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Albanian National Army
	Participant in
	; Official ensign of the Albanian National Army.
Active	2001 – present
Ideology	Separatism; Greater Albania
Leaders
Area of; operations	Kosovo; Republic of Macedonia (especially Tetovo,Debar and Struga)
Allies	Kosovo Liberation Army; Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac; National Liberation Army; Liberation Army of Chameria
Opponents	Serbia; Republic of Macedonia

Not to be confused with Military of Albania.

The Albanian National Army (abbreviated ANA; Albanian: Armata Kombëtare Shqiptare, AKSh), is an ethnic Albanian terrorist organization closely associated with the Kosovo Liberation Army — operating in the Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo. The group opposes the Ohrid Framework Agreement which ended the 2001 Macedonia conflict between insurgents of the National Liberation Army and Macedonian security forces.

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It was formed in 2001 in the Republic of Macedonia and in 2003, the UNMIK declared it a terrorist organization.^[1] The organization is strictly related to FBKSH (National Front for Reunification of Albanians)

The ANA appeared in Kosovo in 2003, where on March 7, two members trying to detonate a bomb were shot and killed by Serbian police.^[2] In 2007, a video was aired by Kosovar television stations depicting a band of medium-armed, masked individuals intercepting cars. In October, 2007 the unit declared it would seize the Serb exclave of North Kosovo by force if the Kosovo Protection Force does not occupy it by 1 November 2007.

In early November 2007, insurgents of the "Political Advisory Body of the Kosovo Liberation Army" suffered a minor crackdown, dubbed Operation Mountain Storm by the Macedonian armed forces in north-western Macedonia. According to Macedonian authorities; six members of the KLA were killed.^[3]

On 13 November 2007 a video was aired to the public, an exclusive interview with a leader of the ANA patrolling in the covert areas of North Kosovo, recruiting 20 new men. The leader stated that ANA stands at 12,000 men altogether and has called the Kosovar population for a boycott of then-forthcoming elections.

The ANA has claimed that it is patrolling North Kosovo to prevent incursions by the Czar Lazar Guard group.^[4]

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^ Global Terrorism Organizations Yearbook. International Business Publications, USA. p. 126. ISBN 0739711644. Google Book Search. Retrieved on February 12, 2009.
^ Serbia and Montenegro: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003 U.S. Department of State. February 25, 2004.
^ Firefight Kills Eight In Macedonia Near Kosovo Border - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY
^ Report: ANA paramilitaries patrolling northern Kosovo towns

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Status of Albanian National Army (Taken Question)

[0] Global Terrorism Organizations Yearbook. International Business Publications, USA. p. 126. ISBN 0739711644. Google Book Search. Retrieved on February 12, 2009.

[1] Serbia and Montenegro: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003 U.S. Department of State. February 25, 2004.

[2] Firefight Kills Eight In Macedonia Near Kosovo Border - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY

[3] Report: ANA paramilitaries patrolling northern Kosovo towns

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