'__ ___ _ ___ __ ___ _ _ _ __ /'_|'o'\'V'/'\|'|'__|'|'|'/'_| \_'\''_/\'/|'\\'|'_||'V'V'\_'\ |__/_|''//'|_|\_|___|\_n_/|__/ http://mprofaca.cro.net/mainmenu.html -------------------------------------- Friday, 7 January, 2000 -------------------------------------- Did NATO Alter Bombing Tape? http://www.cbs.com/now/story/0,1597,146941-311,00.shtml Noncombatant Train Bombed Last April NATO Videos Suggest Unavoidable Accident Paper Claims NATO Tampered With Tapes FRANKFURT, Germany Thursday, January 06, 2000 - 04:51 PM ET (AP) NATO showed videos of the bombing of a passenger train on a bridge in Yugoslavia last spring at three times the normal speed, bolstering the impression that the fatal attack was unavoidable, a newspaper reported Thursday. The two videos were made from cameras in the heads of guided missiles as they bore down on the railway bridge near the Serb town of Grdelicka on April 12, the Frankfurter Rundschau said. A train crossing the bridge was hit, killing at least 14 people. It was one of several incidents of NATO bombs going astray or hitting misidentified targets during the fighting over Kosovo. NATO officials said at the time that the train appeared on the bridge so fast that there wasn't time to redirect the AGM-130 missiles. The videos were shown to support that position. Lt. Col. Mike Philips, a spokesman for NATO's military headquarters in southern Belgium, said NATO became aware of the problem with the videos for the first time in October and started a detailed check. "At that time we researched the allegation of the video being too fast and discovered it was correct," he said. "This was due to a technical error in the software of the computer system used by intelligence analysts." After the mistake was discovered, the Air Force saw "no reason" to make it public, the unidentified spokesman for U.S. Air Force Europe told the Rundschau. Philips said the video error "in no way changes the facts as presented at the press conference" at NATO headquarters in April. "The pilot acted in good faith and was unable to divert his weapon when the train appeared on his video screen," he said. Critics have asked a U.N. war crimes tribunal to investigate the bridge bombing and to prosecute the pilot. Copyright 2000 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. ------------------------------------------- *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to SPYNEWS eGroup members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml *** Mario Profaca, moderator mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *__ ___ _ ___ __ ___ _ _ _ __ /'_|'0 \'V'/'\|'|'__|'|'|'/'_| \_'\''_/\'/|'\\'|'_||'V'V'\_'\ |__/_|'.//'|_|\_|___|\_n_/|__/ http://mprofaca.cro.net/latest.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looking for educational tools for you kids? Find everything you need at SmarterKids.com http://click.egroups.com/1/645/0/_/7016/_/947263941/ eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/spynews http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications
