Serbia Forms Commission to Probe Impact of 1999 NATO Bombings on Health, Nature
BELGRADE (Sputnik) – The Serbian parliament is forming a special commission that will investigate the consequences of the 1999 NATO bombings of Serbia, including with the use of depleted uranium munitions, for the environment and public health, Maja Gojkovic, the speaker of the legislative body said.
On May 13, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the use of depleted uranium weapons was behind the increase in a number of cancer patients in the Balkan nation. The politician also called the use of depleted uranium „an unprecedented crime.”
„During the debates in the parliament, we are discussing the formation of the parliamentary commission that should investigate the consequences of the 1999 bombing attacks for the people’s health and environment, paying a special attention to the use of munitions equipped with depleted uranium,” Gojkovic said, as quoted by the national television.
The lawmaker specified that in the context of the probe it was very important to take into account the recent report of the Italian parliament about thousands of cancer cases among the servicemen, who participated in the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovoafter 1999.
„We have a commitment to the Serbian citizens to tell them the truth about an unprecedented crime, about killings of people not only physically with the use of depleted uranium, but also by affecting the future generations,” the politician noted.
According to Gojkovic, the parliament is expected to complete the formation of the commission by the end of the week.
In 1999, the armed confrontation of Albanian separatists from the Kosovo Liberation Army, the Serbian army and police led to the bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which then included the territories of Serbia and Montenegro, by US-led NATO forces.NATO airstrikes continued from March 24 to June 10. The exact number of victims is unknown. According to the Serbian authorities, about 2,500, including 89 children, were killed and about 12,500 people were injured in the bombings. According to various sources, the material damage is assessed between $30 billion and $100 billion.
The military operation was conducted without the approval of the UN Security Council and on the basis of the Western countries’ allegations that FRY authorities had carried out an ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and provoked a humanitarian catastrophe there.
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201805141064449006-serbia-nato-commission-investigation/
Serbian President Slams NATO Yugoslavia Bombing as More Kids Get Cancer
In 1999 NATO used ordnances containing depleted uranium in their bombardment of then-Yugoslavia in a bid to stop the killings of Albanians in Kosovo. According to Serbian data, they resulted in thousands killed and wounded civilians.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has slammed NATO’s bombing campaign against then-Yugoslavia using munitions containing depleted uranium during the opening ceremony of the new Oncological Institute. According to him, Serbian doctors determined that such ordnances have severely affected the health of the country’s young population.
„Today in the Oncological Institute I learned that more and more children are diagnosed with cancer in our country. I’ll be honest, at first I didn’t believe in the depleted uranium theories […] but today, after speaking with doctors, I realized that depleted uranium is among many of the factors that cause cancer during a young age,” Vucic said.
He also noted that juvenile cancer is mostly diagnosed among children whose parents were born around 1990. He stated that Serbia will investigate the issue further.
„This is an unprecedented crime and we, as a country, will be dealing with this very seriously,” the president said.
Earlier, Serbian scientist Ljubisa Rakic said that the quantity of depleted uranium that was dropped on the Balkan states during NATO operations would be enough to create 170 Hiroshima bombs. Among the most wide-spread consequences of the use of such weapons are thyroid disorders, cancer and fetus mutations.
In 1999, NATO forces were conducting Operation Allied Force on the territory of the then Yugoslavia under the pretext of stopping the killing of the Albanian population in Kosovo. According to NATO data, some 38,000 flights were conducted, 10,000 of which were used for airstrikes. Serbia says that from 3,500 to 4,000 people died and 10,000 were wounded as a result of the NATO bombings. They state that 2/3 of them were civilians. Several oil refineries were also destroyed or severely damaged as a result of NATO’s bombings, which led to the environmental contamination of rivers and water systems.
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201805131064416162-serbian-president-slams-nato/
Carasul e plina de suferinzi ai glandei tiroide ,nimeni nu face o statistica .Desii inteligentii nostri stiu foarte bine ca boala a explodat dupa razboiul din Serbia (ca asa face bomba asta ,mijlocul crapa ,cei de langa fac in timp cancer iar cei de pe margini de obicei au probleme tiroidiene).Saptamana trecuta mi-a murit mama un cancer galopant care a debutat in martie si-a facut ravagii in nici doua luni .La Timisoara am intalnit un chirurg care se poate numi om si el avea aceiasi dilema cancerul a explodat in zona Banatului si dansul se zbate ca aceste capete luminate sa faca o statistica pe zone .Bineinteles ca -ti dai cu capul de ziduri .Ca sa nu mai spunem ca in saptamana in care bombardau Beogradul ,ne-am trezit cu o ploaie gri alburie ,plantele din gradini si-au intors brusc frunzele ,altele au palit ,iar rozele au ramas fara frunze ,pe care se depusese un fel de rugina foarte groasa.
Sincere condoleante pentru mamica ta Simona.