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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

U.S. President praises Montenegro's readiness to join fight against terrorism

WASHINGTON DC, United States, December 11, 2006 – President George W. Bush praised Montenegro's readiness to participate in the fight against terrorism on Saturday (December 9th), after accepting the credentials Friday of the new Montenegrin ambassador to the United States, Miodrag Vlahovic. Bush described Montenegro as an important friend and regional partner. Vlahovic says he assured Bush of Montenegro's determination to join the Euro-Atlantic structures.

Source: SEE Security Monitor

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: I think someone needs to inform GW the real and pressing issues in Montenegro w/repect to Malsors.

Didn't Levin send a letter to Condi Rice about the minority problems? Whatever happened to that? Any response?

Why not draft a petition to submit to the White House, signed by Albanians for Albanians?!?

Where is the Albanian Caucus? THey could draft a similar petition to submit to GW, and be more effective in reality.

Someone help me ....; 12:25 PM
Anonymous said...: I don't have an answer for that. Instead of pooling our capabilities, there are individuals and associations too busy working on their self-interetss ...; 6:58 PM
Conference Organizer said...: Yes, a formal letter was mailed to Condi Rice but no response from the State Department so far.

It was a long shot that someone that high up on the food chain would respond, but nonetheless it is not out of the question that we could hear from someone there anyway, ie., Rosemary DiCarlo, Charles English, et al.

I believe it would have been more realistic to have contacted (via the same letter) a U.S. official dealing direcltly with Balkan Affairs (ie, DiCarlo); for the interim she is the highest official that really knows what's going on there, and with the most influence.; 7:47 PM
Anonymous said...: Let's wait until 2008 when we get a Democrat in office, then we can appeal to sympathetix ears.

Hillary 2008!!
Hillary 2008!!
Hillary 2008!!

Why? Because Bill will be in the White House again!; 12:05 PM

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New York Times article published May 21, 1911

"ALBANIAN JOAN OF ARC: Handsome Heroine Takes Father's Place and Vanquishes Turks" – Cetinja, May 21, 1911 - A young girl, whose first name corresponds to that of the given name of the Maid of Orleans, is now being sung in the songs of the Montenegrin bards in the inns and coffee houses in Podgorica. When at the battle of Vranje last week, her father, the hereditary commander of his clan, fell, she immediately stepped to his place and led the Martinajs to victory against the Turks. Aside from the romantic phase of the affair, for Janitza Martinaj (Tringa e Grudes) is very beautiful, the battle is important as showing that the Montenegrins on the frontier had joined with the Albanians. According to a person who is well acquainted with her, this new Joan of Arc is “a tall, handsome, well-developed young woman. All the Albanian women are brave, and are trained from their girlhood to the use of firearms, and in times of war, as there are no mules, they carry the provisions and ammunition for their soldiers and go into the firing line to distribute them.” “And are sometimes killed?” “Yes, often that happens.” Janitza would probably have carried a Martini rifle; or, as many of the Marininis were collected last year by the Turks, her weapon may perhaps have been one of the old-fashioned Albanian rifles, which are handsomely decorated with silver and have very long, narrow barrels. Shooting is almost the only amusement of the young men and women in Albania. Both boys and girls learn to shoot when they are 12 years old. At weddings the parties amuse themselves by dancing and shooting: at christenings shootings is again the principal amusement – firing at large targets for some little prize – and at festivals there is shooting all day long. It’s one of the great difficulties that Turks have to contend with, for it is part of the national life; the people use their rifles by day and sleep with them by their side by night. The custom has grown up with the prevailing insecurity from vendettas at home and border troubles abroad. Physically, the Albanians are the finest race in Europe. Their women are handsome, with dark hair, though their eyes are sometimes gray. To see them walk is a delight. We like to see the ballet in Servia. The first time I saw the Albanians walk it gave me just the same pleasure. Their movements are so graceful, elegance and strength together. Yes, they are a very fine and very gifted race. They are like the Scots in the 17th century, and they will be by and by the finest race, intellectually as well as physically, in the Balkans. If you go to Constantinople you will find that many of the finest men, not only soldiers but also statesmen are Albanians. Their fault, due to their present degree of civilization, is that they cannot grasp the idea of State. The clan is their highest organization; they are unable to see the importance of combining the clan with the higher organization of making a state. But that will come.

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

U.S. President praises Montenegro's readiness to join fight against terrorism

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