> on 12/14/99 5:55 PM, Graham Jenkin at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > So what was NATO's response?  To bomb.
> No, to negotiate. Then to bomb when negotiations failed.

Come on, Tresy; even Kissinger admitted, in March, that the "negotiations"
were a sham.  Issuing an ultimatum that calls for a full NATO occupation of
FRY can hardly be categorized as negotiations.  Negotiations failed because
NATO rejected the negotiations.

> > At first they bombed military
> > facilities.  But before long, they began bombing civilian
> infrastructure -
> > broadcasting facilities, hospitals, schools, etc.
> Name one hospital. Name one school.

Actually, the first NATO casualty occurred soon after the negotiated
settlement.  A soldier, (Canadian?  British? I can't remember) was doing a
sweep of a school, looking for mines.  He was killed by an unexploded
cluster bomblet.

Other cases:

In Nis:

At least 13 people were killed and 60 injured in the attacks on the city
centre, in particular through the use of cluster bombs in the bombardment of
the market place, next to the University and the old city castle, and the
city hospital. The Medical Care station "12. Februar" on Sumatovacka street,
near the University building and the market place, was attacked, killing
some people in and around it, including Dr Olga Spasic. In the body of one
man found dead in front of the medical station, the autopsy found 450
shrapnels. The second attack was on the hospital area, 2 km away from the
first site. The Institute of Pathology, located next to the east entrance
into the hospital, was bombed. 200m to the east of the Institute is the
Medical Emergency center (not part of the hospital), and 500m away from the
Institute is the Military hospital, the only military object in the
vicinity, but protected under international humanitarian law. In the parking
station next to the Institute, many cars were destroyed and some people
died. Most of the people died in the neighbouring streets, in their
backyards and in their homes.

On 20 May 1999, at 1am, the Dragisa Misovic hospital, marked by a prominent
Red Cross flag, in the Dedinje suburb of Belgrade was hit by 2 missiles,
killing 3 people in the neurological section of the hospital and causing
injuries on the maternity ward, including injuries to two women in labour,
and one newly born baby. Extensive damage was also caused to the intensive
care ward of the neurology department. On 29 March 1999, two refugee centres
managed by CARE Australia on behalf of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees, in Kursumlija (about 50 km south of Nis) were severly damaged
by NATO bombs. The Head of Yugoslav Operations for CARE Australia, Mr Steve
Pratt, stated that 9 individuals had been killed. NATO subsequently
apologised to CARE Australia for damage caused.

On 6 April 1999, NATO missiles hit a block of flats in the small mining town
of Aleksinac, 45km northwest of Nis, killing between 12 and 26 individuals.
NATO spokespersons James Shea on 6 April and Air Commodore David Wilby on 7
April admitted that this may have been because of technical defects in the
weaponry employed.

On 7 April 1999, a residential area of Pristina was hit in the NATO
bombardment, resulting in 10 deaths. NATO claimed that it was targeting a
telephone exchange, some 200 to 300 metres away, and admitted on 9 April
that its missiles may have malfunctioned

On 8 April 1999, the town of Chupria was bombing, killing 5 individuals and
wounding one. Tornik, a ski resort on Mount Zlatibor was hit at 4:10a.m.,
killing 3 people.

The list goes on and on.

My source:

The Movement for the Advancement of International Criminal Law (MAICL) was
set up by international lawyers in Cambridge, UK, in 1998 to work to bring
State leaders and officials who have committed unlawful acts of violence
against the human person to justice in a court of law.


MAICL has compiled a submission for the International Criminal Tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia, requesting the indictment of Prime Minister Tony
Blair, Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and Defence Secretary George Robertson
of the United Kingdom.

http://ban.joh.cam.ac.uk/~maicl/