11 years since NATO attack on train

I dont see how it can be accidental "collateral damage" when you nail a train carrying passengers.

May those who have passed rest in peace.

May the victims of this horrific terrorist attack on our proud nation and people rest in peace.

Interesting how the West is trying to hide its atrocities agains Serbs, Irakies, Afgans etc behind words like "collateral damage". What right does America, Germany, the UK and other so called democratic countries have to kill innocent people? Might is power, nothing else. The countries I just mentioned are no more democratic than Saddams Irak or Milosevics Serbia. The difference is that they are powerful enough to say they are. They control the media and politics and can twist and turn any event however they please.

it is a shame that annual days like this only receive two comments... arrogant pilots uncontrolled, and unaccountable to anyone.
memories eternal,
(smederevo, 12 April 2010, 16:23)

Many like Joe, K-USA, and Roberto remain silent because they do not have a way to defend the killing of civilians when it is done by the US or its allies.

Were this train filled with Albanians and bombed by Serbs, then they come out of the woodwork to cry and scream bloody murder.

May the victims rest in peace.

The pilot guided the rockets into the train. This incident was an intentional act that targetted a civilian passenger train. "Collateral damage" is not accurate and, at best, an irresponsible term. This attack is a war crime and should still be treated as such.

Brutal nato war crime!!! DISGRACE! I hope the pilot and people who gave the order to murder innocent people rot in hell! And the cynical part of all this is how they have the guts to lie and say it was an accident. What does that tell you about nato..

how come k-usa and the rest of the gang never have anything to comment on articles such as these?

it is a shame that annual days like this only receive two comments... arrogant pilots uncontrolled, and unaccountable to anyone.
memories eternal,

b92 EVERYDAY is an anniversary of NATO attacks that killed people in Serbia. Learn to be better journalists and publish those stories too. RIP to all these victims of American greed.

This attack is a war crime and should still be treated as such.
(ATO)
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You are correct, so why is the world ignoring this?

Joe, I'd really enjoy a lesson on your interpretation of the democratic values that still thrive in modern democratic representative governments.
As I too live in one, I have seen that my individual voice is not heard much of the time. I get my chance one a cycle to vote. Then my votes are abstracted away from me. My representative is the one voting for me. Furthermore to remove our systems from any such resemblance of democracy, my representative is strongly discouraged to vote against the will of the party, regardless of how my representative feels, or how my representative’s constituency feels. I choose not to go to war. An overwhelming percentage of my co-citizens choose not to war, yet I find that my national soldiers are waging a war, many wars far from home. I did not vote to bail out my illustrious banks just so that I could pay, through my taxes to fix problems that I did not create, nor did I have any input on how such problems could be solved. Once again, all of these decisions, choices that will affect me and my family for years to come, were taken away from me and my neighboring citizens. We are the bedrock of 'democracy' yet we are the ignored, muzzled and belittled. Our 'democratic' governments walk around with an air of royalty about them. They care not for the plight of persons like me and the remaining 95+% of the people. They care for themselves, their guaranteed social security plans, their power. They care for those fancy dinners that they get to enjoy. Our leaders do what they want, without democracy anywhere near them. Our media has long ago been visibly bought and sold by corporations looking to make more profit. Our news is as filtered as is North Korea's news. Our national security is shades of grey of Stalin's approach.
Freedom of the people is the myth that we've all been made to swallow. Some of us smile while swallowing this garbage, and Joe, others of us know what it is that we're eating and do not like it at all. The veil is long ago come off for some of us.
Please again, enlighten me on exactly how such nefarious states are truely different than our (yours or mine, or any of these so-called democratic nations) are? I don't wish to read a pamphlet from your local pro-democacy shop. Give me cases where one cannot find a simple counter example, or demonstrate similar behavior elsewhere among the 'non-democratic' world.
The question is would you rather know your evil, or remain oblivious to it?

Stari, the Albanian trolls that comment here are Serb-hating trolls, and I am not really sure why they frequent B92, except to be irritating, I think. They will not make anyone here believe that Serbs are bad, and Albanians are good, so why do they try? I see Serbs say RIP when a tragedy hits other ethnicities, but you will never see that from an Albanian here - speaks volumes.

Yo Joe, this has nothing to do with Hungarians, what's up with your comments?

Perhaps Serbs should execute a few thousand Hungarians along with Danube and dump them into the river, just like the Hungarian Nazi's did in WW2. You know, no big deal, Serbs do need some target practice however. We'll call that being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"The countries I just mentioned are no more democratic than Saddams Irak or Milosevics Serbia."
Mikael C

Than you have no idea about democratic states.

Than you have no idea about democratic states.
Joe

Why don't you enlighten me? Tell me what true domocracy is?

I'll give you an example of european democracy. I live in Sweden. Landskrona is a city where 20 percent of its citizens voted for a radical political party who wants to limit the number of immigrants entering Sweden. Now all other parties are boycotting this party because of their issus on immigration. Why are they doing that? The people have a right to vote for who ever they want. A true democracy would respect the views of the people, regardless of what they are.

RE: NATO War Crimes

Deliberate Terrors Attacks on Civilians

During the first month of the war on Yugoslavia, the NATO planes and cruise missile made over 10,000 attacks. More than 2500 cruise missiles were launched and over 7,000
tons of explosives were dropped. The following list is based on information provided by the Yugoslavian Foreign Ministry.


About 1,000 civilians, including 45 children (Click here for photos of children injured in NATO attack on a tourist bus near Pristina, Kosovo), were killed and more than
4,500 sustained serious injuries e.g.:
- in Kursumlija: 13 dead and 25 wounded;
- in Panevo: 2 dead and 4 wounded;
- in Kragujevac: over 120 workers were wounded during an attack on the car
factory "Zastava";
- in Vranje: two dead and 23 wounded;
- in Aleksinac: 12 dead and more than 40 wounded;
- in Nagavac village, Orahovac municipality: 11 dead and 5 wounded;
- in Pristina: 10 dead and 8 wounded;
- Grdelicka gorge: 55 killed and 16 wounded;
- attack on two refugee columns, with four cruise missiles, on the
Djakovica-Prizren road: 75 killed and 100 wounded, of whom 26 critically;
- in the village of Srbica: 10 killed, among whom 7 children;
- Belgrade suburb of Batajnica: a three year old girl Milica Rakic was
killed, and five civilians wounded.
- in Nis: in the attack on housing flats one civilian was killed while 11
wounded;
- in Pristina: in the attack on a Provisional Executive Council building
in the suburb Grmija, one civilian was killed while 2 wounded;
- in Djakovica: in the attack on a refugee settlement housing Serb
refugees from the Republika Srpska Krajina (Croatia), 10 refugees were
killed and 16 wounded;
- in Belgrade: in the attack on the Radio Television of Serbia office
building, 15 employees have been killed and 17 wounded;


After the demolition of the Petrovaradin bridge, Novi Sad and Petrovaradin
were cut of water supply (600 000 citizens) since the main and city
pipeline was constructed into the bridge. About one million citizens, according to Yugoslav sources, are short of water. About 500 000 workers became jobless due to the total destruction of industrial facilities all around the country. Two million citizens have no means for living and cannot ensure the minimum for existence.
Overall material damage is enormous. Preliminary estimates indicate that NATO
air strikes have incurred damages in excess of 10 billion dollars. In the
territory of the northern province of Vojvodina alone, damages have been
estimated in excess of 3,5 billion dollars.

T R A F F I C

The road and railway networks, especially road and rail bridges, most of
which were destroyed or damaged beyond repair, suffered extensive
destruction. The targets of attacks were such communications as:

1. BRIDGES (18 DESTROYED AND 12 DAMAGED):

(a) Destoyed (20)
1. The Varadin Bridge over the Danube (on 1 April 1999);
2. The "Sloboda" (Freedom) Bridge over the Danube (on 4 April 1999);
3. The "Zezeljov" Bridge in Novi Sad (on 5 April 1999);
4. The bridge over the Ibar river, Biljanovac municipality (on 5 - 13
April 1999);
5. The bridge over the Vrba.ka river near Jezgrovic (on 5 April 1999);
6. The "Lozno" railway bridge near Usfe (on 5 April 1999);
7. The road bridge on the road leading to Brvenik, near Usce (on 5 April
1999);
8. The bridge near Zubin Potok, on the Kosovska Mitrovica - Ribarice road
(on 5 April 1999);
9. The old bridge on the river Rasina near the town of Krusevac (12-13
April 1999);
10. The new bridge on the river Rasina near the town of Krusevac (12-13
April 1999);
11. The Krusevac-Pojate bridge on the river Zapadna Morava, at the village
of Jasika (on 13 April 1999);
12. The railway bridge on the river Lim, between Priboj and Prijepolje,
near hydroelectric power station Bistrica (on 15 April 1999);
13. The bridge on the river Ibar, at the village of Brvenik, linking
Korlace and Raska (15.04.1999.);
14. The bridge between Smederevo and Kovin (16 April 1999);
15. The railway bridge on the river Kostajnica, near Kursumlija
(18.04.1999.);
16. The bridge over the regional Kursumlija - Prokuplje road;
17. The bridge over the river Vrapcevska Reka near the village of
Ribarice, from the direction of Kosovska Mitrovica;
18. The bridge over the railway track on the regional road Biljanovac -
Mt. Kopaonik;
19. The railway bridge near the village of Rudnica in the vicinity of
Raska, on the Kraljevo - Kosovo Polje railway line;
20. The bridge over the Danube along the Beograd-Novi Sad road, near
Beska, Indjija municipality (on 21 April 1999);

