North Macedonia inter-ethnic violence

Vladimir79 wrote:Are these schiptars even citizens or refugees?

Vladimir79 wrote:Schiptars are spreading like weeds. Just look at Greece.

Turk1 wrote:Albanians are reclaiming the Balkans, Islam is spreading and so peace will be brought to the region.

Jelena wrote:
If you take a look at the history, albanians were not super friendly towards Turks but accepted Islam for small, personal interest .
BTW, you're the only Turk I have met on the internet having this opinion You're trying to enter EU ( I hope you're aware of the main obstacles) and at the same time gloating on "Islam spreading". What will be at the end of a day?

Turk1 wrote:

Jelena wrote:
If you take a look at the history, albanians were not super friendly towards Turks but accepted Islam for small, personal interest .
BTW, you're the only Turk I have met on the internet having this opinion You're trying to enter EU ( I hope you're aware of the main obstacles) and at the same time gloating on "Islam spreading". What will be at the end of a day?

Albanians accepted Islam because they were faithful to the empire.

If I am only Turk you have met who sees spread of Islam as good thing, you must not meet many. Turk majority don't want anything to do with EU.

TvFesta Kumanove wrote:exclusive footage

Kosovo fighters launched deadly attack in Macedonia, officials say

UPI wrote:KUMANOVO, Macedonia, May 11 (UPI) -- A deadly attack in the Republic of Macedonia Saturday is being blamed on five militant leaders from Kosovo in the latest ethnic clashes there, officials said.
More than a dozen gunmen and eight security officers were killed in the assault in the northern town of Kumanovo -- near the Serbia-Kosovo border, Macedonia's foreign ministry said Saturday.
Investigators said the five identified fighters were members of the now defunct Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) -- an ethnic Albanian rebel group.
By the end of the attack, about 30 terrorists were apprehended and nearly 40 police officers were wounded, officials said.
The five suspected leaders of the armed group were identified as Sami Ukshini, Beg Rizaj, Dem Shehu, Muhamet Krasniqi and Mirsad Ndrecaj, BBC News reported Saturday.

More than 20 killed in operation against Albanians in Macedonia

DPA wrote:By Thomas Brey, dpa
Belgrade (dpa) - At least 22 people are dead in northern Macedonia after a a police action against armed ethnic Albanians, the Macedonian government said Sunday.
At least eight police officers were killed and 37 injured in the two-day operation in Kumanovo that killed 14 armed ethnic Albanians, said Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.
Some 30 people were arrested and the death toll could continue to rise, the Interior Ministry said.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels called for Macedonia's leadership to restore calm.
Fighting in the ethnic Albanian town of Kumanovo, 40 kilometres north-east of the capital Skopje, has now subsided and the town is under police lockdown, Interior Ministry spokesman Ivo Kotevski said.
Kotevski said clashes started Saturday when police advanced against what he described as "well-armed terrorists" that had penetrated Macedonia "from a neighbouring country."
The group, which had as many as 70 men, had hidden in the region with support from local Albanians and planned attacks on public facilities and a military base, he said.
In response to the violence, Stoltenberg calling for "everyone to exercise restraint and avoid any further escalation, in the interest of the country and the whole region."
"It is important that all political and community leaders work together to restore calm and conduct a transparent investigation to establish what happened," he said.

flamming_python wrote:RIP to the dead.

KoTeMoRe wrote:Very absurd actions from the usual suspects. A failed state will always produce such absurd situations and incite such attacks. Kosovo is the epitome of of The Pandora's Box. Well done NATO. More shit in the Balkan, less peace, less security, more paranoïa. Stability, the American way.

Sorry for the loss, Mac.

Yeah well the Albanian sources are saying that at least two of the head honchos are directly from KS. Nothing local.

Macedonia Mourns Eight Police Killed In Gunbattle

AgitProp wrote:Macedonia is observing a second day of national mourning on May 11 for eight police officers killed during a weekend battle against gunmen in the northern town of Kumanovo. Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov said 14 suspected gunmen also were killed in the battle, which began early on May 9 in the town near the borders with Kosovo and Serbia. In a nationwide television address late on May 10, Ivanov said police had “prevented coordinated terrorist attacks at different locations in the country that would cause serious destabilization, chaos, and fear.” He said the gunmen were “extremists and criminals with remarkable military training and skills.”

Demining starts in Macedonia after weekend clashes leave 22 dead

DPA wrote:By Boris Babic, dpa
Belgrade (dpa) - Macedonian authorities were clearing explosion debris and demining the town of Kumanovo on Monday after 22 people were killed in a government operation against an armed group branded by police as terrorists infiltrating the country.The eruption of violence over the weekend raised tensions in the landlocked Balkan country and throughout the region, which was ravaged by ethnic violence throughout the 1990s.
Local media reported sporadic explosions attributed to demining in the ethnic Albanian town, where a two-day raid on the weekend left 14 alleged gunmen and eight police officers dead and 37 injured.
Houses were damaged in the fighting, and authorities fear that further unexploded ordnance and booby-traps are hidden in the area.
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski told reporters Sunday that the terrorist group infiltrated Macedonia intending to kill thousands and destabilize the country.
While officials said that the group was comprised of ethnic Albanians from neighbouring Kosovo, Gruevski insisted that their compatriots in Kumanovo had not supported the gunmen.
"This is not a Macedonian-Albanian conflict, because that would be harmful to both Macedonians and Albanians in the region," he said.

Anadolu Turkish wrote:
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In a televised address, Gjorge Ivanov said: "Police have prevented coordinated terrorist attacks at different locations in the country that would cause serious destabilization, chaos and fear."
"The members of the group are extremists and criminals with remarkable military training and skills. That's why we have paid such a high price with the loss of lives."
Eight police officers and 14 militants were killed in clashes that began early Saturday when police intercepted an armed group near Kumanovo, 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of capital Skopje.
Ivanov, who cut short a visit to Russia on Saturday, pledged that those involved would “pay dearly” and called for political unity in Macedonia, where the government and the opposition have been at loggerheads amid accusations that each is attempting to destabilize the country in a bid to secure power.
The president renewed his call for EU and NATO integration to provide stability in the former Yugoslav republic.
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KoTeMoRe wrote:Color me surprized...not.

So far complete blackout from Kosovo, only "civilian" victims tralala. Furthermore our own guys have been put in alert because of unspecified risk. IE this isn't "our people". More mafia wars between Kosovo mob ltd, spilling over. Last year these fvcks caused about 15 deaths when they fired on an Albanian borderguard patrols four times in the winter. Off course unspecified and swept under the rug.

macedonian wrote:

KoTeMoRe wrote:Color me surprized...not.

So far complete blackout from Kosovo, only "civilian" victims tralala. Furthermore our own guys have been put in alert because of unspecified risk. IE this isn't "our people". More mafia wars between Kosovo mob ltd, spilling over. Last year these fvcks caused about 15 deaths when they fired on an Albanian borderguard patrols four times in the winter. Off course unspecified and swept under the rug.

You said it best mate!
That mafia is still strong and many criminal elements only too wiling for cooperation among the Serbian and Macedonian mafia, while selling "patriotism" to the plebs...now THAT'S true opium for the masses!

The heightened "alert because of unspecified risk" thing is strange though. Obviously not for Macedonia, but our media is claiming Serbia, Bulgaria, Albania, and Kosovo are all on this unspecified heightened alert. Not sure if true, and something indeed going on, or just adding to the hysteria for the fcuk of it.