51 PM PST by mark502inf
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To: mark502inf
Richard Holbrooke got drunk when Milosevic urged him to take a shot of slivovic. Where is the purpose here?

Again, photo ops are just that, photo ops. You can interpret them any way you want. How about the photo ops with Albright and that criminal Thaci? We can go round and round with "photo ops" Mark.

108 posted on 04/01/2005 2:38:16 PM PST by montyspython
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To: montyspython
You can interpret them any way you want

Well, monty, you can interpret them anyway you want, but I'll just stick with what they actually represent--which was President Bush & Secretaries Powell & Rumsfeld thanking the Albanian President and Prime Minister for their cooperation with the United States.

109 posted on 04/01/2005 3:36:16 PM PST by mark502inf
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To: Great Prophet Zarquon

All of them, including Izetbegovic. Just as criminal as anyone.


113 posted on 04/01/2005 4:38:47 PM PST by montyspython
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To: Great Prophet Zarquon; montyspython
montyspython
Since Feb 26, 2005>>

And howdy doody to you too.

No evidence that he's ever been banned for advocating the destruction of Christian Churches though, eh Bonly-boy?

114 posted on 04/02/2005 6:05:49 AM PST by FormerLib (Kosova: "land stolen from Serbs and given to terrorist killers in a futile attempt to appease them.")
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To: FormerLib
Why is my sign up date here in question?
115 posted on 04/04/2005 9:19:00 AM PDT by montyspython
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To: montyspython

Since Bonly-boy can't fault your facts or your logic, he's reduced to pointing out that you haven't been posting very long as if that proved something.

In his case, he's been around longer than his sign-up date would indicate, but that's a common occurence when someone returns to FR having been banned under their previous screen name.


116 posted on 04/04/2005 9:34:40 AM PDT by FormerLib (Kosova: "land stolen from Serbs and given to terrorist killers in a futile attempt to appease them.")
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To: FormerLib

It's the "Nanny nanny boo boo, I know you are but what am I?" tactic. Terrific.


117 posted on 04/04/2005 10:16:13 AM PDT by montyspython
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To: montyspython

ask the binBonly - srebrenica squaker for pictures of Srebrenica.


118 posted on 04/05/2005 5:13:44 PM PDT by ma bell ("Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines". Major General Chesty Puller, USMC)
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To: ma bell

Why, does he have some?


119 posted on 04/06/2005 8:39:29 AM PDT by montyspython
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To: montyspython; FormerLib

ask him. he claims to have many pictures... isn't that right former lib?


120 posted on 04/06/2005 3:11:01 PM PDT by ma bell ("Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines". Major General Chesty Puller, USMC)
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