(b) Damaged (12)
1. The "Mladosti" (Youth) Bridge over the Danube, connecting Backa Palanka
with Ilok, was damaged (on 4 April 1999);
2. The new railway/road bridge over the Danube connecting Bogojevo and
Erdut was damaged (on 5 April 1999);
3. The road bridge along the Magura Belafevac road, 15 kilometres from
Pristina, suffered extensive damage;
4. The bridge along the Nis-Pristina primary road, near Kursumlija, was
extensivelly damageg (on 5 April 1999);
5. The Grdelica gorge railway bridge, on the river Juzna Morava, was
damaged (on 12 April 1999);
6. The Grdelica gorge road bridge, on the river Juzna Morava, was damaged
(on 12 April 1999);
7. The road bridge over the Kosanica river near Kursumlija was damaged (on
13 April 1999);
8. The road bridge on the river Toplica, on the Nis-Pristina road near the
town of Kursumlija, was heavily damaged (14 and 19 April 1999);
9. The bridge on the river Kosanica, at the village of Selo Visoko, has
sustained heavy damages and is out of service 18.04.1999.);
10. The road bridge "Raskrsnica" near Donja Bistrica, on the route Priboj -
Prijepolje - Nova Varos, has sustained heavy damages (20 April 1999);
11. The railway bridge on the river Sava near Ostruznica, has been heavily
damaged (21, 23 April 1999);
12. The railway bridge on the Kraljevo - Raska railway line, near
Kraljevo, has been heavily damaged (23 April 1999);

2. RAILWAYS RAILWAY STATIONS (16):
1. The Kraljevo - Kosovo Polje rail, near Ibarska Slatina;
2. The Belgrade - Bar rail, due to the destruction of the railway track
near the village of Strbce and destruction of the bridge on the river Lim,
between Priboj and Prijepolje;
3. The Kursumlija - Prokuplje rail, near Pepeljevac village;
4. The Kraljevo - Kosovo Polje rail, near Ibarska Slatina;
5. The Nis - Pristina rail, near Kursumlija;
6. "Sarpelj" tunnel, near Jerinje village, 15 km north of Leposavic
towards Raska, was destroyed;
7. Railway station in Kraljevo (Bogutovac);
8. Railway station in Kosovo Polje;
9. The Belgrade - Thessaloniki rail, due to the destruction of the bridge
in the Grdelica gorge;
10. Railway station in the town of Biljanovac;
11. Railway track and overpass (Josinacka Banja) near the town of
Biljanovac;
12. Railway track Kursumlija - Podujevo, due to damages on the railway
bridge at Kursumlija; 13. Railway track Kraljevo - Kragujevac, due to
damages to the section of the track near the village of Vitanovac;
14. Railway track Uzice - Priboj:
15. Railway track Bogojevo - Vukovar;
16. Railway Track Leskovac - Predejane;

3. ROADS AND TRANSPORTERS (6 MAJOR ROADS):
1. Ibarska primary road, due to damages to the bridge on the Ibar river,
Biljanovac municipality, and destruction of the road between Pozega and
Cacak;
2. Belgrade-Zagreb highway, near Stari Banovci;
3. Traffic suspended on the Kosovska Mitrovica-Ribarici section of the
Adriatic highway due to the destruction of the bridge over the Vrbacka
river;
4. "Jedinstvo" bus station in Vranje sustained extensive damage;
5. "Kosmet Prevoz" transporter in Gnjilane (a hangar full of new buses);
6. Kraljevo-Raska primary road;
7. Bus station in Pristina;
8. Traffic has been suspended on the Krusevac-Pojate road due to the
destruction of the bridge on the Zapadna Morava, in the village of Jasika;
9. Traffic has been suspended on the Nis-Pristina road, due to the fact
that the bridge on the river Toplica, near the town of Kursumlija, has
sustained heavy damage;
10. Traffic has been suspedned on the regional road Priboj - Prijepolje -
Nova Varos, due to damages inflicted on the bridge "Raskrsnica" near Donja
Bistrica;
11. Road maintenance company "Magistrala" in Pristina;
12. The Nis Central Bus Station;
13. The Pristina Bus Station;

4. AIRPORTS (7):
- "Slatina" in Pristina; "Batajnica" and "Surcin" in Belgrade; Nis
airport; "Ponikve" in Uzice; "Golubovac" in Podgorica, "Ladjevci" airport
near Kraljevo; agricultural and sports airfield in Sombor.

ECONOMIC AND CIVILIAN TARGETS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

The air strikes have so far destroyed or damaged several thousand economic facilities and dwellings. In the Leskovac region alone, over 3,500 industrial facilities and
dwellings were either destroyed or damaged. The devastation is particularly bad in Pristina, Novi Sad, Aleksinac, Djakovica, Prokuplje, Gracanica, Cuprija, etc. Housing
blocks on the outskirts of Belgrade - Kijevo Knezevac, Batajnica, Jakovo, Borca, as well as the area around Pancevo have been under attack.

1. INDUSTRY AND TRADE:
The NATO attacks have targeted the factories and industrial
facilities which directly cater for the needs of the population, among
which are:

1. "Galenika" drug factory in Belgrade;
2. Industrial complex "Dvadeset Prvi Maj" in Rakovica;
3. Machine building plant "Industrija Motora Rakovica" in Rakovica;
4. Factory "Jugostroj" in Rakovica;
5. Factory "Frigostroj" in Rakovica;
6. "Lola Utva" agricultural aircraft factory in Pancevo;
7. "Zdravlje" pharmaceutical plant in Leskovac;
8. "Sloboda" white goods factory in Cacak;
9. "Din" tobacco industry in Nis;
10. "Elektronska industrija" factory in Nis;
11. "Jastrebac" machine industry in Nis;
12. Facilities of the "Beograd" rail company in Nis;
13. Construction material depot "Ogrev Invest" in Nis;
14. General merchandise depot "Kopaonik" in Nis;
15. Production line of the tobacco factory "Nis" in Nis;
16. "Elektrotehna" warehouse in Nis;
17. Food storage facility "Fidelinka" in Nis;
18. Facilities of the machine industry in Nis;
19. Office building of the company "So Produkt" in Nis;
20. Facilities of the pharmaceutical company "Velafarm" in Nis;
21. "Zastava" car factory in Kragujevac;
22. "14 Oktobar" machine factory in Krusevac;
23. Production line of the metal factory "Metalac" in Kursumlija;
24. "Krusik" holding corporation in Valjevo;
25. "Ciklonizacija" in Novi Sad;
26. "Tehnogas" in Novi Sad;
27. "Novograp" in Novi Sad;
28. "Gumins" in Novi Sad;
29. "Albus" in Novi Sad;
30. "Petar Drapsin" in Novi Sad;
31. "Motins" in Novi Sad;
32. "Izolacija" in Novi Sad;
33. "Novokabel" in Novi Sad;
34. "Istra" fittings factory in Kula;
35. The port of Bogojevo;
36. "Div" cigarette factory in Vranje;
37. "Nova Jugoslavija" printers in Vranje;
38. Furniture factor "Simpo" in Vranje;
39. Textile industry "Jumko" in Vranje;
40. Wood-processing complex "27. November" in Raska;
41. Tubes factory in Urosevac;
42. "Milan Blagojevic" chemical plant in Lucani;
43. Plastics factory in Pristina;
44. Cotton yarn factory in Pristina;
45. Shock-absorber factory in Pristina;
46. Surface coal mine "Belacevac";
47. "Binacka Morava" hydro construction company in Gnjilane;
48. Cigarette factory in Gnjilane;
49. Battery factory in Gnjilane:
50. Over 250 commercial and crafts shops in Djakovica were destroyed;
51. "Dijana" shoe factory in Sremska Mitrovica;

