-Caveat Lector- KORISA: WHAT HAPPENED? ====================== (CNNS, 05/16/99) -- Korisa is a village in southwest Kosovo. On Friday, May 14th, NATO attacked Korisa. Something went wrong. At last count, 100 civilians were killed by NATO bombs. "If confirmed, the toll would be the highest number of civilian deaths in a single strike since Nato's air campaign started on March 24," says the South China Morning Post. [1] Since the death count from the Korisa tragedy is expected to climb well above 100, the Korisa bombing now ranks top-of-the-charts for civilian massacres in the Yugoslav war. Something went wrong. That much is known. But beyond that, reports conflict. South China Morning Post cites one survivor who "said Korisa was packed with about 500 refugees who had been hiding in woods for the past 10 days." [2] Many of the dead had been sleeping on their tractors and trailers. [3] NATO and the U.S. don't exactly say that the victims were being used as "human shields" protecting an alleged military target. Instead, they suggest the "human shields" concept. "'It certainly looks like this was arranged' as a human shield situation, Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon told reporters..." [4] German defense minister Detlef Puhl "told journalists there were 'indications that Milosevic had used the tactic of human shields which had already often been used previously.'" [5] And anyway, asks NATO spokesperson Peter Daniel, "Why were those people not sleeping in their houses?" [6] As if answering Mr. Daniel's question, an article in the Washington Post explains that the Korisa victims had fled their homes to escape danger from the raging war in Kosovo. They figured they'd be safer in the woods. "Survivors of the midnight bombing, many from Korisa, said they had spent months alternately fleeing to the mountains and returning home. After spending the past month or so in the forest, many decided to call it quits. The army was battling the KLA in and around their village and houses were on fire. They decided to leave for Albania." [7] The Washington Post article adds that "Nothing at the scene, nor descriptions from survivors of the attack, provided evidence of a military target." [8] But the U.S. and NATO say the Korisa bombing was conducted against "a legitimate military target." [9] Adding to the confusion is the question of whether the NATO bombs hit their target, missed their target, or were "seduced" away from their target. Or if the tragedy was caused by cluster bombs, which scatter over a wide area, then the NATO bombs could have done both -- hit and missed their target -- at the same time. And also, was there a legitimate target to begin with? Korisa: *What happened*? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There are some suggestions that the NATO bombs missed their target (if it was a real target and not due to a "bad map.") The Washington Post headlines today that "In Kosovo, Targets Are Illusive," and goes on to explain how high-flying pilots have trouble interpreting what they see, miles below. [10] Then too, sometimes the "precision bombs" don't work right and go off-course. Like off-course into Bulgaria, for instance. South China Morning Post now reports that "a missile hit Bulgarian territory yesterday 110km northwest of Sofia and 10km east of the border with Yugoslavia but caused no injuries or damage. Two other missiles have fallen in and near Sofia, the capital." [11] Scrambling to deter suspicion that NATO has goofed again, their spokespeople, as well as the U.S. State Department, at first were hinting that the Korisa tragedy was caused by Serb artillery fire. But NATO and the State Department now seem to be backing away from that explanation. The Serbs insist that "the Yugoslav army was not active in the area" and say that foreign reporters can confirm this, based on their interviews with survivors. [12] It is clear that there is already an enormous smoke screen surrounding what actually happened in Korisa. A new term, "carbonated bodies," is being used to describe the scene of horror at Korisa. Reportedly, a journalist with Agence France Presse "counted today, in the mortuary in Prizren, 48 corpses, carbonated and torn by forbidden cluster bombs," and that, among the slain were many children. [13] One of the survivors described how "a great number of carbonated bodies were carried away this morning in sacks." [14] Asks syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington, "A passenger train, a refugee convoy, a friendly neighboring country, a bus crossing a bridge, a hospital, a marketplace, a Chinese embassy. What's next -- a Kosovar in a pear tree?" [15] Huffington also describes dreadful conditions in refugee camps in Albania, where US/NATO "humanitarianism" has not yet penetrated. "'They're dying in the camps,' said Daphna Edwards, founder of the Children's United Nations, who went to Albania with the Jewish Federation to bring supplies to the refugees and airlift more than 300 orphans to Israel. 'Two babies died of dehydration in front of me in a refugee tent. In another tent two women were pulling each other's hair and scratching each other's eyes, fighting over a blanket. In many camps there is no food, there is no water, there are no diapers.'" [16] No diapers yet, but plenty of "collateral damage." ---------------------------<< Notes >>--------------------------- [1] "NATO attack 'kills 100 villagers.'" South China Morning Post, Internet Edition. 5/15/99. [2] Ibid. [3] Ibid. [4] "US echoes NATO's hints of Serbs using human shields in Kosovo." Agence France Presse, 5/15/99. [5] "Indications of human shields in Kosovo, Germany says." Agence France Presse, 5/15/99. [6] "NATO Confirms Bombs Might Have Hit Refugee Campsite," by Steven Pearlstein. Washington Post, 5/16/99, page A23. [7] "In Kosovo, Targets Are Illusive," by Daniel Williams. Washington Post, 5/16/99. [8] Ibid. [9] "US echoes NATO's hints of Serbs using human shields in Kosovo." Agence France Presse, 5/15/99. [10] "In Kosovo, Targets Are Illusive," by Daniel Williams. Washington Post, 5/16/99. [11] "NATO attack 'kills 100 villagers.'" South China Morning Post, Internet Edition. 5/15/99. [12] "Nebojsa Vujovic: truth about Korisa massacre cannot be hidden." Tanjug News Wire, 5/15/99. [13] "France Press reporter on the spot of massacre in Korisa." Tanjug News Wire, May 15, 1999 [14] Ibid. [15] "Collateral Damage: America's Credibility," by Arianna Huffington. 5/13/99. [16] Ibid. -- CNNS (Conspiracy Nation News Service) is an INDEPENDENT news outlet, not owned by anyone. 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