The people behind the latest unrest in Macedonia are mainly members of the Kosovo People's Movement (L.P.K.), the group that gave rise to the Kosovo Liberation Army in 1997. "This isn't the first time we're being called terrorists," says Emrush Xhemajli, president of the L.P.K. in Kosovo. "This isn't the first time we're being chastised. It's just a matter of time before NATO comes to its senses and embraces (the Albanian fighters in Macedonia), just as it did the old K.L.A." Full Story...
How Deep the Roots of Macedonia's Insurgency?
Two years ago NATO intervened in Kosovo to defend the ethnic Albanians. Now
they recognise that Albanian extremism is threatening to destroy the fragile
stability in the war-torn province and beyond. As one senior NATO soldier in
Kosovo puts it: "They're extremely close to pushing the entire region over the
precipice and into the abyss. And that will mean a massive disaster."