Went to Tetovo in Macedonia yesterday for a meeting with Ali Ahmeti, the leader of the guerrilla uprising of 2001. Since last seeing him, I have read the memoirs of Kosovo guerilla leader Ramush Haradinaj in which Ahmeti plays rather an interesting role in the 1996-98 period. I asked him about his relationship with Haradinaj, who was briefly Prime Minister of Kosovo at the start of this year before being carted off to the Hague on a war crimes indictment; but he was feeling understandably coy, and said only nice generalities.
Today, sitting over lunch in Pristina, to my great surprise Ramush Haradinaj came to sit at the next table (he’s out on bail). I showed him the picture I’d had taken yesterday of me and Ahmeti. He grinned and said, “Ah yes, my great friend!” But refused to say any more.
I think I know enough anyway.
It’ll take me a day or so to locate it (my referencing system broke when I moved house!) but I’ll sort it out and send it in the next week. I suspect you have enough books to be getting on with in the mean time. 😉