2. REFINERIES AND WAREHOUSES storing liquid raw materials and chemicals
intended for the oil and chemical industry, were hit in Pancevo, Novi Sad,
Sombor and elsewhere, causing large contamination of soil and the air:
1. Fuel storage in Lipovica, which caused a great fire in the Lipovica
forest (on 26 March 1999);
2. "Beopetrol" storage in Belgrade (on 4 April 1999);
3. "Beopetrol" storage in Bogutovac (4-24 April 1999);
4. Fuel storage of the boiler plant in Novi Beograd (on 4 April 1999);
5. Chemical plant "Prva Iskra" in Baric - destruction of the production
line (19 April 1999);
6. Oil Refinery in Pancevo - totally demolished (4-16 April 1999);
7. Petrochemical industry "DP HIP PETROHEMIJA" in Pancevo - totally
demolished (14-15 April 1999);
8. Fertilizer plant "DP HIP AZOTARA" in Pancevo - totally destroyed (14-15
April 1999);
9. "Jugopetrol" installations in Smederevo (on 4-13 April 1999);
10. Thermo electric power station/boiler plant in Novi Sad (on 5 April
1999);
11. Oil Refinery in Novi Sad, storage of bitumen (5 and 6 April 1999);
12. "Jugopetrol" storage in Sombor (on 7 April 1999);
13. Fuel storage "Naftagas promet" which is located 10 km from Sombor (5
April 1999);
14. Naftagas warehouse between Conoplje and Kljaicevo (Sombor);
15. "Beopetrol" fuel storage in Pristina (on 7 April 1999);
16 Jugopetrol warehouse in Pristina (on 12 April 1999);
17. Jugopetrol petrol station in Pristina ( on 13 April 1999);
18. Fuel depot in Gruua, near Kragujevac;

3. AGRICULTURE:
1. PIK "Kopaonik" in Kursumlija;
2. PIK "Mladost" in Gnjilane;
3. Agricultural Complex "Malizgan" in Dolac;
4. Agricultural Complex "Djuro Strugar" in Kula;
5. Agricultural and food-processing plant and a cow-breeding farm with 220
milk cows "Pester", in Sjenica, has been destroyed;
6. In forest fires caused by NATO cruise missiles and bombs over 250
hectares of forests have been burned down;
7. Several thousand hectares of fertile land, many rivers, lakes and
underground waters have been polluted due to the spillage of petrochemical
substances, oil spills and slicks;

4. HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE CENTRES (21):
NATO aviation also targeted many hospitals and health-care institutions,
which have been partially damaged or totally destroyed, including:

- Neuropsychiatric Ward "Dr. Laza Lazarevic" and Central Pharmacy of the
Emergency Centre in Belgrade;
- "Sveti Sava" hospital in Belgrade;
- Army Medical Academy in Belgrade;
- Gynaecological Hospital and Maternity Ward of the Clinical Centre in
Belgrade;
- Health Care Centre in Rakovica;
- Hospital and Medical Centre in the territory in Leskovac;
- Gerontological Centre in Leskovac;
- Hospital and Poly-clinic in Nis;
- General Hospital in Djakovica;
- City Hospital in Novi Sad;
- Medical Centre and Ambulance Centre in Aleksinac;
- Medical Centre in Kraljevo;
- Dispensary on Mount Zlatibor;
- City hospital in Valjevo;
- Dispensary "Krusik" in Valjevo;
- Hospital for treatment of dystrophia in Novi Pazar;
- Health Care Centre in Kursumlija;



5. SCHOOLS (MORE THAN 200 FACILITIES)
Over 2000 schools, faculties and facilities for students and children were
damaged or destroyed (over 25 faculties, 10 collages, 45 secondary and 90
elementary schools, 8 student dormitories, as well as a number of
kindergartens), including:
- Elementary schools "16. oktobar" and "Vladimir Rolovic" in Belgrade;
- Day-care centre in settlement Petlovo Brdo in Belgrade;
- Elementary school and Engineering secondary school centre in Rakovica;
- Two secondary schools in the territory of Nis;
- Faculty for construction and architecture in Nis;
- Faculty for machine-technical studies in Nis;
- Faculty for electro-technical studies in Nis;
- Faculties of Law and Economics and elementary school "Radoje Domanovic"
in Nis;
- Elementary schools "Toza Markovic", "Djordje Natosevic", "Veljko
Vlahovic", "Sangaj" and "Djuro Danicic" and a day-care centre "Duga" in
Novi Sad and creches in Visarionova Street and in the neighbourhood of
Sangaj; Traffic School Centre, Faculty of Philosophy;
- Four elementary schools and a Medical high school in the territory of
Leskovac;
- Elementary school in Lucane, as well as a larger number of education
facilities in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija;
- Elementary schools in Kraljevo and the villages of Cvetka, Aketa and
Ladjevci;
- In Sombor: elementary schools "Ivo Lola Ribar", "A. Mrazovic", "N.
Vukicevic" and
"Nikola Tesla"
- School centre in Kula;
- Agricultural school in Valjevo;

6. PUBLIC AND HOUSING FACILITIES (TENS OF THOUSANDS)
- The residence of the President of the FR of Yugoslvia in Belgrade,
sustained heavy damages (22 April 1999);
- Severe damage to the facilities of the Republican and Federal Ministry
of the Interior in Belgrade (3 April 1999),
- Damage to the building of the Institute for Security of the Ministry of
the Interior in Banjica (3 April 1999);
- Severe damage to the TV RTS studio in Pristina;
- Heavy damage to Hydro-Meteorological Station (Bukulja, near
Arandjelovac);
- Post Office in Pristina destroyed (7 April 1999);
- Refugee centre in Pristina destroyed (7 April 1999);
- "Tornik" ski resort on Mount Zlatibor (on 8 April 1999);
- "Divcibare" mountain resort (on 11 April 1999);
- "Baciste" Hotel on Mount Kopaonik (on 12 April 1999);
- City power plant in the town of Krusevac (12-13 April 1999);
- Meteorological Station on Mount Kopaonik damaged (on 13 April 1999);
- Four libraries in Rakovica sustained heavy damage: "Radoje Dakic",
"Isidora Sekulic", "Milos Crnjanski" and "Dusan Matic";
- Refugee camp "7 juli" in Paracin has sustained heavy damage;
- Office building of the Provincial Executive Council of Vojvodina, Novi
Sad (18.04.1999.);
- Hotel "Mineral" in Bogutovacka Banja sustained heavy damages (19 Aptil
1999);
- Office building of the power distribution board "Elektrodistribucija" in
Kursumlija (20 April 1999);
- Hotel "Putnik" on Mt. Kopaonik;
- Bussiness centre "Usce" in Belgrade (21 April 1999);
- Refugee camp "Majino naselje" in Djakovica (21 April 1999);
- Radio Television of Serbia office building in Belgrade (23 April 1999);
- Youth and children centre in Belgrade (23 April 1999);
- Youth theater "Dusko Radovic" in Belgrade (23 April 1999);
- Post Office in Nis (23 April 1999);
- Several thousand housing facilities damaged or destroyed, privately or
State owned, across Yugoslavia - most striking examples being housing
blocks in downtown Aleksinac and those near Post Office in Pristina.

7. INFRASTRUCTURE:
- Damage to a power supply transmitted in Batajnica (26 March 1999);
- Damage to water supply system in Zemun (5 April 1999);
- Damage to a power supply transmitter in Bogutovac (10 April 1999);
- Telephone lines cut off in Bogutovac (10 April 1999);
- Damage to a power station in Pristina (12 April 1999);
- Damage to Bistrica hydroelectric power station in Polinje (13 April 1999);
- Damage to electric power transmission lines and distribution network in
the zone under air stikes by NATO enemy aircraft;
- Destruction of power supply transmitters in Belgrade suburbs of Resnik
and Zemun Polje (23 April 1999);

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

TV TRANSMITTERS (23):
1. Jastrebac (Prokuplje)
2. Gucevo (Loznica)
3. Cot (Fruska Gora)
4. Grmija (Pristina)
5. Bogutovac (Pristina)
6. TV transmitter on Mt Goles (Pristina)
7. Mokra Gora (Pristina)
8. Kutlovac (Stari Trg)
9. "Cigota" (Uzice)
10. "Tornik" (Uzice)
11. Transmitter on Crni Vrh (Jagodina)
12. Satellite station "Yugoslavia" (in Prilike near Ivanjica)
13. TV masts and transmitters (Novi Sad)
14. TV transmitter on Mt Ovcara (Cacak)
15. TV transmitter in Kijevo (Belgrade)
16. TV transmitter on Mt Cer
17. Relay on Mt Jagodnji (Krupanj)
18. TV transmitter "Iriski Venac" (Fruska Gora)
19. TV relay on Mt. Bukulja;
20. Transmitter in Gazimestan (Pristina);
21. RTV transmitter in Krnjaca (Belgrade);
22. RTV transmitter on Mt. Gobelj (Mt. Kopaonik);
23. RTV transmitter on top of the business centre "Usce" used by RTV
Kosava, RTV Pink, SOS channel, TV BK and Radio S (Belgrade);

CULTURAL-HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
AND RELIGIOUS SHRINES

