...."To hold otherwise would permit any citizen to in effect hijack
Canadian
foreign policy...."
....and I would add : No matter how wrong and immoral it is!
According to the judge's decision Canada could bomb any country if its
policy makers decide to do so. Let us not forget that there was no
public hearing in Canada on the "war on Yugoslavia". We just woke up one
morning and Canada was at war (bombing Serbia). On September 11, we
called it terrorism!
Boba Borojevic
==========
THE TORONTO SUN, Friday, July 12, 2002
Judge tosses suit by Serbs
$76M airstrike claim
By PHILIP LEE-SHANOK, TORONTO SUN
A $76-million lawsuit launched by Serbian- Canadians against the
government
of Canada for participating in the "illegal" 1999 NATO bombing of
Yugoslavia
has been thrown out.
The suit brought by 50 Canadians of Serbian descent and seven Yugoslav
nationals claimed that Canada's participation in the NATO-led military
action contravened international law and infringed on their Canadian
Charter
rights.
In a ruling released yesterday, Ontario Superior Court Judge Thomas
Heeney
threw out the statement of claim, which asked for compensation for
deaths,
injuries and property damage suffered by the plaintiffs and their
relatives
in Serbia.
HORNETS FLEW SORTIES
He said the bombing was a state-to-state action and not directed at any
individual member of a political community in Canada.
"To hold otherwise would permit any citizen to in effect hijack Canadian
foreign policy," Heeney said, adding that citizens who voluntarily put
themselves in the target zone can't claim the government is violating
their
rights to life and security.
Eighteen Canadian CF-18 Hornet jets flew about 10% of 6,700 sorties
during
airstrikes to pressure then-Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, to end
attacks on ethnic Albanians.
Srpska Informativna Mreza
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.antic.org/
