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Are there cases when the USA military should intervene when a nuclear power is doing something bad?
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A bit of history told by Jeffrey Sachs
#1991/02/09 #Poland #NATO #Serbia #Belgorade #Ukraine #9-11 #Afghanistan #ABM #Irak #Ukraine #2009 #INF #Regimechange #2022 #peace-offer #neutrality #Boris's & #Biden's no #fight to the last man #war-games #China #Taiwan #nuclear-war-games
NATO bombed #Yugoslavia 25 years ago
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'They #poisoned our #land, #water, and #air': Serbs hold NATO responsible for depleted uranium pollution
"NATO must pay compensation,” Serbian lawyer Srdjan Aleksic told Sputnik. “By #bombing #Serbia and the Republic of Srpska with #depleted #uranium ( #DU) shells, despite knowing DU's long-term effects—such as its half-life of 4.5 billion years—the alliance poisoned our land, water, and air. Depleted uranium entered the #food chain."
The North Atlantic Alliance deployed DU weapons during the war in #Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in 1995, and then again during the aggression against Yugoslavia in 1999.
In September 1995, NATO forces had fired off 4.5 #tons of DU penetrators in the territory of BiH, according to the Commission of Inquiry into the Consequences of the Use of Depleted Uranium.
The Serbian Ministry of Defense said the Western military bloc dropped 15 tons of DU munitions on Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999.
Aleksic follows in the footsteps of his Italian counterpart, Angelo Tartaglia, who won more than 300 cases for Italian soldiers who served in the NATO KFOR mission in #Kosovo and later fell ill or died of cancer.
"Currently, 35 lawsuits against NATO have been filed in courts in Belgrade, Nis and other cities in Serbia,” Aleksic said. “50 biopsy results of Serbian military and police officers who served in Kosovo and were diagnosed with cancer have been sent to Italian laboratories."
Aleksic called on residents of the Republic of Srpska (part of BiH) suffering from cancer to establish a causal link between their condition and the bombing with depleted uranium shells.
"The biopsy results show the presence of heavy metals and depleted uranium, which is 100 percent proof that we are right," he stressed.
https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1833981382667968578
NATO bombed a capital of Europe for 78 days to break Serbia and create Kosovo with largest #military base in #Europe - Jeffrey Sachs to Tucker Carlson
- Wasnt it to save Muslims in Kosovo?
- No, it was very much to save military industrial complex to have nice locations in Europe
https://x.com/runews/status/1815011882232594595
It seems that the interest in #peace is secondary. Greed for power and resources is more important. Therefore, there will be #war as long as the warmongers face no real resistance and are strong enough to stir up trouble.
Leading US diplomats, led by the great stateman-scholar George Kennan, warned at the time that the NATO enlargement would lead to disaster: “The view, bluntly stated, is that expanding #NATO would be the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-cold-war era.” So, it has proved.
Here is not the place to revisit all of the foreign policy disasters that have resulted from US arrogance towards #Russia, but it suffices here to mention a brief and partial chronology of key events. In 1999, NATO bombed #Belgrade for 78 days with the goal of breaking #Serbia apart and giving rise to an independent #Kosovo, now home to a major NATO base in the #Balkans. In 2002, the US unilaterally withdrew from the #Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty over Russia’s strenuous objections. In 2003, the US and NATO allies repudiated the UN Security Council by going to war in #Iraq on false pretenses. In 2004, the US continued with NATO enlargement, this time to the Baltic States and countries in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria and Romania) and the Balkans. In 2008, over Russia’s urgent and strenuous objections, the US pledged to expand NATO to #Georgia and #Ukraine.
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#history #NATO #USA #US #europe #coldwar #Western #deepstate #warmongers #IMF #neocons #expansion #war against #soviet #economy #USSR #russian #Russia
It seems that the interest in #peace is secondary. Greed for power and resources is more important. Therefore, there will be #war as long as the warmongers face no real resistance and are strong enough to stir up trouble.
Leading US diplomats, led by the great stateman-scholar George Kennan, warned at the time that the NATO enlargement would lead to disaster: “The view, bluntly stated, is that expanding #NATO would be the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-cold-war era.” So, it has proved.
Here is not the place to revisit all of the foreign policy disasters that have resulted from US arrogance towards #Russia, but it suffices here to mention a brief and partial chronology of key events. In 1999, NATO bombed #Belgrade for 78 days with the goal of breaking #Serbia apart and giving rise to an independent #Kosovo, now home to a major NATO base in the #Balkans. In 2002, the US unilaterally withdrew from the #Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty over Russia’s strenuous objections. In 2003, the US and NATO allies repudiated the UN Security Council by going to war in #Iraq on false pretenses. In 2004, the US continued with NATO enlargement, this time to the Baltic States and countries in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria and Romania) and the Balkans. In 2008, over Russia’s urgent and strenuous objections, the US pledged to expand NATO to #Georgia and #Ukraine.
#UAE #Serbia #ArmsTrade #Palestinr #Israel #Genocide #Military #Weapons
Hong Kong Daily Press 1918-12-19
BULGARIAN BRUTALITY.
PRISON CAMP HORRORS.
[FROM G. Ward Price.]
