RHC - TARGET YUGOSLAVIA, June 24, 1999 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit ............................................................... SPECIAL REPORT FROM RADIO HAVANA CUBA E-mail: rhc@radiohc.org http://www.radiohc.org TARGET YUGOSLAVIA: NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION Thursday, 24 June 1999 Radio Havana Cuba presents its coverage of the U.S.-led NATO aggression against Yugoslavia. ---------------------------------------------------------- NATO FORCES FIND FAKE TANKS AND WOODEN BRIDGES The thousands of bombs and missiles that NATO launched against Yugoslavia during 79 days only destroyed 13 Serb military vehicles, according to the Thursday edition of the British news daily "The Times." The British newspaper reported that while this is the figure given by the Yugoslav army, peace-keeping forces in Kosovo have only discovered the remains of 3 T-55 tanks. The Times asserted that Serb troops withdrew from Kosovo with 250 tanks, 450 armored cars and 600 pieces of artillery. What so-called peace keeping forces have found in abundance are wooden imitations of army tanks, sitting on a long stretch of black plastic that from high altitudes could be mistaken for a road. The imitations are often close to dummy bridges, also made of wood. According to Thursday's edition of The Times, the Serbs employed effective camouflage techniques that they learned from the Russians in order to hide their real arsenals. -------------------------------------------------------------- CIA WARNED OF ERROR IN BOMBING OF CHINESE EMBASSY The Central Intelligence Agency had warned about the risk of error in the bombardment of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, according to two prominent U.S. news dailies. The New York Times reported Thursday that according to officials in Washington, a CIA expert had asserted that the Yugoslav government building that NATO wanted to destroy was not located in the center of Belgrade. And according to the Washington Post, the CIA and top U.S. military brass totally ignored the warning. The reports come as tensions continue between Washington and Beijing. China's Foreign Ministry today reiterated that the U.S. government's explanation of the bombing -- supposedly based on an outdated map of Belgrade -- is not convincing and that China has not received any new explanation. Beijing also warned today that it reserves the right to accept or reject the entry of U.S. warships or military aircraft into its territory -- including Hong Kong -- in what has been interpreted as another side-effect of bilateral tensions. China is demanding compensation for the family members of the three Chinese journalists that were killed in the NATO airstrike and for the 20 Chinese diplomats who were wounded. -30- ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nyteeu-06.24.99-23:28:16-9458