Rising tension from Greek soldiers’ anti-Albanian song
Uncategorized Wednesday, March 7th, 2007(AENews) – Protests against Greek soldiers' anti-Albanian song is rising in
Albania while politicians have called for a contained and calm response.
protesters burned Greek flags while the entire population is bewildered by the
level of hatred and violence in the text of Greek Soldiers' song.
A private video
showing Greek soldiers singing "We are gone a make shoe-strings with
Albanian guts" was published last week on the Internet, then was commented
by the Greek and Albanian media.
Foreign Relations
committee in the Albanian Parliament called Thursday on the population to stop
burning Greek flags, commenting the video as an isolated case. Head of the
Committee, Prec Zogaj, said that Albanians need to wait till the end of the
investigation by the Greek government over the authenticity of the video.In
Athens, the Greek government expressed doubts about the authenticity of the
video.
Meanwhile, a Greek general told newspapers that the army had stopped
using hate songs against neighbors six years ago. The video, which was at the
source of the scandal, was recently removed from YouTube’s webpage by the
person’s personal page where it was published.
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