MEDIEVAL MONASTERIES AND RELIGIOUS SHRINES (18):
1. Monastery Gracanica from 14th century (24 March - 6 April 1999);
2. Monastery Rakovica from 17th century (29 March 1999);
3. Patriarchate of Pec (1 April 1999);
4. Church in Jelasnica near Surdulica (4 April 1999);
5. Monastery of the Church of St. Juraj (built in 1714) in Petrovaradin (1
April 1999);
6. Monastery of Holy Mother (12th century) at the estuary of the Kosanica
in the Toplica - territory of municipality of Kursumlija (4 April 1999);
7. Monastery of St. Nicholas (12th century) in the territory of the
municipality of Kursumlija (4 April 1999);
8. Monastery of St. Archangel Gabriel in Zemun (5 April 1999);
9. Roman Catholic Church St. Antonio in Djakovica (29 March 1999);
10. Orthodox cemetery in Gnjilane (30 March 1999);
11. Monuments destroyed in Bogutovac (8 April 1999);
12. "Kadinjaca" memorial complex (8 April 1999);
13. Vojlovica monastery near Pancevo (12 April 1999);
14. Hopovo monastery, iconostasis damaged (12 April 1999);
15. Orthodox Christian cemetery in Pristina (12 April 1999);
16. Monastery church St, Archangel Michael in Rakovica (16 April 1999);
17. Orthodox church St. Marco in Belgrade (24 April 1999);
18. Russian Orthodox church Holly Trinity in Belgrade (24 April 1999);

CULTURAL-HISTORICAL MONUMENTS AND MUSEUMS (9):
1. Severe damage to the roof structure of the Fortress of Petrovaradin (1
April 1999);
2. Heavy damage to "Tabacki bridge", four centuries old, in Djakovica (5
April 1999);
3. Substantial damage to the building in Stara Carsija (Old street) in
Djakovica (5 April 1999);
4. Destroyed archives housed in one of the Government buildings in
Belgrade (3 April 1999);
5. Memorial complex in Gucevo (Loznica);
6. Memorial complex "Sumarice" in Kragujevac;
7. Vojvodina Museum in Novi Sad;
8. Old Military Barracks in Kragujevac - under the protection of the state
(16 April 1999);
9. Memorial complex Crveni Krst in Nis (21 April 1999);

"It is unbelievable how some Serbian nationalists ask why nobody "defend" here anybody. There is NOTHING to defend here because it was an ACCIDENT! Unlike the horrible crimes Serbs committed in the entire Balkans, DELIBERATELY !!!

Now mourn the victims and STOP making political CASH of your nationalistic agenda. Those innocent Serbs died because of the terror and nationalistic GREATER-SERBIA agenda. Without that inhuman and disgusting hate-agenda, all of them would be alive. Blame your leadership, not those you had to clean up your mess."

Dear John,

Those innocent Serbs you talk about were murdered because the entire "humanitarian intervention" was illegal and a farce. Let go of you Clintonology and Albrightism and realize what the US/NATO did was terrorism. The so-called "Greater Serbia" you mention is hilarious, are you really Carla del Ponte or Geoffrey Nice from the ICTY OTP? No proof because there was no plan. Read your history instead of the junk CNN spat out to you.

Sincerely,
Serbian Nationalist

Today, after 11 years, you can barely find someone in US, UK or other in the western world who says that the bombing of Serbia was justified. Today, most are ashamed. Today, most know that even if the Serbian leadership went to far in some cases, it was a huge mistake to bomb a sovereign country that protected its people from a narcotic driven guerilla of the lowest quality. Today, most people are aware that Pandoras box has been opened and they do not know how to close it. Today, almost everyone that you speak with, take the side of the Serbs. Today, al knows that the Kosovo case will never stop and Serbia will never ever give it up. Insted they will continue to block and block as long as earth keeps spinning. Today, all knows that the K Albanians that grow up will forever be stuck in Kosovo. Just look at the people who are followed back to Kosovo every week from other countries (aprox 200) EVERY week because they are not wanted. Today.....the world say SORRY to the Serbs !

It is unbelievable how some Serbian nationalists ask why nobody "defend" here anybody. There is NOTHING to defend here because it was an ACCIDENT! Unlike the horrible crimes Serbs committed in the entire Balkans, DELIBERATELY !!!

Now mourn the victims and STOP making political CASH of your nationalistic agenda. Those innocent Serbs died because of the terror and nationalistic GREATER-SERBIA agenda. Without that inhuman and disgusting hate-agenda, all of them would be alive. Blame your leadership, not those you had to clean up your mess.

Why do some naive people feed a known eTroll who appears every time there is a tragedy?

RIP to victims, I am pretty familiar with the case. I suggest we collect some few Dinars for the U.S. Embassy - they obviously have no money to buy flowers and visit the memorial. Hope, we can help them out.

John:
"There is NOTHING to defend here because it was an ACCIDENT! Unlike the horrible crimes Serbs committed in the entire Balkans, DELIBERATELY !!!"


What a strange comment, even if I agree with much of what you say later about the general responsibility of Serbian nationalism for the crimes of the 1990s. Why is it that people on different sides have to react in such a tribal fashion. On this post I have ticked “recommend” to nearly every post of posters I usually disagree with. A horrific war crime is a horrific war crime, regardless of who carried it out. It certainly was a very strange “accident” as you seem to be so sure about, like so many other “accidents” during that war: a passenger train, in full sight, going over a bridge over a ravine – look at the picture for christs sake – in the south of Serbia itself, looks a bit like … a Serbian tank attacking a village in Kosova, right? I guess that’s what the Nis hospital car park looked like too. I guess Milosevic was firing rockets out of that hospital into Kosova.

These were all appalling war crimes. I recommend people get out of their tribal thinking, it is quite possible to believe that Belgrade was conducting a monstrous war against the peoples of the Balkans through 1991-95 and then 1998-99 but to at the same time condemn other monstrous wars, like that of NATO. It is called consistency. War is always the worst choice, it always leads to barbarism, as in this infamous example. I can’t blame the Albanians, suffering under a terror that many Serbs on this list are in denial about, for wanting NATO in, but I can respectfully disagree with their choice, recognizing that a superpower that violently throws its weight around throughout the world with never a thought for human rights did not come into the Balkans for that reason either, but for its own reasons, which may have coincided temporarily with legitimate grievances against Milosevic in the region. Recognising that, I don’t expect their intervention to do much good. Did it? It smashed up innocent Serb civilians and meanwhile Serbia’s tanks had free rein in Kosova to drive out afr more Albanians than they had got away outside the atmosphere created by NATO’s war.

The Albanians who lost thousands in Milosevic’s terror will not be moved by any of this, like I said I don’t blame them, but at least have the humanity to recognize the terror imposed on others as a price for what you might think was your liberation and be good enough to show some respect and not swing around bullshit about “accidents” etc. RIP to the victims of this monstrous deliberate crime.

NATO could have waited until there was no traffic on the bridge by hitting the bridge very late at night or very early in the morning. Of course, NATO hates the Serbs and sides with the Muslims over the Christians which is why NATO allowed the destruction of practically all of the medieval churches and monasteries in Kosovo. NATO hit the train with 4 missles to guarantee that everyone on board would die. NATO, you stink. NATO, you, yourself, are a bunch of war criminals and need to be prosecuted in a court not controlled by Muslims, the USA, or any NATO nation. And you will see your "beloved ethnic ALbanian Kosovo" which you financially support, will bite the hand that feeds it. The truth is your ethnic Albanian Kosovo is a wild animal and its "Constitution" is not even worth the paper it is printed on. That Constitution is simply words and has nothing whatsoever to do with rebuilding all the structures; buildings destroyed by the ethnic ALbanians.

Mr Rae,

Democracy as a form of government is not whitout its imperfactions - far from it - but it is much, much better than anything else tried before.
You seem to be extremely unhappy with everything in the democratic country you claim to live in.
I just have one good advise to you: try to move to Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Iran or even Russia.

Collateral damage or war crime? you choose.

A big mistake is to feed trolls, wild hamsters and ill hedgehogs. Ignore them if vets can't help.

John, well said. Congratulations!!At least your comment went through. Three of my comments as responses were censured.

A big mistake is to feed trolls, wild hamsters and ill hedgehogs. Ignore them if vets can't help.
(Harapcsi Hörcsi, 13 April 2010 00:26)

Especially not those from Hitler/Stalin-Zeit!

A big mistake is to feed trolls, wild hamsters and ill hedgehogs. Ignore them if vets can't help.
(Harapcsi Hörcsi, 13 April 2010 00:26)

Especially not those from Hitler/Stalin-Zeit!
(D. Popovic, 13 April 2010 16:33)

It's not the worst part of it. The problem is, once fed - the cup of ayran sticks to the nose, poor thing can't see and running in circles. Besides, Mr. Ježko is lactose-sensitive and ayran is not the best food for him.

