Islamic jihad to target Balkans next, Israeli foreign minister says

TIRANA, Jan. 11 – International media time and again reminds Albanians they area basically a Muslim country.
Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman said last week that Islamic Jihad organizations intended to infiltrate in the Balkans, including Albania, through huge transfers of funds and the establishment of cells.
Lieberman was speaking after meeting visiting Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski last week.
Intelligence services had evidence that Islamic terrorist organizations were already recruiting in the Balkans, Lieberman said, according to Israeli media reports.
Islamic and Saudi charities were continuously transferring funds to Muslims of Bosnian and Albanian origin, the Jerusalem Post reported him as saying.
Citing Israeli intelligence sources, Lieberman said that Muslim militants planned to exploit tensions between Muslims and Christians in the Balkans. Bosnians and Albanians had been recruited for terrorist training camps in preparation for being sent home to foster an Islamic revolution, according to Lieberman.