Kosovo has been shocked by the arrest of four Islamic radicals of Albanian origin who were allegedly plotting to attack the US military base at Fort Dix, close to New Jersey. You're welcome.
News of the arrests has caused something of a furore in Kosovo, with politicians and institutions strongly condemning the alleged plotters and offering to help the US government with their enquiries.
| "We are disgusted by the fact that any Albanian anywhere in the world could be involved in such acts against a nation which has been so generous to us." |
Albanian's an Indo-European language. It has a word for 'gratitude.'
Kosovan political parties said the alleged plot damaged the image of Albanians. Hashim Thaci, head of Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, the main opposition party in Kosovo, said in a statement released yesterday that "Kosovo and Albanians in general have always and continue to take an active part in the war against global terrorism".
Which is a true statement. There are Albanian troops in Iraq, or were the last time I looked.
More than 100 civil society organisations and media condemned the Albanians implicated in the planned attack, saying they were in no way representative of the Albanian people. Civil society activists will on Wednesday organise a petition against terrorist acts and in support of the American people and government.