Hasan Pasha also gave the green light for Turks and Greeks to take whatever action they pleased against any Albanians they found: killing them was not a crime. Continuing his march, he executed all the Albanians he encountered, setting fire to a monastery where other were hiding and offering five sequins for every Albanian head brought him.
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CHRISTINA ENGELA The SS were the men in black. He was proud to be a man in black and they were pleased to have him. H... GERDA KOPKOW He shook his head in disbelief. He would cook and take her to his place. He was about to break two o... MARCIA WEBER MARTINS While Milosevic was in power all ethnic Albanians preferred having the west on their side. MARK ALMOND They were few, but they were hardened in fire. They had been cast out and many would hunger as he di... CONN IGGULDEN They all found him about the same time. He was not very far (from his campsite), but they are pretty... LAURIE WINDHAM He has the green light (and) he's had a green light all season long. What we've ask him to do is to ... EDDIE BARNES Madame Albright put it plainly, ... If the Albanians cannot accept to cooperate, we will isolate the... IBRAHIM RUGOVA Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for t... BIBLE We don't know how the fire started. 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