RHC-TARGET YUGOSLAVIA Thu, 20 May 1999 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit CUBANEWS FROM RADIO HAVANA CUBA E-mail: rhc@radiohc.org http://www.radiohc.org Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit SPECIAL REPORT FROM RADIO HAVANA CUBA E-mail: rhc@radiohc.org http://www.radiohc.org TARGET YUGOSLAVIA: NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION Thursday, 20 May 1999 Radio Havana Cuba presents its coverage of the ongoing U.S.- led NATO aggression against Yugoslavia. ------------------------------------------------------- NATO BOMBS HIT MATERNITY HOSPITAL NATO bombs made a direct hit on a maternity hospital Wednesday evening in the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade, killing at least four patients as they lay in their hospital beds. Two pregnant women giving birth were wounded, along with three babies, one child and medical personnel in what has become the tenth case of so-called ollateral damage.' According to eyewitness reports, the scene at the hospital was one of panic and horror. NATO bombardments also damaged Sweden's embassy in Belgrade, Angola's embassy in the Yugoslav capital and the residence of Spain's ambassador. Swedish Foreign Relations Minister Anna Lindh charged that the launching of missiles and bombs in the center of a large and heavily-populated city was "totally unacceptable" -- demanding an explanation. She said the bombardment of the hospital in Belgrade once again reaffirms the need to search for a political solution to the conflict in Kosovo. With respect to the three new istakes,' NATO spokesman Jamie Shea limited himself to saying that of seven bombs launched, one missed its target by more than 500 yards -- one-third of a mile -- although he didn't say where it fell. According to Serb authorities, Wednesday evening's attacks killed six civilians and wounded more than 30 others. In Pristina, the Kosovo capital, news reports cite the bombing of an administrative building that had nothing to do with military or police installations. -------------------------------------------------------- RADIO HAVANA CUBA'S HEADLINERS / 20 May 1999 Three and a half kilometers from the center of Belgrade in the neighborhood of Dediuje, NATO and US warplanes attacked a maternity hospital late last night, killing four patients and causing widespread destruction. The operating rooms of the departments of neurology, gynecology and general surgery were completely destroyed. Fortunately, the newborns had been evacuated on time but a number of pregnant mothers were injured along with the four killed. >From NATO and the Pentagon came the usual questions as to the veracity of reports, followed by comments pertaining to "unfortunate collateral damage" -- the terminology used for murdering civilians. Then their attention was turned to telling journalists about preparations for a land incursion and everyone forgot the hospital in the rush to get details of troop movements and the like. There will be more use of cluster bombs and depleted uranium warheads and Yugoslavia will be further tortured by toxic residues and limbless children. In previous reports, Radio Havana Cuba has reported on cluster bombs and the damage they cause to "soft targets," which is Pentagon-speak for human beings. We have also often referred to depleted uranium warheads and the dangers they represent. Uranium is extremely hard and can pierce armored vehicles with ease. Dr. Rosalie Berlett, a Canadian epidemiologist, notes that depleted uranium is highly toxic to human beings -- both chemically and radiologically. Warheads treated with depleted uranium burst into flame on impact and release a deadly radioactive spray of uranium into the tank or armored vehicle, killing everyone inside. As the spray is much lighter than dust, it can travel rapidly from the point of release and be inhaled by anyone. The particles can remain inside a human being for many years, producing emphysema and fibrosis. It can cause or promote cancers, as proven by the high rate of leukemia in Iraqi children after the Gulf War when these types of warheads were used extensively. The genetic damage done by depleted uranium can be passed on to the offspring of its victims. The use of depleted uranium has been condemned by the United Nations Human Rights Commission. The US has seen fit to have Cuba condemned for human rights abuses by the very same commission which condemns the weapons of mass destruction used by Washington, but allows the very same United States to use these barbaric weapons against the Yugoslav Federation. -30- [c] 1999, Radio Habana Cuba All rights reserved Articles cannot be reproduced, reprinted or published in any system without the consent of RHC. 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