It is unbelievable how some Serbian nationalists ask why nobody "defend" here anybody. There is NOTHING to defend here because it was an ACCIDENT! Unlike the horrible crimes Serbs committed in the entire Balkans, DELIBERATELY !!!

Now mourn the victims and STOP making political CASH of your nationalistic agenda. Those innocent Serbs died because of the terror and nationalistic GREATER-SERBIA agenda. Without that inhuman and disgusting hate-agenda, all of them would be alive. Blame your leadership, not those you had to clean up your mess.

"The countries I just mentioned are no more democratic than Saddams Irak or Milosevics Serbia."
Mikael C

Than you have no idea about democratic states.

b92 EVERYDAY is an anniversary of NATO attacks that killed people in Serbia. Learn to be better journalists and publish those stories too. RIP to all these victims of American greed.

Yo Joe, this has nothing to do with Hungarians, what's up with your comments?

Perhaps Serbs should execute a few thousand Hungarians along with Danube and dump them into the river, just like the Hungarian Nazi's did in WW2. You know, no big deal, Serbs do need some target practice however. We'll call that being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

it is a shame that annual days like this only receive two comments... arrogant pilots uncontrolled, and unaccountable to anyone.
memories eternal,
(smederevo, 12 April 2010, 16:23)

Many like Joe, K-USA, and Roberto remain silent because they do not have a way to defend the killing of civilians when it is done by the US or its allies.

Were this train filled with Albanians and bombed by Serbs, then they come out of the woodwork to cry and scream bloody murder.

May the victims rest in peace.

Brutal nato war crime!!! DISGRACE! I hope the pilot and people who gave the order to murder innocent people rot in hell! And the cynical part of all this is how they have the guts to lie and say it was an accident. What does that tell you about nato..

Mr Rae,

Democracy as a form of government is not whitout its imperfactions - far from it - but it is much, much better than anything else tried before.
You seem to be extremely unhappy with everything in the democratic country you claim to live in.
I just have one good advise to you: try to move to Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Iran or even Russia.

The pilot guided the rockets into the train. This incident was an intentional act that targetted a civilian passenger train. "Collateral damage" is not accurate and, at best, an irresponsible term. This attack is a war crime and should still be treated as such.

This attack is a war crime and should still be treated as such.
(ATO)
-
You are correct, so why is the world ignoring this?

Collateral damage or war crime? you choose.

Today, after 11 years, you can barely find someone in US, UK or other in the western world who says that the bombing of Serbia was justified. Today, most are ashamed. Today, most know that even if the Serbian leadership went to far in some cases, it was a huge mistake to bomb a sovereign country that protected its people from a narcotic driven guerilla of the lowest quality. Today, most people are aware that Pandoras box has been opened and they do not know how to close it. Today, almost everyone that you speak with, take the side of the Serbs. Today, al knows that the Kosovo case will never stop and Serbia will never ever give it up. Insted they will continue to block and block as long as earth keeps spinning. Today, all knows that the K Albanians that grow up will forever be stuck in Kosovo. Just look at the people who are followed back to Kosovo every week from other countries (aprox 200) EVERY week because they are not wanted. Today.....the world say SORRY to the Serbs !

"It is unbelievable how some Serbian nationalists ask why nobody "defend" here anybody. There is NOTHING to defend here because it was an ACCIDENT! Unlike the horrible crimes Serbs committed in the entire Balkans, DELIBERATELY !!!

Now mourn the victims and STOP making political CASH of your nationalistic agenda. Those innocent Serbs died because of the terror and nationalistic GREATER-SERBIA agenda. Without that inhuman and disgusting hate-agenda, all of them would be alive. Blame your leadership, not those you had to clean up your mess."

Dear John,

Those innocent Serbs you talk about were murdered because the entire "humanitarian intervention" was illegal and a farce. Let go of you Clintonology and Albrightism and realize what the US/NATO did was terrorism. The so-called "Greater Serbia" you mention is hilarious, are you really Carla del Ponte or Geoffrey Nice from the ICTY OTP? No proof because there was no plan. Read your history instead of the junk CNN spat out to you.

Sincerely,
Serbian Nationalist

May the victims of this horrific terrorist attack on our proud nation and people rest in peace.

Interesting how the West is trying to hide its atrocities agains Serbs, Irakies, Afgans etc behind words like "collateral damage". What right does America, Germany, the UK and other so called democratic countries have to kill innocent people? Might is power, nothing else. The countries I just mentioned are no more democratic than Saddams Irak or Milosevics Serbia. The difference is that they are powerful enough to say they are. They control the media and politics and can twist and turn any event however they please.

Stari, the Albanian trolls that comment here are Serb-hating trolls, and I am not really sure why they frequent B92, except to be irritating, I think. They will not make anyone here believe that Serbs are bad, and Albanians are good, so why do they try? I see Serbs say RIP when a tragedy hits other ethnicities, but you will never see that from an Albanian here - speaks volumes.

I dont see how it can be accidental "collateral damage" when you nail a train carrying passengers.

May those who have passed rest in peace.

Than you have no idea about democratic states.
Joe

Why don't you enlighten me? Tell me what true domocracy is?

I'll give you an example of european democracy. I live in Sweden. Landskrona is a city where 20 percent of its citizens voted for a radical political party who wants to limit the number of immigrants entering Sweden. Now all other parties are boycotting this party because of their issus on immigration. Why are they doing that? The people have a right to vote for who ever they want. A true democracy would respect the views of the people, regardless of what they are.

NATO could have waited until there was no traffic on the bridge by hitting the bridge very late at night or very early in the morning. Of course, NATO hates the Serbs and sides with the Muslims over the Christians which is why NATO allowed the destruction of practically all of the medieval churches and monasteries in Kosovo. NATO hit the train with 4 missles to guarantee that everyone on board would die. NATO, you stink. NATO, you, yourself, are a bunch of war criminals and need to be prosecuted in a court not controlled by Muslims, the USA, or any NATO nation. And you will see your "beloved ethnic ALbanian Kosovo" which you financially support, will bite the hand that feeds it. The truth is your ethnic Albanian Kosovo is a wild animal and its "Constitution" is not even worth the paper it is printed on. That Constitution is simply words and has nothing whatsoever to do with rebuilding all the structures; buildings destroyed by the ethnic ALbanians.

it is a shame that annual days like this only receive two comments... arrogant pilots uncontrolled, and unaccountable to anyone.
memories eternal,

how come k-usa and the rest of the gang never have anything to comment on articles such as these?

Joe, I'd really enjoy a lesson on your interpretation of the democratic values that still thrive in modern democratic representative governments.
As I too live in one, I have seen that my individual voice is not heard much of the time. I get my chance one a cycle to vote. Then my votes are abstracted away from me. My representative is the one voting for me. Furthermore to remove our systems from any such resemblance of democracy, my representative is strongly discouraged to vote against the will of the party, regardless of how my representative feels, or how my representative’s constituency feels. I choose not to go to war. An overwhelming percentage of my co-citizens choose not to war, yet I find that my national soldiers are waging a war, many wars far from home. I did not vote to bail out my illustrious banks just so that I could pay, through my taxes to fix problems that I did not create, nor did I have any input on how such problems could be solved. Once again, all of these decisions, choices that will affect me and my family for years to come, were taken away from me and my neighboring citizens. We are the bedrock of 'democracy' yet we are the ignored, muzzled and belittled. Our 'democratic' governments walk around with an air of royalty about them. They care not for the plight of persons like me and the remaining 95+% of the people. They care for themselves, their guaranteed social security plans, their power. They care for those fancy dinners that they get to enjoy. Our leaders do what they want, without democracy anywhere near them. Our media has long ago been visibly bought and sold by corporations looking to make more profit. Our news is as filtered as is North Korea's news. Our national security is shades of grey of Stalin's approach.
Freedom of the people is the myth that we've all been made to swallow. Some of us smile while swallowing this garbage, and Joe, others of us know what it is that we're eating and do not like it at all. The veil is long ago come off for some of us.
Please again, enlighten me on exactly how such nefarious states are truely different than our (yours or mine, or any of these so-called democratic nations) are? I don't wish to read a pamphlet from your local pro-democacy shop. Give me cases where one cannot find a simple counter example, or demonstrate similar behavior elsewhere among the 'non-democratic' world.
The question is would you rather know your evil, or remain oblivious to it?

RE: NATO War Crimes

Deliberate Terrors Attacks on Civilians

During the first month of the war on Yugoslavia, the NATO planes and cruise missile made over 10,000 attacks. More than 2500 cruise missiles were launched and over 7,000
tons of explosives were dropped. The following list is based on information provided by the Yugoslavian Foreign Ministry.


