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Terror Networks
Makedonskis bump off seven... Paks?
2002-03-02
  • Macedonian police are reported to have shot dead seven suspected foreign militants in a shoot-out in the suburbs of the capital, Skopje. Interior Ministry officials said the men had opened fire on a police patrol with machine guns in the early hours Saturday. No police officers were hurt. Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski said the dead men were "probably Pakistanis" and had been planning attacks on vital installations and embassies. "That terrorist group was in the area with the aim of attacking vital installations, Macedonian officials and the embassies of Germany, Great Britain and the US in Skopje," said Mr Boskovski.

    Police officials said they had found AK-47 rifles, grenade launchers and grenades in or near the van used by the rebels. Forensic experts described the dead as "dark-skinned" and police video footage show to the press showed what appeared to be identity cards with the names Omer Farooq and Bilal Hussain. Police also said they had found uniforms of the now-(supposedly)-disbanded ethnic Albanian rebel group, the National Liberation Army (NLA).
    Y'see, they made a wrong turn at Lahore, and they thought Skopje was Poonch... Mmmm, no. That probably won't wash. Too bad they're not ticklish anymore. Bet the Macedonians would have liked to ask them a few questions.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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