The Serbian prisoners-of-war camp on
the outskirts of Sofia is terrible evidence
of that hatred between Bulgarian and
Serbian, which runs like a poison through
the whole system of the Balkans. A mile
from Sofia, near the main road to
Radomir, is a muddy compound about
three acres in extent, surrounded by barb-
ed wire. In this pen are 103,000 Serbians
of all ages, together with 600 Greek civi-
lians, carried off from Sepres and Druina,
a smaller body of Russians, and a detach-
ment of French. The French were lodged
in a few whitewashed mud-huts which the
compound contains. The greater major-
ity of the Serbians have lain out in the
open day and night, in wind and rain,
summer and winter, many of them for
three whole years of captivity, They have
had no blankets or protection of any
kind, and at night pack their wretched
bodies close together for warmth like a
herd of animals. Their food is 1lb., of
dark bread a day. Their so-called soup,
which they were preparing while I was
there, is just a cauldron of hot water,
with a dozen maize-pods in it. For drink-
ing and washing water in this enclosure
there is a solitary trickle from one small
tap. Thirsty men wait two hours to get
near it.
Ten Serbians had died during the night
before I went there. In the morning the
Bulgarians put their bodies into a cart
and carried them away. An hour later
the same cart returned bringing the day's
bread ration. When a man can no longer
stand, his friends carry him into one of
the verminous little huts. There he lies
until he is dead, and next morning the
bread cart carries his carcase away.
Three fresh bodies were on the ground
when I reached the camp at ten o'clock,
and I was taken to see the little earth-
floored cabin which with grim irony is
called the "hospital.” There were five
Serbians in it -four just frames of skin
and bone. The fifth man lay stretched
on his back on the bare ground. His eyes
were glazed and fixed. his breath came in
quick spasms, and flies were crawling
over his face. He looked as if he had
but a few more hours of suffering to live.
“Does no one come to do anything for
these people? Have you never seen a
Bulgarian medical officer here?" I asked.
"Never," was the emphatic. reply of a
Serbian and a Greek prisoner who spoke
French.
It must be allowed to count in favour
of Serbia that all her Bulgarian prisoners
whom one has seen on the roads behind
the Serbian front were fit, as well fed as
the Allied troops themselves, and any-
thing at all but overworked. No sooner
was the misceable condition of these Ser-
bian prisoners known than the British
Army authorities took steps to do all they
could for the survivors. Doctors and
medical comforts are already in Sofia to
repair. as far as may be the terrible
scandal that lies at the very door of the
Bulgarian Governments. — Daily Tele-
graph.
https://archive.org/details/NPDP19181219/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater
#ww1 #serbia #bulgaria #camps #pows #cuttings #dailytelegraph #hongkongdailypress ">
Despite calls by UN experts to halt arms supplies over potential violations of international law, an investigation reveals #Serbia's state-owned arms company exported millions of euros worth of weapons to Israel in recent months, coinciding with Israeli military cargo flights into Serbia. The arms transfers occurred amid and after a major escalation of violence in Gaza last October, prompting critics to accuse Serbia of being complicit in alleged Israeli war crimes and the mass killing of Palestinian civilians. While Serbia cites these deals as simply advancing bilateral ties with Israel, the sales raise ethical concerns about perpetuating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, flouting international laws, and potentially arming human rights abusers - bringing the unregulated global arms trade itself into question.
[…] But if the February flight earned Serbia half a million euros, two flights in March coincided with an arms deal worth 14 million euros, as Belgrade ignored widespread calls – including one on February 23 by a group of UN experts – for countries to halt the flow of weapons to Israel given the risk of them being used in violating international humanitarian law.
[…] The Serbian government has said nothing about the contents of the shipments, and Serbia's Ministry of Trade rejected a Freedom of Information request filed by BIRN to specify when the export permit was issued and what kind of weapons have been delivered, declaring the information "strictly confidential."
#IsraelWarCrimes #Serbia #WarCrime #Weapons
#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SaveTheChildren
#palestine #Israel #Politics #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow
Iconic.
♲ Ben Higbie - 2024-04-25 14:41:57 GMT
images of the Western City Gate, aka Genex Tower in Belgrade, Serbia, designed by Mihajlo Mitrović, completed in 1979 #architecture #art #arts #design #designing #brutalist #brutalism #europe #serbia #artlover #artlovers #travel #travels #traveling #traveler #travelers #inspiration #designs #arthistory
Following the Cold War’s ideological rift, East-West rivalry persists, fuelled by advances in AI, cybersecurity, telecommunications and biotechnology.Emergin...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #balkans #europe #latestnews #newsheadlines #science #serbia #talktoaljazeera #tech #technology
Jelena Begovic: Serbia’s tech rise in East vs West power struggle | Talk to Al Jazeera
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Protesters accuse President Aleksandar Vucic's ruling party of fraud and demand the December 17 election be annulled.#Elections #Europe #Serbia
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Serbia police fire tear gas as opposition backers demand election annulled
President Aleksandar Vucic condemns 'attempted violent takeover' amid protests over alleged election fraud.#Politics #Europe #Serbia
Serbia police fire tear gas as opposition backers demand election annulled
As questions about elections mount and protesters take to Belgrade's streets, the president faces a rare challenge.#Politics #Europe #Serbia
Analysis: Election ‘win’ for Serbia’s Vucic might yet backfire
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Serbia’s ruling SNS ahead in snap election, exit polls show
While President Aleksandar Vucic is not on the ballot, the contest is seen as a referendum on his government.#Elections #EuropeanUnion #Europe #Serbia
Voting begins in Serbian parliamentary elections
President Aleksandar Vucic announced December polls amid mounting political pressure from domestic critics and EU.#Elections #Politics #Europe #Serbia
Serbia to hold snap elections as president calls for country to be ‘united’
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Kosovo-Serbia tensions: Border police on high alert following attack