About 1,000 civilians, including 45 children (Click here for photos of children injured in NATO attack on a tourist bus near Pristina, Kosovo), were killed and more than
4,500 sustained serious injuries e.g.:
- in Kursumlija: 13 dead and 25 wounded;
- in Panevo: 2 dead and 4 wounded;
- in Kragujevac: over 120 workers were wounded during an attack on the car
factory "Zastava";
- in Vranje: two dead and 23 wounded;
- in Aleksinac: 12 dead and more than 40 wounded;
- in Nagavac village, Orahovac municipality: 11 dead and 5 wounded;
- in Pristina: 10 dead and 8 wounded;
- Grdelicka gorge: 55 killed and 16 wounded;
- attack on two refugee columns, with four cruise missiles, on the
Djakovica-Prizren road: 75 killed and 100 wounded, of whom 26 critically;
- in the village of Srbica: 10 killed, among whom 7 children;
- Belgrade suburb of Batajnica: a three year old girl Milica Rakic was
killed, and five civilians wounded.
- in Nis: in the attack on housing flats one civilian was killed while 11
wounded;
- in Pristina: in the attack on a Provisional Executive Council building
in the suburb Grmija, one civilian was killed while 2 wounded;
- in Djakovica: in the attack on a refugee settlement housing Serb
refugees from the Republika Srpska Krajina (Croatia), 10 refugees were
killed and 16 wounded;
- in Belgrade: in the attack on the Radio Television of Serbia office
building, 15 employees have been killed and 17 wounded;


After the demolition of the Petrovaradin bridge, Novi Sad and Petrovaradin
were cut of water supply (600 000 citizens) since the main and city
pipeline was constructed into the bridge. About one million citizens, according to Yugoslav sources, are short of water. About 500 000 workers became jobless due to the total destruction of industrial facilities all around the country. Two million citizens have no means for living and cannot ensure the minimum for existence.
Overall material damage is enormous. Preliminary estimates indicate that NATO
air strikes have incurred damages in excess of 10 billion dollars. In the
territory of the northern province of Vojvodina alone, damages have been
estimated in excess of 3,5 billion dollars.

T R A F F I C

The road and railway networks, especially road and rail bridges, most of
which were destroyed or damaged beyond repair, suffered extensive
destruction. The targets of attacks were such communications as:

1. BRIDGES (18 DESTROYED AND 12 DAMAGED):

(a) Destoyed (20)
1. The Varadin Bridge over the Danube (on 1 April 1999);
2. The "Sloboda" (Freedom) Bridge over the Danube (on 4 April 1999);
3. The "Zezeljov" Bridge in Novi Sad (on 5 April 1999);
4. The bridge over the Ibar river, Biljanovac municipality (on 5 - 13
April 1999);
5. The bridge over the Vrba.ka river near Jezgrovic (on 5 April 1999);
6. The "Lozno" railway bridge near Usfe (on 5 April 1999);
7. The road bridge on the road leading to Brvenik, near Usce (on 5 April
1999);
8. The bridge near Zubin Potok, on the Kosovska Mitrovica - Ribarice road
(on 5 April 1999);
9. The old bridge on the river Rasina near the town of Krusevac (12-13
April 1999);
10. The new bridge on the river Rasina near the town of Krusevac (12-13
April 1999);
11. The Krusevac-Pojate bridge on the river Zapadna Morava, at the village
of Jasika (on 13 April 1999);
12. The railway bridge on the river Lim, between Priboj and Prijepolje,
near hydroelectric power station Bistrica (on 15 April 1999);
13. The bridge on the river Ibar, at the village of Brvenik, linking
Korlace and Raska (15.04.1999.);
14. The bridge between Smederevo and Kovin (16 April 1999);
15. The railway bridge on the river Kostajnica, near Kursumlija
(18.04.1999.);
16. The bridge over the regional Kursumlija - Prokuplje road;
17. The bridge over the river Vrapcevska Reka near the village of
Ribarice, from the direction of Kosovska Mitrovica;
18. The bridge over the railway track on the regional road Biljanovac -
Mt. Kopaonik;
19. The railway bridge near the village of Rudnica in the vicinity of
Raska, on the Kraljevo - Kosovo Polje railway line;
20. The bridge over the Danube along the Beograd-Novi Sad road, near
Beska, Indjija municipality (on 21 April 1999);

(b) Damaged (12)
1. The "Mladosti" (Youth) Bridge over the Danube, connecting Backa Palanka
with Ilok, was damaged (on 4 April 1999);
2. The new railway/road bridge over the Danube connecting Bogojevo and
Erdut was damaged (on 5 April 1999);
3. The road bridge along the Magura Belafevac road, 15 kilometres from
Pristina, suffered extensive damage;
4. The bridge along the Nis-Pristina primary road, near Kursumlija, was
extensivelly damageg (on 5 April 1999);
5. The Grdelica gorge railway bridge, on the river Juzna Morava, was
damaged (on 12 April 1999);
6. The Grdelica gorge road bridge, on the river Juzna Morava, was damaged
(on 12 April 1999);
7. The road bridge over the Kosanica river near Kursumlija was damaged (on
13 April 1999);
8. The road bridge on the river Toplica, on the Nis-Pristina road near the
town of Kursumlija, was heavily damaged (14 and 19 April 1999);
9. The bridge on the river Kosanica, at the village of Selo Visoko, has
sustained heavy damages and is out of service 18.04.1999.);
10. The road bridge "Raskrsnica" near Donja Bistrica, on the route Priboj -
Prijepolje - Nova Varos, has sustained heavy damages (20 April 1999);
11. The railway bridge on the river Sava near Ostruznica, has been heavily
damaged (21, 23 April 1999);
12. The railway bridge on the Kraljevo - Raska railway line, near
Kraljevo, has been heavily damaged (23 April 1999);

2. RAILWAYS RAILWAY STATIONS (16):
1. The Kraljevo - Kosovo Polje rail, near Ibarska Slatina;
2. The Belgrade - Bar rail, due to the destruction of the railway track
near the village of Strbce and destruction of the bridge on the river Lim,
between Priboj and Prijepolje;
3. The Kursumlija - Prokuplje rail, near Pepeljevac village;
4. The Kraljevo - Kosovo Polje rail, near Ibarska Slatina;
5. The Nis - Pristina rail, near Kursumlija;
6. "Sarpelj" tunnel, near Jerinje village, 15 km north of Leposavic
towards Raska, was destroyed;
7. Railway station in Kraljevo (Bogutovac);
8. Railway station in Kosovo Polje;
9. The Belgrade - Thessaloniki rail, due to the destruction of the bridge
in the Grdelica gorge;
10. Railway station in the town of Biljanovac;
11. Railway track and overpass (Josinacka Banja) near the town of
Biljanovac;
12. Railway track Kursumlija - Podujevo, due to damages on the railway
bridge at Kursumlija; 13. Railway track Kraljevo - Kragujevac, due to
damages to the section of the track near the village of Vitanovac;
14. Railway track Uzice - Priboj:
15. Railway track Bogojevo - Vukovar;
16. Railway Track Leskovac - Predejane;

3. ROADS AND TRANSPORTERS (6 MAJOR ROADS):
1. Ibarska primary road, due to damages to the bridge on the Ibar river,
Biljanovac municipality, and destruction of the road between Pozega and
Cacak;
2. Belgrade-Zagreb highway, near Stari Banovci;
3. Traffic suspended on the Kosovska Mitrovica-Ribarici section of the
Adriatic highway due to the destruction of the bridge over the Vrbacka
river;
4. "Jedinstvo" bus station in Vranje sustained extensive damage;
5. "Kosmet Prevoz" transporter in Gnjilane (a hangar full of new buses);
6. Kraljevo-Raska primary road;
7. Bus station in Pristina;
8. Traffic has been suspended on the Krusevac-Pojate road due to the
destruction of the bridge on the Zapadna Morava, in the village of Jasika;
9. Traffic has been suspended on the Nis-Pristina road, due to the fact
that the bridge on the river Toplica, near the town of Kursumlija, has
sustained heavy damage;
10. Traffic has been suspedned on the regional road Priboj - Prijepolje -
Nova Varos, due to damages inflicted on the bridge "Raskrsnica" near Donja
Bistrica;
11. Road maintenance company "Magistrala" in Pristina;
12. The Nis Central Bus Station;
13. The Pristina Bus Station;

4. AIRPORTS (7):
- "Slatina" in Pristina; "Batajnica" and "Surcin" in Belgrade; Nis
airport; "Ponikve" in Uzice; "Golubovac" in Podgorica, "Ladjevci" airport
near Kraljevo; agricultural and sports airfield in Sombor.

ECONOMIC AND CIVILIAN TARGETS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

The air strikes have so far destroyed or damaged several thousand economic facilities and dwellings. In the Leskovac region alone, over 3,500 industrial facilities and
dwellings were either destroyed or damaged. The devastation is particularly bad in Pristina, Novi Sad, Aleksinac, Djakovica, Prokuplje, Gracanica, Cuprija, etc. Housing
blocks on the outskirts of Belgrade - Kijevo Knezevac, Batajnica, Jakovo, Borca, as well as the area around Pancevo have been under attack.

