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(@emina)
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SERBIAN TELEVISON BACK ON AIR. The overnight air strike also
hit a television transmitter near Belgrade. The Serbian
authorities quickly repaired the damage, and state-run Radio-
Television Serbia (RTS) was soon back on the air with a
limited offering of news and patriotic videos. Observers
noted that several recent NATO air strikes hit either the
studios or transmitters of RTS and that the authorities
quickly resumed broadcasting. RTS is nicknamed "Milosevision"
and is the government's main mouthpiece. PM

Well atleast TV is back online.
As you can see i don't like publishing only one side.Must have learned that from my sister.

Emina.
Ps As little as i watch TV i do watch also the yugoslavian TV when i can.
For those who don't understand we have satelitedish.


   
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NATO ADMITS MISSILE CAME FROM ITS WARPLANE... NATO officials
in Brussels said on 29 April that a missile that destroyed a
home in a Sofia suburb was mistakenly fired by one of their
planes, AP reported. U.S. Army Major-General Henry Kievenaar
met with Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov to express the
alliance's "deep regret on the missile incident." Interior
Minister Bogomil Bonev said "there hasn't been such a drastic
violation of our air space so far." Foreign Minister Nadezhda
Mihailova said that if NATO pilots are having trouble
orienting themselves when air-borne, Bulgaria could use
lights to mark its western border. Konstantin Varbenov, the
man whose home was destroyed in the incident, said that
despite his loss, "we better lend NATO our air space. You see
what happens even without our consent. I want the war to end
as soon as possible." PB

So thats cleared out of the way too then!Although i think they should atleast pay the damage.They give them airspace for crying out loud.

Emina


   
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Clinton Sued by Congressmen

A bipartisan group of 17 House members led by Rep. Tom Campbell, R-Calif., filed a lawsuit against President Clinton in U.S. District
Court on Friday asserting that the military campaign against Yugoslavia violates the War Powers Act of 1973. The Vietnam War-era
legislation, which has been ignored widely by presidents of both parties, requires a president to get congressional approval for the
``introduction into hostilities'' of U.S. forces for more than a 60 days. The NATO air campaign began March 24.


   
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Ccc... I don't know the accuracy of that saurce;
than perhaps CNN is lying when they reported
how much that bomb acctualy angered Bulgarians,
and that their president wasn't at all happy about
it.
Also, NATO played usual cards: first deny,
than blame somebody else, than say maybe, and
since finaly faced with the fact that the other side has a 'hard proof'- admit a 'MISTAKE'. That
will be ok ???


   
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>>> Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who has harshly criticized NATO's air war, met U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Moscow. ``The
stakes are very high now not only for the Balkans and Europe but for the whole world,'' Yeltsin said. ``Either international law and order
will be restored or the world will be ruled by violent chaos.''

Russia yesterday fired a warning shot at NATO when President Yeltsin approved plans to develop and deploy tactical as well as strategic
nuclear weapons. "We must definitely include a provision in our doctrine to the effect that Russia reserves the right to deliver a first or a
pre-emptive nuclear strike,'' said Roman Popkovich, chairman of the defense committee in parliament's lower house.

Meanwhile Yugoslavia, under a fresh onslaught of NATO bombs, went to the World Court in the Hague Thursday to demand a halt to
attacks by the Western alliance. The United States dismissed the move as ``absurd and frivolous,'' pledged to defend itself vigorously,
and said it would intensify its air campaign and send 10 more B-52 bombers to the battle area.

An American general said last night that his forces were being stretched so thin in Yugoslavia that shortages were looming in cruise
missiles and bombs for B2 bombers.General Richard Hawley, commander of the United States Air Combat Command, echoing the
feelings of many in the Pentagon, attacked lagging military readiness that can be traced to reduced funds for the armed forces during the
Clinton administration.

The United States has disbanded the Strategic Air Command, destroyed it's main force of Strategic B-52 Bombers, and has dismantled
it's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System. The US never developed an anti-Ballistic Missile System. If the Russians mount a "first
strike" the US will not be able to defend or retaliate. In addition the United States abandoned it's Civil Defense program around 1960
leaving the civilian population without warning or shelter. <<<<<


   
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