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| Albania Army Contingent Leaves for Iraq |
| 2004-10-12 |
| Albania sent a fourth contingent of army peacekeepers to Iraq on Monday to replace troops who had served since April with the coalition force, the Defense Ministry said. A unit of 71 Albanian special army troops flew to Iraq to serve in a six-month mission under U.S.-led command. The Albanian forces are serving in a non-combat role, mainly patrolling the airport in the Iraqi city of Mosul. "After serving for six months in Iraq, you will feel that you have loaded on your shoulders part of the pain the Iraqi people are coping with to finally get rid of a dictatorial past," Defense Minister Pandeli Majko said at a sendoff ceremony at Mother Teresa international Airport. Albania, a predominantly Muslim country, was one of the most vocal backers of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Although it was unable to provide significant military support, it opened its airspace and offered U.S.-led forces the use of its bases. Albanian authorities are discussing boosting the troop numbers to 120. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 RE: O'Rourke It was "All the Trouble in the World", Chapter title, "Bad Capitalism" |
| Posted by: Eric 2004-10-12 12:39:04 PM |
| #7 A sincere "Thank You" to Albania for bellying up, and helping to stomp and splatter the Islamo-fascist scum. |
| Posted by: Hyper 2004-10-12 10:52:19 AM |
| #6 Holidays in Hell, perhaps? from another O'Rourke fan |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-12 9:46:48 AM |
| #5 good for Albania, our muslim ally. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-10-12 9:09:18 AM |
| #4 This is pretty remarkable. Has anyone read P.J. O'Rourke's bit on Albania (it was in either Eat the Rich or Give War a Chance, I think)? That place was totally f*cked up for a long time. Seem to be getting their act together. |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-10-12 9:03:53 AM |
| #3 Albania? Isn't that the little country north of Greece that looks out over the Adriatic Sea at the boot of Italy? (I just checked the atlas). And here they are, putting major powers to shame. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2004-10-12 7:12:23 AM |
| #2 Albania is still recovering from her own recent history, yet can be so generous to another wounded people. I hope they are being well rewarded. But they are too unimportant, and non-French, for France to learn from their example. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-10-12 6:51:14 AM |
| #1 Tiny, dinky, dirt poor Albania is assisting in once aspect as a partner involved in the global war against jihad-errorism underway in Iraq, but France still refuses. Hats off to Albania! "After serving for six months in Iraq, you will feel that you have loaded on your shoulders part of the pain the Iraqi people are coping with to finally get rid of a dictatorial past," ," Defense Minister Pandeli Majko said The Mr. Majko grasps the situation in full. John Kerry would be advised to read this man's comments. Then again...  |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-12 3:12:07 AM |