TARGET YUGOSLAVIA: NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION / Friday, 7 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 TARGET YUGOSLAVIA: NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION Friday, 7 May 1999 Radio Havana Cuba presents its coverage of the ongoing U.S.- led NATO aggression against Yugoslavia. --------------------------------------------------------- AND THE BOMBS KEEP TUMBLIN' DOWN... In Yugoslavia, 15 people were reportedly killed and more than 60 others were wounded Friday when NATO bombs hit a hospital and marketplace in the Serbian city of Nis. Serb media and eye-witnesses described the attacks on Nis -- Yugoslavia's third largest city -- as the heaviest of the military campaign. One BBC correspondent reported that he saw bodies lying in the marketplace and in a residential street near the hospital, with unexploded cluster bombs lying in the gardens of people's homes. The daylight attack hit crowded streets and surprised many people who had left their bomb shelters where they spent the night. Other targets on the 44th night of NATO's air attacks last night included a bridge on the main railway line from Belgrade to Bucharest and targets in the country's second largest city, Novi Sad. The strikes come as Washington announced it was sending a new wave of aircraft to join the aggressive attacks against Yugoslavia. U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen ordered the deployment of another 176 planes to Europe, bringing to more than 800 the number of U.S. aircraft available to NATO for its war against Yugoslavia. Meanwhile, the U.S. House of Representatives approved more than 13 billion dollars in extra funds for the Yugoslav campaign, twice the amount requested by President Clinton last month. The Senate has yet to vote on the spending commitment. Yugoslavia is still considering its response to the draft peace plan agreed by Russia and the world's leading industrial countries on Thursday. Belgrade's ambassador to the United Nations said his country was still opposed to a foreign military presence. A Yugoslavian Foreign Ministry spokesman said earlier that a UN presence in Kosovo was acceptable, but that its mandate and composition should be negotiated between Belgrade and the United Nations. Yugoslavia has agreed to allow a team of UN humanitarian officials to visit Kosovo, following a request from UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The UN said an advance team of officials would leave for Belgrade in the next few days. U.S. VETERAN'S ORGANIZATION SAYS: BRING 'EM HOME NOW! The largest organization of U.S. veterans -- the American Legion -- has called on President Bill Clinton to immediately withdraw U.S. troops from the Balkans. According to the National Commander of the American Legion, Harold "Butch" Miller, the veteran's organization believes that the best way to support U.S. troops is to "bring them home." The Legion's national executive committee unanimously adopted a resolution earlier this week calling for all U.S. soldiers, pilots and support staff to be removed from the region. The resolution says the U.S.-led NATO attacks against Serbia "could only lead to troops being killed, wounded or captured without advancing any clear purpose, mission or objective." However, the U.S. veteran's organization stated that it would permit U.S. involvement if Congress passes a resolution supporting the NATO action, U.S. troops are led only by U.S. commanders, Clinton clearly explains why the action is in U.S. national interests and guidelines are established for the military campaign and for withdrawing troops after the war is over. The American Legion -- which is known for its hardline, reactionary positions -- represents about three million foreign veterans. -30- [c] 1999, Radio Habana Cuba All rights reserved Articles cannot be reproduced, reprinted or published in any system without the consent of RHC. This prohibition includes the distribution of this material via Usenet News, "bulletin board" services, e-mail lists, print media, radio and television. For the complete RADIO HAVANA CUBA NEWSCAST and other features, please write for our daily broadcast schedule. We welcome your comments and suggestions. For further information, contact us at: Postal Address: Radio Havana Cuba P.O.Box 6240 Havana, Cuba Telephone: (53) (7) 791053 Fax: (53) (7) 795007 E-mail: rhc@radiohc.org WWW: http://www.radiohc.org rhc-eng-25009 1999-May-07 23:25:05