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Journalists Protest NATO Attack

.c The Associated Press

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The International Federation of Journalists
expressed deep concern today over NATO's attack against Serbia's state
television center in Belgrade, saying the alliance had violated its pledge to
hit military targets only.

``This bomb attack seems to make a very clear statement that civilian and
particularly media targets are legitimate,'' IFJ General-Secretary Aidan
White told a news conference.

He said the attack meant that Serbian journalists who are working for a free
media are now more than ever in danger of being persecuted.

``We need more solidarity with these journalists, not actions which mean they
will be put more in the firing line,'' White said.

The attack came a day after missiles slammed into a Belgrade high-rise that
housed Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's governing party and a radio
and TV station owned by his daughter.

``The rules of the game seem to have been changed over the last few days and
that's very dangerous,'' White said.

NATO argues Serbian television is a legitimate military target because it
spreads ``propaganda'' about the Western air campaign. It said the attack
against the earlier attack against the radio and TV station on Thursday was
justified by the fact the building housed Milosevic's party.

The Brussels-based IFJ is a federation of journalism unions representing
about 450,000 journalists around the world.

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