[Excerpt: The U.S. military C-130 airplane crashed in bad weather late Thursday near the remote village of Rovie, in the Drizez Mountains, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of the capital, Tirana, officials said. The exact cause was unclear.....The nine were Americans taking part in a joint exercise with Albanian forces, Albanian army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Pellumb Qazimi said Friday.]
http://64.236.16.116/2005/WORLD/europe/04/01/albania.crash.ap/index.html Bodies found after C-130 crash Friday, April 1, 2005 Posted: 9:01 AM EST (1401 GMT) TIRANA, Albania (AP) -- Search teams recovered all nine bodies Friday from the wreckage of a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in mountainous southern Albania during a joint exercise, authorities said. The U.S. military C-130 airplane crashed in bad weather late Thursday near the remote village of Rovie, in the Drizez Mountains, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of the capital, Tirana, officials said. The exact cause was unclear. The nine were Americans taking part in a joint exercise with Albanian forces, Albanian army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Pellumb Qazimi said Friday. Four bodies were found earlier Friday, and five more were found inside the plane, Albanian officials said. The military transport was assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Group based in Mildenhall in England. U.S. military officials in Stuttgart, Germany, said the cause of the crash was being investigated but refused to comment on the fate of the crew, saying in a statement that the "status of the individuals on board is yet to be determined." "I have no confirmation from any of my official channels," said Maj. Holly Silkman in Stuttgart, adding that U.S. and Albanian search-and-rescue teams were still at the site and that "Albanians have been extremely helpful." Albania, which is seeking eventual membership in NATO, has close ties to the U.S. military. It has backed the U.S.-led campaign in Iraq with a unit of 71 troops and has peacekeeping contingents in Afghanistan and nearby Bosnia. The U.S. ambassador to Albania, Marcie B. Ries, thanked Qazimi for the search effort. "This is an example of the excellent cooperation existing between the United States and Albania," Ries said. "We are very grateful for the tremendous support from the Albanian military." Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
