The Balkans - a hub of worldwide terrorist network?

[daftandbarmy]

The Balkans - a hub of worldwide terrorist network?

Those of you who've been there might find this of interset. A short, but very interesting article, especially since the significance of this area has been eclipsed by Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.

http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/showArticle3.cfm?article_id=15773&topicID=33

 

[Greymatters]

A nice writeup.  Surprisingly, the author did not cite much information older than 2005 (at least in the summary).  Take for example this article from 2001 that talks about terrorism in Bosnia. 

http://www.pogledi.co.yu/izetbegovic/articles/12-2001.php

And here's a more recent article from Mar 2008 that gives a lot more historical information...

http://darkotrifunovicterrorexpert.blogtownhall.com/2008/03/25/creation_of_white_al_qaeda_in_bosnia.thtml