21. 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. 22. Still, ethnic distrust remains a problem in the wake of six months of ethnic Albanian insurgency. 23. The attack, and others in the region, reflected continued tensions months after the formal end of an ethnic Albanian insurgency. 24. 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. 25. The ethnic Albanian insurgency ended in August last year when a Western-brokered peace accord was signed. 26. The ethnic Albanian insurgency has taken dozens of lives and made thousands homeless since it began in February. 27. The deal is meant to end an ethnic Albanian insurgency in exchange for broader minority rights. 28. The ethnic Albanian insurgency in Macedonia first erupted in Tetovo in February. 29. The deal on ending an ethnic Albanian insurgency in exchange for broader rights for the restive minority has stalled over constitutional reforms to upgrade minority rights. 30. The ethnic Albanian insurgency in Macedonia began in Tetovo in February. |