Is the HUMANITARIAN
Argument for the US-NATO War on Yugoslavia a Valid One?
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Before March 24th,
the major ethnic cleansing in the Balkans was that of the Serbs
by the Croats from the krajina a portion of what is now
southern Croatia where Serbs had lived for centuries. In less than
a week the Croatian army (newly trained by retired US generals and
equipped with US and German armaments) invaded the krajina,
and expelled more than 200,000 Serbs from their homes and the
country. Croatian aircraft strafed the columns of fleeing refugees,
an estimated 14,000 Serbs were killed. Prior to the invasion
US-NATO aircraft had destroyed the Serbian radar and anti-aircraft
defenses. This forced transfer of population was approved in advance
by the US government.
[Elich, Gregory, The
Invasion of Serbian Krajina in NATO in the Balkans, New York:
International Action Center, 1998.]
The ethnic cleansing
of the Albanians by the Serbs before March 24th was minor
compared to what Milosevics paramilitaries have achieved under
cover of the NATO bombing:
There were 2000 deaths
(about a quarter Serb, the rest Albanian) and about 200,000
internal refugees before the bombing
There have been ???? deaths and about 600,000 people forced into
Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro since March 24th (as of May 15,
1999) in response to the bombing.
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