TARGET YUGOSLAVIA:  NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION / Monday, 10 May 1999
 

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TARGET YUGOSLAVIA:  NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION
Monday, 10 May 1999

Radio Havana Cuba presents its coverage of the ongoing U.S.-
led NATO aggression against Yugoslavia.
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In the aftermath of the U.S.-led NATO bombing of the Chinese
embassy in Belgrade over the weekend, killing at least four
Chinese citizens, the diplomatic fallout for Washington has
resulted in an official apology from U.S. President Bill
Clinton.  The Chinese government had not only demanded an
apology, but also that severe sanctions be taken against those
responsible.

While apologizing for what he called the "tragic mistake" of
targeting the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, the U.S. president
insisted that NATO attacks against Yugoslavia would continue
and even intensify.

Meanwhile, Russian special envoy Victor Chernomyrdin arrived
in Beijing on Monday to discuss the Kosovo crisis with the
Chinese.  According to the Itar-Tass News Agency, Russian
President Boris Yeltsin decided to send Chernomyrdin to
Beijing after a telephone conversation with Chinese leader
Jiang Zemin.

During his conversation with Yeltsin, the Chinese leader
denounced the "gunboat diplomacy" of the U.S.-led NATO forces
and held both the U.S. and NATO fully responsible
for killing embassy employees.

China has requested a new meeting of the United Nation's
Security Council to condemn the attack on the embassy.
In a Security Council meeting that lasted all night Friday,
the UN body simply stated that it was "concerned" by the
developments.

In other news, the Serbian army was reported to be partially
withdrawing troops from Kosovo.  The Yugoslav News Agency
Tanjug said that Yugoslav military authorities decided
that the operation against Kosovar separatists had come to an
end and began pulling out some of the estimated 100,000
Serbian soldiers on Sunday.

And on Monday, the International Court of Justice at The Hague
began hearing a case presented by Yugoslavia against the
United States and nine other countries that make up NATO --
charging them with using force against Belgrade in violation
of the 1949 Geneva Convention and the United Nation's Charter.

The international court will hear accusations against NATO and
the U.S. for killing some 1200 civilians to date and wounding
another 4500.  The complaint also cites environmental
destruction carried out on the Yugoslav Federation and the
economic consequences of the continued bombardment of the
country.

The International Court of Justice at The Hague will hear the
case over a two-day period and give each accused nation one
hour to address the court in response to charges levelled
against them.


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