Oroande nyheter från Kosova

Det här telegrammet fick jag syn på först idag:

"Pristina: Six ethnic Albanians suspected of plotting a terrorist attack inspired by extreme Islamist ideology, including two believed to have fought alongside Syrian rebels, have been arrested in Kosovo, officials said on Tuesday. A seventh suspect remains at large. Two of the men are also suspected of attacking two American Mormon missionaries in the capital, Pristina, two days before their November 5 arrest, a senior police official involved with the investigation said."

Före 1990-talets Balkankrig fanns det i praktiken ingen islamism eller jihadism i Bosnien, Kosova och Albanien. De bosniska och albanska muslimerna var ungefär lika religiösa som de svenskar som ännu är medlemmar i Svenska kyrkan, det vill säga nästan inte alls.


Det oroande är att unga albanska muslimer från Kosova nu ansluter sig till internationell jihad. De dör för de USA-finansierade islamisterna i Syrien, de låter sig värvas att utför diverse terrorbrott runt om i världen.


Telegrammet från AP fortsätter:

"A justice official said the suspects had been watched by video surveillance, phone tapping, and email monitoring, but gave no further details because of the ongoing investigation. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the matter. Though the country of 2 million is overwhelmingly secular, ethnic Albanians from Kosovo and neighbouring Macedonia have been linked with terror plots in the United States, including a foiled bombing last year in Tampa, Florida, and a 2007 attack on military personnel at Fort Dix in New Jersey. Around 150 ethnic Albanians are believed to have joined foreign fighters battling the forces of Syria's President Bashar Assad and some 12 are believed to have been killed there."

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