Kosovar Albanian admits US murders in Germany

euronews
Crime - Frankfurt, Germany - Kosovo - Trial - USA

31/08 14:03 CET

The trial has begun in Germany of a Kosovar Albanian man accused of shooting two US servicemen dead at Frankfurt airport in March.

The packed courtroom heard that 21-year-old Arid Uka is charged with two counts of murder and three of attempted murder.

He has admitted firing on the group of airmen at point blank range with a pistol....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/08/31/kosovar-albanian-admits-us-murders-in-germany/

Kosovan admits shooting US airmen at Frankfurt airport

bbc news
31 August 2011, Last updated t 13:11 GMT
A Kosovo man has told a German court he regrets shooting dead two US servicemen at Frankfurt airport and does not understand why he did it.

Arid Uka, 21, told the court he had been radicalised by jihadist propaganda videos he watched online.

Prosecutors believe he acted alone in carrying out the first deadly attack by an Islamist on German soil....more...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14727975

Kosovo Albanian Confesses To Killing U.S. Airmen

radio free europe
August 31, 2011

A Kosovo Albanian man has confessed to shooting dead two U.S. airmen and wounding two others at Frankfurt airport in March....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo_albanian_on_trial_in_germany_for_shooting_us_airmen/24313465.html

Accused gunman admits to shooting at Frankfurt Airport

guardian

TERRORISM

31.08.2011
A Kosovan man on trial for shooting dead two US airmen at Frankfurt Airport has apologized for his actions. The 21-year-old confessed to the shooting and said he was influenced by radical Islamist propaganda.

A 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian man confessed in court on Wednesday for killing two US airmen at Frankfurt Airport in March....more...

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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15353907,00.html

Kosovan Albanian admits killing two US airmen in Frankfurt terror attack

guardian.co.uk
Associated Press in Frankfurt

guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 31 August 2011 15.50 BST

A 21-year-old Kosovan Albanian confessed on Wednesday to killing two US airmen at Frankfurt airport, saying in emotional testimony at the opening of his trial that he had been influenced by Islamist propaganda online.

Arid Uka is charged with two counts of murder for killing Nicholas J Alden, 25, from South Carolina, and Zachary R Cuddeback, 21, from Virginia on 2 March this year. He also faces three counts of attempted murder in connection with the wounding of two others....more...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/31/kosovan-albanian-admits-killing-airmen

Man Charged in Germany in Killing of U.S. Airmen

ny times
WORLD BRIEFING / EUROPE
By JACK EWING

Published: July 7, 2011
FRANKFURT — A 21-year-old man who opened fire on a busload of United States airmen at the Frankfurt Airport in March, killing two, acted after viewing a jihadist propaganda video but was apparently not part of a terrorist organization, German prosecutors said Thursday....more...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/world/europe/08frankfurt.html?_r=1&ref=europe

U.S. Charges Kosovar Alleged Gunman With Germany Attack

radio free europe
June 22, 2011

U.S. federal prosecutors in New York City have filed murder charges against a Kosovo ethnic Albanian man accused of shooting dead two U.S. Air Force personnel and wounding two others at Frankfurt airport in Germany....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/us_charges_alleged_kosovar_gunman_with_germany_attack/24242838.html

The Frankfurt Formula; at Least Italians Understand What’s Going On

republican riot

Posted by Julia Gorin

March 31st 2011 01:29:27 AM

In this short piece written after the shootings of four U.S. soldiers in Frankfurt by an Albanian, Srdja Trifkovic sorts out the ‘types’ of Albanians we have to deal with, and accurately outlines how the usual, predictable damage control will have gone down (and it did) — something we can again look forward to when the next Albanian kills Americans:...more...

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http://www.juliagorin.com/wordpress/?p=2591

Kosovo center for “white” al-Qaeda, experts

serbianna

March 4, 2011 – 8:21 am
Serbian terrorism expert, Darko Trifunovc, says that the Kosovo Albanian who killed 2 US soldiers in Germany is part of the “white” al-Qaeda being recruited in the Balkans with its center being in Kosovo.
The Albanian terrorist, Arif Uka, hails from the town of Kosovska Mitrovica which also happens to be the recruitment center for “white” al-Qaeda that is managed by former Kosovo Albanian KLA gunmen and financed by the Saudis. says another expert, Zoran Dragisic.
Uka’s grandfather was a Muslim Imam in the village of Zabar....more...

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http://serbianna.com/blogs/bozinovich/archives/1215

Kosovo Albanian shoots 2 US soldiers

serbianna.com

March 2, 2011 – 8:06 am
Kosovo Albanian Muslim, Arif Uka, kills two American soldiers, confirms AP. Uka is from Kosovska Mitrovica. Islamic terror is believed as the motive.
A member of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee says a shooting on U.S. soldiers in Germany looks like a terrorist attack.

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