1. INDUSTRY AND TRADE:
The NATO attacks have targeted the factories and industrial
facilities which directly cater for the needs of the population, among
which are:

1. "Galenika" drug factory in Belgrade;
2. Industrial complex "Dvadeset Prvi Maj" in Rakovica;
3. Machine building plant "Industrija Motora Rakovica" in Rakovica;
4. Factory "Jugostroj" in Rakovica;
5. Factory "Frigostroj" in Rakovica;
6. "Lola Utva" agricultural aircraft factory in Pancevo;
7. "Zdravlje" pharmaceutical plant in Leskovac;
8. "Sloboda" white goods factory in Cacak;
9. "Din" tobacco industry in Nis;
10. "Elektronska industrija" factory in Nis;
11. "Jastrebac" machine industry in Nis;
12. Facilities of the "Beograd" rail company in Nis;
13. Construction material depot "Ogrev Invest" in Nis;
14. General merchandise depot "Kopaonik" in Nis;
15. Production line of the tobacco factory "Nis" in Nis;
16. "Elektrotehna" warehouse in Nis;
17. Food storage facility "Fidelinka" in Nis;
18. Facilities of the machine industry in Nis;
19. Office building of the company "So Produkt" in Nis;
20. Facilities of the pharmaceutical company "Velafarm" in Nis;
21. "Zastava" car factory in Kragujevac;
22. "14 Oktobar" machine factory in Krusevac;
23. Production line of the metal factory "Metalac" in Kursumlija;
24. "Krusik" holding corporation in Valjevo;
25. "Ciklonizacija" in Novi Sad;
26. "Tehnogas" in Novi Sad;
27. "Novograp" in Novi Sad;
28. "Gumins" in Novi Sad;
29. "Albus" in Novi Sad;
30. "Petar Drapsin" in Novi Sad;
31. "Motins" in Novi Sad;
32. "Izolacija" in Novi Sad;
33. "Novokabel" in Novi Sad;
34. "Istra" fittings factory in Kula;
35. The port of Bogojevo;
36. "Div" cigarette factory in Vranje;
37. "Nova Jugoslavija" printers in Vranje;
38. Furniture factor "Simpo" in Vranje;
39. Textile industry "Jumko" in Vranje;
40. Wood-processing complex "27. November" in Raska;
41. Tubes factory in Urosevac;
42. "Milan Blagojevic" chemical plant in Lucani;
43. Plastics factory in Pristina;
44. Cotton yarn factory in Pristina;
45. Shock-absorber factory in Pristina;
46. Surface coal mine "Belacevac";
47. "Binacka Morava" hydro construction company in Gnjilane;
48. Cigarette factory in Gnjilane;
49. Battery factory in Gnjilane:
50. Over 250 commercial and crafts shops in Djakovica were destroyed;
51. "Dijana" shoe factory in Sremska Mitrovica;

2. REFINERIES AND WAREHOUSES storing liquid raw materials and chemicals
intended for the oil and chemical industry, were hit in Pancevo, Novi Sad,
Sombor and elsewhere, causing large contamination of soil and the air:
1. Fuel storage in Lipovica, which caused a great fire in the Lipovica
forest (on 26 March 1999);
2. "Beopetrol" storage in Belgrade (on 4 April 1999);
3. "Beopetrol" storage in Bogutovac (4-24 April 1999);
4. Fuel storage of the boiler plant in Novi Beograd (on 4 April 1999);
5. Chemical plant "Prva Iskra" in Baric - destruction of the production
line (19 April 1999);
6. Oil Refinery in Pancevo - totally demolished (4-16 April 1999);
7. Petrochemical industry "DP HIP PETROHEMIJA" in Pancevo - totally
demolished (14-15 April 1999);
8. Fertilizer plant "DP HIP AZOTARA" in Pancevo - totally destroyed (14-15
April 1999);
9. "Jugopetrol" installations in Smederevo (on 4-13 April 1999);
10. Thermo electric power station/boiler plant in Novi Sad (on 5 April
1999);
11. Oil Refinery in Novi Sad, storage of bitumen (5 and 6 April 1999);
12. "Jugopetrol" storage in Sombor (on 7 April 1999);
13. Fuel storage "Naftagas promet" which is located 10 km from Sombor (5
April 1999);
14. Naftagas warehouse between Conoplje and Kljaicevo (Sombor);
15. "Beopetrol" fuel storage in Pristina (on 7 April 1999);
16 Jugopetrol warehouse in Pristina (on 12 April 1999);
17. Jugopetrol petrol station in Pristina ( on 13 April 1999);
18. Fuel depot in Gruua, near Kragujevac;

3. AGRICULTURE:
1. PIK "Kopaonik" in Kursumlija;
2. PIK "Mladost" in Gnjilane;
3. Agricultural Complex "Malizgan" in Dolac;
4. Agricultural Complex "Djuro Strugar" in Kula;
5. Agricultural and food-processing plant and a cow-breeding farm with 220
milk cows "Pester", in Sjenica, has been destroyed;
6. In forest fires caused by NATO cruise missiles and bombs over 250
hectares of forests have been burned down;
7. Several thousand hectares of fertile land, many rivers, lakes and
underground waters have been polluted due to the spillage of petrochemical
substances, oil spills and slicks;

4. HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE CENTRES (21):
NATO aviation also targeted many hospitals and health-care institutions,
which have been partially damaged or totally destroyed, including:

- Neuropsychiatric Ward "Dr. Laza Lazarevic" and Central Pharmacy of the
Emergency Centre in Belgrade;
- "Sveti Sava" hospital in Belgrade;
- Army Medical Academy in Belgrade;
- Gynaecological Hospital and Maternity Ward of the Clinical Centre in
Belgrade;
- Health Care Centre in Rakovica;
- Hospital and Medical Centre in the territory in Leskovac;
- Gerontological Centre in Leskovac;
- Hospital and Poly-clinic in Nis;
- General Hospital in Djakovica;
- City Hospital in Novi Sad;
- Medical Centre and Ambulance Centre in Aleksinac;
- Medical Centre in Kraljevo;
- Dispensary on Mount Zlatibor;
- City hospital in Valjevo;
- Dispensary "Krusik" in Valjevo;
- Hospital for treatment of dystrophia in Novi Pazar;
- Health Care Centre in Kursumlija;



5. SCHOOLS (MORE THAN 200 FACILITIES)
Over 2000 schools, faculties and facilities for students and children were
damaged or destroyed (over 25 faculties, 10 collages, 45 secondary and 90
elementary schools, 8 student dormitories, as well as a number of
kindergartens), including:
- Elementary schools "16. oktobar" and "Vladimir Rolovic" in Belgrade;
- Day-care centre in settlement Petlovo Brdo in Belgrade;
- Elementary school and Engineering secondary school centre in Rakovica;
- Two secondary schools in the territory of Nis;
- Faculty for construction and architecture in Nis;
- Faculty for machine-technical studies in Nis;
- Faculty for electro-technical studies in Nis;
- Faculties of Law and Economics and elementary school "Radoje Domanovic"
in Nis;
- Elementary schools "Toza Markovic", "Djordje Natosevic", "Veljko
Vlahovic", "Sangaj" and "Djuro Danicic" and a day-care centre "Duga" in
Novi Sad and creches in Visarionova Street and in the neighbourhood of
Sangaj; Traffic School Centre, Faculty of Philosophy;
- Four elementary schools and a Medical high school in the territory of
Leskovac;
- Elementary school in Lucane, as well as a larger number of education
facilities in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija;
- Elementary schools in Kraljevo and the villages of Cvetka, Aketa and
Ladjevci;
- In Sombor: elementary schools "Ivo Lola Ribar", "A. Mrazovic", "N.
Vukicevic" and
"Nikola Tesla"
- School centre in Kula;
- Agricultural school in Valjevo;

