-> SNETNEWS Mailing List The Clinton Administration has never lied to the American people, right? -- Carl Worden Journalist Paul Watson denies NATO reports on massacres April 17, 1999 OTAWA, 15 April - Journalist of Los Angeles Times, Paul Watson, in the interview given to Canadian TV network CBC denied assertions of the NATO generals that Serbian army is massacring Albanians in Pristina. "There is no evidence that Serbian army has committed massacres of ethnic Albanians in Pristina", said Watson, who is currently reporting from Kosmet together with a number of other foreign journalists. According to Russian news agency Itar-Tas, Watson emphasized that his impressions differ from the version offered by NATO. Watson explained that he is visiting the areas of Kosovo in which Albanians live on regular basis and that he has never seen a body or any sign of a massacre or violence. It would be very difficult to hide any uncontrolled massacre of civilians, stated Watson, and added that there are no indications of such violence whatsoever. NATO has been accusing the Serbian forces for the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Albanians from Kosovo, says Itar-Tas, adding that Belgrade always refused such allegations, arguing that movement of population in the southern province of Serbia is caused by NATO bombing. Watson said that he could not agree with the governments of NATO member-states which are trying to deny their responsibility for the exodus in Kosovo. It is unlikely that such a large-scale exodus would have happened if it was not for NATO air strikes, said the Los Angeles Times journalist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups eLerts! Exclusive discounts on travel Join Now! http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/24 eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/piml Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Posted by: Ed Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
