11. Macedonia has been struggling to contain the ethnic Albanian insurgency, which began in February and raged into late March before subsiding. 12. Many Macedonians are angry about the peace plan, claiming the ethnic Albanian insurgency was rewarded through concessions to the minority. 13. Many Macedonians are outraged, claiming the ethnic Albanian insurgency was rewarded through concessions to the minority. 14. Rumsfeld said American military hardware has been provided to the Macedonian government to aid in countering the ethnic Albanian insurgency, but he provided no details. 15. Still, ethnic distrust remains a problem in the wake of six months of ethnic Albanian insurgency. 16. The attack, and others in the region, reflected continued tensions months after the formal end of an ethnic Albanian insurgency. 17. The coalition brought together top Macedonian and ethnic Albanian parties to push for a political solution to the ethnic Albanian insurgency that had threatened to explode into civil war. 18. The ethnic Albanian insurgency ended in August last year when a Western-brokered peace accord was signed. 19. The ethnic Albanian insurgency has taken dozens of lives and made thousands homeless since it began in February. 20. The deal is meant to end an ethnic Albanian insurgency in exchange for broader minority rights. |
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