24 March 1999: NATO launches bombing of Yugoslavia
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Now the war in Ukraine is known to everyone, but history is there to recall the past and possibly the mistakes that have occurred, but also for young people to learn from it. Today we will talk about the bombing of a Balkan country. Perhaps we too should reflect on what is happening in the world and not hope for saviors such as NATO and other alliances.
Yes, twenty-three years have passed since 24 March 1999, when NATO began its air strikes against Yugoslavia, following the latter's refusal to sign the agreement on the future of Kosovo.
The bombings lasted almost 3 months (so today's war could have lasted much longer, if we consider that our then neighboring country was literally bombed.) and were followed by a land invasion. It was the first attack in the Alliance's history on a sovereign state, following the misjudgments of Madeleine Albright who died a few hours ago. It is telling that in the midst of bombings, the Washington Post in a front-page report that Mrs. Albright misjudged Slobodan Milosevic's intentions.
The newspaper called the bombings "Mrs. Albright's war" and argued that both the foreign minister and her most important advisers mistakenly estimated that Yugoslavia's president would back down. This belief of Albright, pushed America and NATO to proceed with the military offensive against Yugoslavia, without first having made preparations for a possible resistance of the Serbian side.
During the bombings, according to the international human rights advocacy organization Human Rights Watch, some 500 civilians were killed in 90 different incidents, while NATO was accused of violating international law.
Belgrade, for its part, reported 5,000 civilians killed during the 78 - day air operations. 30% of the victims were children, while children were also 40% of the injured. The NATO bombs destroyed 480 educational institutions, while UNICEF estimated that 50% of schools in Kosovo were destroyed.
NATO itself has never officially released details of civilian casualties.
The U.S. Pentagon, however, admitted that there were "20 to 30 cases of mistakes", caused as a result of the bombings.
In an interview in 2005, on the website of Serbian Radio-Television (RTS), the building of which was bombed on April 23, 1999, resulting in the deaths of 16 workers, the thinker Noam Chomski noted that the real purpose of the war had nothing to do with US concern about the Kosovar Albanians.
The video doesn't have the best resolution, considering that we're talking about 20 years ago. Back then there was no fake news and the war of "impressed" ...
"The intervention was made because Serbia was not following the required social and economic reforms, which means that it was the last corner of Europe had not subjugated itself to the US-led neoliberal programmes, so it had to be eliminated."
The bombings continued until an agreement was reached, which led to the withdrawal of the Yugoslav armed forces from Kosovo and the creation of the United Nations Interim Administration In Kosovo (UNMIK), a UN peacekeeping mission in the region.
The material damage suffered by Yugoslavia was estimated at USD 29.6 billion. The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was the largest military operation in Europe since The Second World War. All NATO countries participated in the bombings, except Greece, Iceland and Luxembourg. In addition, all of Yugoslavia's neighbouring countries, which were not yet members of NATO, ceded their territory and airspace to the forces of the North Atlantic Alliance.
Kosovo, in February 2008, declared its independence and to date has been recognised as an independent state by 108 UN member states (we can all think reason of it, but i will not mention anything, because some people will insist that "propaganda" is taking place).
It is noted that in recent days in Serbia, there have been demonstrations against NATO and in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Comments
As long as the US makes an act of war it is for peace and for the Greater Good.
As long as anyone else does something similiar, whole world condems their Nation and they are labeled as war criminals by the war criminals.
You read this?
This article is pretty poorly written.
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NATO should teach you how to type in english gospodine herr "Croatien"
how dos your comment has anything to do with serbs making genocides in vukovar and srebrenica or attacking all it neighbors and killing civilians
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Lying is not good and makes you look primitive herr "Croatien" your parents have failed you.
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Part of the disgraceful history of humanity
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lol dude, u need to zoom out...and find a girfriend/boyfriend
You should turn on your brain because it works in reserve.
sale, pisi mu bre na srpskom da razume 😃
Prijem!
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Доћи ће све на своје
странце заболи курко, мање више.
Свако своју муку мучи…
Nato nazzis
1999 and Yugoslavia? No.
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Vise bi odgovarala Monika al ajd sad.. xD
mmm, monika... 😃
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tema je kako je srbija u 8 godina izgubila 4 rata hehehe te bila natamburana od nata da je kapitulirala u manje od mjesec dana . TO JE TEMA hehehehee
@Ceg130205 Hteo sam opširnije da ti objasnim koja si ti bezosećajna kretenčina ali sam odustao. Geni su čudo a u tebi čuće geni mostruma ustaša. Verovatno bi se smajao kada bi rasparali stomak trudfnica i vadili nerođeno dete. Ili se smejao srbosjeku, ustaškom izumu za klanje Srba ili bacanju dece u jame i smejao krikovima preživelih.
pricas o vukovaru i srebrenici???
@Ceg130205 Ne. Tamo jesu činjeni zločini ali je neuporedivo sa monstruoznim i do tada neviđenim zločinima tvojih predaka u Jasenovcu, Gradiški, Pagu, