| | RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 1, No. 7, 97-04-09 |
 | | His allies there, the Refounded Communists, oppose Operation Alba as colonialist and as aimed at propping up the government of President Sali Berisha. |
 | | The Italian deputy minister had openly criticized Berisha in hopes of winning the Refounded Communists' backing in the lower house for Prodi's bill on Operation Alba. |
 | | The center-right opposition approves of the force in principle but has introduced its own bill with the aim of forcing Prodi to resign. |
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