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Al Qaeda's European attack route is the Balkans, new report claimsby Chrostopher Deliso in Skopje First Published on the balkanalysis.comA provocative report from the US Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare claims that the Balkans is about to heat up again as an Islamic terrorist base. This surpasses traditional nationalist rifts, claims author Yossef Boddansky, and is intended to increase al Qaeda infiltration. Thus the Balkan operations would be ultimately controlled by the Evil One, OBL. However, it remains to be seen to what extent this is true. Boddansky does not cite sources, and his assessment for Bosnia...

Posted on Tue, Sep. 02, 2003 Macedonian Troops, Rebels in Standoff GARENTINA KRAJA Associated Press SKOPJE, Macedonia - Macedonian authorities say they will not withdraw troops encircling a northern village until they capture a fugitive rebel leader - ignoring demands by a shadowy ethnic Albanian militant group to end the siege. Hundreds of ethnic Albanian villagers have fled from their homes in Vaksince since the operation began Sunday, fearing clashes similar to those that shook the tiny Balkan nation in 2001. The clashes between government forces and ethnic Albanian insurgents ended in a Western-brokered peace plan, but tensions persist. Troops...