6. PUBLIC AND HOUSING FACILITIES (TENS OF THOUSANDS)
- The residence of the President of the FR of Yugoslvia in Belgrade,
sustained heavy damages (22 April 1999);
- Severe damage to the facilities of the Republican and Federal Ministry
of the Interior in Belgrade (3 April 1999),
- Damage to the building of the Institute for Security of the Ministry of
the Interior in Banjica (3 April 1999);
- Severe damage to the TV RTS studio in Pristina;
- Heavy damage to Hydro-Meteorological Station (Bukulja, near
Arandjelovac);
- Post Office in Pristina destroyed (7 April 1999);
- Refugee centre in Pristina destroyed (7 April 1999);
- "Tornik" ski resort on Mount Zlatibor (on 8 April 1999);
- "Divcibare" mountain resort (on 11 April 1999);
- "Baciste" Hotel on Mount Kopaonik (on 12 April 1999);
- City power plant in the town of Krusevac (12-13 April 1999);
- Meteorological Station on Mount Kopaonik damaged (on 13 April 1999);
- Four libraries in Rakovica sustained heavy damage: "Radoje Dakic",
"Isidora Sekulic", "Milos Crnjanski" and "Dusan Matic";
- Refugee camp "7 juli" in Paracin has sustained heavy damage;
- Office building of the Provincial Executive Council of Vojvodina, Novi
Sad (18.04.1999.);
- Hotel "Mineral" in Bogutovacka Banja sustained heavy damages (19 Aptil
1999);
- Office building of the power distribution board "Elektrodistribucija" in
Kursumlija (20 April 1999);
- Hotel "Putnik" on Mt. Kopaonik;
- Bussiness centre "Usce" in Belgrade (21 April 1999);
- Refugee camp "Majino naselje" in Djakovica (21 April 1999);
- Radio Television of Serbia office building in Belgrade (23 April 1999);
- Youth and children centre in Belgrade (23 April 1999);
- Youth theater "Dusko Radovic" in Belgrade (23 April 1999);
- Post Office in Nis (23 April 1999);
- Several thousand housing facilities damaged or destroyed, privately or
State owned, across Yugoslavia - most striking examples being housing
blocks in downtown Aleksinac and those near Post Office in Pristina.

7. INFRASTRUCTURE:
- Damage to a power supply transmitted in Batajnica (26 March 1999);
- Damage to water supply system in Zemun (5 April 1999);
- Damage to a power supply transmitter in Bogutovac (10 April 1999);
- Telephone lines cut off in Bogutovac (10 April 1999);
- Damage to a power station in Pristina (12 April 1999);
- Damage to Bistrica hydroelectric power station in Polinje (13 April 1999);
- Damage to electric power transmission lines and distribution network in
the zone under air stikes by NATO enemy aircraft;
- Destruction of power supply transmitters in Belgrade suburbs of Resnik
and Zemun Polje (23 April 1999);

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

TV TRANSMITTERS (23):
1. Jastrebac (Prokuplje)
2. Gucevo (Loznica)
3. Cot (Fruska Gora)
4. Grmija (Pristina)
5. Bogutovac (Pristina)
6. TV transmitter on Mt Goles (Pristina)
7. Mokra Gora (Pristina)
8. Kutlovac (Stari Trg)
9. "Cigota" (Uzice)
10. "Tornik" (Uzice)
11. Transmitter on Crni Vrh (Jagodina)
12. Satellite station "Yugoslavia" (in Prilike near Ivanjica)
13. TV masts and transmitters (Novi Sad)
14. TV transmitter on Mt Ovcara (Cacak)
15. TV transmitter in Kijevo (Belgrade)
16. TV transmitter on Mt Cer
17. Relay on Mt Jagodnji (Krupanj)
18. TV transmitter "Iriski Venac" (Fruska Gora)
19. TV relay on Mt. Bukulja;
20. Transmitter in Gazimestan (Pristina);
21. RTV transmitter in Krnjaca (Belgrade);
22. RTV transmitter on Mt. Gobelj (Mt. Kopaonik);
23. RTV transmitter on top of the business centre "Usce" used by RTV
Kosava, RTV Pink, SOS channel, TV BK and Radio S (Belgrade);

CULTURAL-HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
AND RELIGIOUS SHRINES

MEDIEVAL MONASTERIES AND RELIGIOUS SHRINES (18):
1. Monastery Gracanica from 14th century (24 March - 6 April 1999);
2. Monastery Rakovica from 17th century (29 March 1999);
3. Patriarchate of Pec (1 April 1999);
4. Church in Jelasnica near Surdulica (4 April 1999);
5. Monastery of the Church of St. Juraj (built in 1714) in Petrovaradin (1
April 1999);
6. Monastery of Holy Mother (12th century) at the estuary of the Kosanica
in the Toplica - territory of municipality of Kursumlija (4 April 1999);
7. Monastery of St. Nicholas (12th century) in the territory of the
municipality of Kursumlija (4 April 1999);
8. Monastery of St. Archangel Gabriel in Zemun (5 April 1999);
9. Roman Catholic Church St. Antonio in Djakovica (29 March 1999);
10. Orthodox cemetery in Gnjilane (30 March 1999);
11. Monuments destroyed in Bogutovac (8 April 1999);
12. "Kadinjaca" memorial complex (8 April 1999);
13. Vojlovica monastery near Pancevo (12 April 1999);
14. Hopovo monastery, iconostasis damaged (12 April 1999);
15. Orthodox Christian cemetery in Pristina (12 April 1999);
16. Monastery church St, Archangel Michael in Rakovica (16 April 1999);
17. Orthodox church St. Marco in Belgrade (24 April 1999);
18. Russian Orthodox church Holly Trinity in Belgrade (24 April 1999);

CULTURAL-HISTORICAL MONUMENTS AND MUSEUMS (9):
1. Severe damage to the roof structure of the Fortress of Petrovaradin (1
April 1999);
2. Heavy damage to "Tabacki bridge", four centuries old, in Djakovica (5
April 1999);
3. Substantial damage to the building in Stara Carsija (Old street) in
Djakovica (5 April 1999);
4. Destroyed archives housed in one of the Government buildings in
Belgrade (3 April 1999);
5. Memorial complex in Gucevo (Loznica);
6. Memorial complex "Sumarice" in Kragujevac;
7. Vojvodina Museum in Novi Sad;
8. Old Military Barracks in Kragujevac - under the protection of the state
(16 April 1999);
9. Memorial complex Crveni Krst in Nis (21 April 1999);

John:
"There is NOTHING to defend here because it was an ACCIDENT! Unlike the horrible crimes Serbs committed in the entire Balkans, DELIBERATELY !!!"


What a strange comment, even if I agree with much of what you say later about the general responsibility of Serbian nationalism for the crimes of the 1990s. Why is it that people on different sides have to react in such a tribal fashion. On this post I have ticked “recommend” to nearly every post of posters I usually disagree with. A horrific war crime is a horrific war crime, regardless of who carried it out. It certainly was a very strange “accident” as you seem to be so sure about, like so many other “accidents” during that war: a passenger train, in full sight, going over a bridge over a ravine – look at the picture for christs sake – in the south of Serbia itself, looks a bit like … a Serbian tank attacking a village in Kosova, right? I guess that’s what the Nis hospital car park looked like too. I guess Milosevic was firing rockets out of that hospital into Kosova.

These were all appalling war crimes. I recommend people get out of their tribal thinking, it is quite possible to believe that Belgrade was conducting a monstrous war against the peoples of the Balkans through 1991-95 and then 1998-99 but to at the same time condemn other monstrous wars, like that of NATO. It is called consistency. War is always the worst choice, it always leads to barbarism, as in this infamous example. I can’t blame the Albanians, suffering under a terror that many Serbs on this list are in denial about, for wanting NATO in, but I can respectfully disagree with their choice, recognizing that a superpower that violently throws its weight around throughout the world with never a thought for human rights did not come into the Balkans for that reason either, but for its own reasons, which may have coincided temporarily with legitimate grievances against Milosevic in the region. Recognising that, I don’t expect their intervention to do much good. Did it? It smashed up innocent Serb civilians and meanwhile Serbia’s tanks had free rein in Kosova to drive out afr more Albanians than they had got away outside the atmosphere created by NATO’s war.

The Albanians who lost thousands in Milosevic’s terror will not be moved by any of this, like I said I don’t blame them, but at least have the humanity to recognize the terror imposed on others as a price for what you might think was your liberation and be good enough to show some respect and not swing around bullshit about “accidents” etc. RIP to the victims of this monstrous deliberate crime.

John, well said. Congratulations!!At least your comment went through. Three of my comments as responses were censured.

Why do some naive people feed a known eTroll who appears every time there is a tragedy?

RIP to victims, I am pretty familiar with the case. I suggest we collect some few Dinars for the U.S. Embassy - they obviously have no money to buy flowers and visit the memorial. Hope, we can help them out.

A big mistake is to feed trolls, wild hamsters and ill hedgehogs. Ignore them if vets can't help.

A big mistake is to feed trolls, wild hamsters and ill hedgehogs. Ignore them if vets can't help.
(Harapcsi Hörcsi, 13 April 2010 00:26)

Especially not those from Hitler/Stalin-Zeit!

A big mistake is to feed trolls, wild hamsters and ill hedgehogs. Ignore them if vets can't help.
(Harapcsi Hörcsi, 13 April 2010 00:26)

Especially not those from Hitler/Stalin-Zeit!
(D. Popovic, 13 April 2010 16:33)

It's not the worst part of it. The problem is, once fed - the cup of ayran sticks to the nose, poor thing can't see and running in circles. Besides, Mr. Ježko is lactose-sensitive and ayran is not the best food for him.