KAko se na engleskom kaze => sirena za PRESTANAK opasnosti? (Danas, tj. juce u podne su se oglasile sirene za presanak opasnosti, a ne za uzbunu = jednolicni ton u trajanju od 1 min. , dok je sirena za opsnost, vazdusni napad, zavijajuca sa oscilacijama u visini zvuka na svakih 10-20 sekundi... ima ih drugacije kombinovanih, zavisno od vrste opasnosti )
--n ANTIC.org-SNN wrote: > Air-raid sirens mark NATO bombing of Serbia > > > <http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/partners/afp/SIG=10n1rur92/*http%3A/www.afp.com/> > AFP > > AFP - 1 hour 23 minutes ago > > BELGRADE (AFP) - - Air-raid sirens wailed on Tuesday as Serbia marked the > 10th anniversary of NATO's bombing campaign against the regime of late > president Slobodan Milosevic to halt its violent Kosovo crackdown. > > Solemn ceremonies were held at Belgrade monuments to children and > journalists killed in the NATO sorties as the sirens were sounded across the > ex-Yugoslav republic for 60 seconds from midday (1100 GMT). > > Ministers gathered at the same time to lay wreaths at spots where people > were killed during the air war -- at the time the biggest military operation > in NATO history. > > "The attack on our country was illegal, contrary to international law, > without a decision by the United Nations" Security Council, Prime Minister > Mirko Cvetkovic told a special commemorative sitting of his cabinet. > > "The air strikes have not solved problems in Kosovo, and did not help to > bring peace and the rule of law. > > "On the contrary, they resulted in ethnic cleansing and gross violations of > human rights, international standards and fresh tensions," he said after > schools held a minute's silence before class. > > NATO launched the strikes on March 24, 1999 after Milosevic refused to sign > up to a peace deal to end his forces' crackdown on the rebel Kosovo > Liberation Army (KLA) and the ethnic Albanian majority in the southern > territory. > > It set out to destroy military targets, and went on to strike infrastructure > and the Milosevic propaganda machine. Some strikes went astray, hitting > scores of civilian sites and even China's embassy in Belgrade. > > Milosevic eventually conceded 78 days later, paving the way for NATO to > enter Kosovo. > > Some 15,000 NATO-led peacekeepers remain in Kosovo, which 56 nations > recognise after its ethnic Albanian-dominated parliament declared unilateral > independence from Serbia 13 months ago. > > As part of the commemorations, the bells of Orthodox churches are to be > tolled for the victims at 7:45 pm (1845 GMT) -- the moment NATO's first > attacks were launched 10 years ago. > > Separately, a hardline nationalist group plans to stage an anti-NATO rally > in the main square of Belgrade, according to posters that have gone up > around Serbia's capital. > > "Better war than NATO" membership, say some of the posters seen in > underground passageways of the city, where similar protests against Kosovo's > formal secession from Serbia turned violent last year. > > Human Rights Watch put the civilian death toll from the bombing campaign at > around 500. > > But Milosevic's government estimated that the NATO strikes killed more than > 1,000 soldiers and 2,500 civilians, including 89 children, while 12,500 > people were wounded and at least 30 billion dollars in damage was caused to > its infrastructure. > > Health concerns also remain about the danger to civilians from weapons NATO > used during the campaign. > > Thousands risk life and limb from cluster bomblets still scattered across > Serbia as well as from depleted uranium, according to European > non-governmental groups. > > Many analysts contend the "humanitarian intervention" was necessary to > prevent any recurrence of events like the 1995 Srebrenica massacre by > Bosnian Serbs of some 8,000 Muslims -- Europe's worst atrocity since World > War II. > > Up to 9,000 people were killed in Kosovo's 1998-99 conflict, most of them > ethnic Albanians. > > "What is often forgotton about the bombing is the context and the context > was the failure to act in Bosnia, culminating in the Srebrenica massacre," > Tim Judah, a prominent British author of the Balkan wars of the 1990s. > > "The KLA were no angels but Srebrenica changed everything. After that there > was no guarantee that Serbian forces might not do such a thing again," Judah > told AFP in an email. > > "As to whether it was worth it -- a classic 'what if' of history. It was > short (ish) and brutal but if it had not been for the bombing we might still > be living with a rumbling and brutal insurgency and low level conflict." > > In 2006, Serbia joined NATO's Partnership for Peace programme -- a framework > for practical cooperation with countries aspiring to join NATO -- but > Belgrade has yet to take any steps to join the alliance. > > http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090324/twl-serbia-kosovo-nato-war-10years-4bd > c673.html > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > =============== > Group Moderator: [email protected] > page at http://magazine.sorabia.net > for more informations about current situation in Serbia > http://www.sorabia.net > Slusajte GLAS SORABIJE nas talk internet-radio (Serbian Only) > http://radio.sorabia.net > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
