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TARGET YUGOSLAVIA:  NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION
Monday, 3 May 1999

Radio Havana Cuba presents its coverage of the ongoing U.S.-
led NATO aggression against Yugoslavia.
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NATO BOMBS KILL MORE CIVILIANS IN YUGOSLAVIA

A civilian bus carrying Albanian refugees from Kosovo to
Montegro in Yugoslavia was hit by NATO bombs on Monday.
Seventeen people were reportedly killed and 20 others were
wounded.  This is the second time in less than three days that
U.S. and NATO bombs hit civilian transportation in Yugoslavia.

On Saturday, 47 people were killed by a missile which hit
their bus as it crossed over a bridge north of Pristina, the
capital of Kosovo.

So far, NATO has not acknowledged its role in Monday's
killings.

Since the aggression against Yugoslavia got underway on March
24th, U.S. and NATO spokespeople have insisted that their
planes would only fire against military targets.  However,
observers and journalists have reported frequent attacks
against civilian targets such as plants, refineries, bridges
and homes -- seriously damaging the country's infrastructure
and killing hundreds of civilians.

Meanwhile, independent economists from the Group of 17 contend
that since the bombing campaign got underway, NATO has
inflicted more economic damage to Yugoslavia than Nazi Germany
during the Second World War, when the country was militarily
occupied.

During the four years of Nazi occupation, one million people
were killed in Yugoslavia and although recent casualties are
put at 1000, it is estimated that economic losses so far range
from ten to 60 billion dollars.


NATO AGGRESSION: AN ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE

The Serbian Chemical Society is warning European countries of
a major ecological disaster as a result of U.S.-led NATO
bombings on Yugoslavia.  The destruction of chemical and
fertilizer-producing plants and electric-power relay stations
has resulted in the release of hundreds of thousands of tons
of highly toxic chemicals, including chlorine, ammonia,
nitrogen and sulphur oxides.

According to a news release issued by the Serbian Chemical
Society, the aggression is causing acid rain to fall over
farmland on both sides of the Danube River.  After the
destruction of the petrochemical plant of Pancevo, a
considerable number of people had to be treated for poisoning.

In the statement, the organization urged NATO and the United
States to stop bombing sources which release toxic chemicals
in order to prevent the spread of this huge ecological
catastrophe in Europe.


INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

The Yugoslavian Red Cross has launched an international appeal
for humanitarian aid as the number of dead and wounded
continues to rise in Yugoslavia.  In addition to military
targets, apartment buildings, refugee camps, factories, health
facilities, schools, airports and even the headquarters of the
Regional Organization of the Red Cross of Kosovo have been
hit.

Stocks of food and medicine of the Yugoslavian Red Cross are
insufficient and since almost all international relief
agencies -- with the exception of the International Red Cross
-- have left the country, the humanitarian role of the
organization has been seriously jeopardized.

The Yugoslavian Red Cross is desperately in need of first aid
material, blood bags and transfusion kits, penicillin and
antibiotics as well as medicine for endocrine and blood
diseases.  There is also a need for powdered milk and canned
food.

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