Italy Warns against Al-Qaeda Cells in Albania

The Italian Intelligence and Security Services (SISDE) is warning against the strong influence of Islamic terrorists in Albania, BTA news agency reported.

Its concerns were voiced in a report prepared by SISDE for the Italian parliament and cited by the Greek "Ethnos" newspaper. The report claims that a new Islamic organization called "Jihad al Jadid", a cell of Al Qaeda, which is linked to Greece, has recently appeared in Albania.