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Article: Albanian rebels will surrender weapons; Honoring agreement: Leader says his troops could still defeat Macedonian forces
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- August 17, 2001
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Honoring agreement: Leader says his troops could still defeat
Macedonian forces
DOBROSTE, Macedonia (AP) - Talking tough despite the imminent
arrival of NATO troops, an ethnic Albanian rebel commander said
Thursday his men will surrender their weapons but could still defeat
government forces if Macedonia doesn't keep its promises.
"We want to resolve the problem through peaceful means," said the
commander, who goes by the name of Clirimi and heads the rebels'
military police in the ethnic Albanian majority region near Tetovo,
Macedonia's second-largest city.
"But if arms are needed, we can do that, no problem," he told The
Associated Press.
"We have been and still are in a position to deal ...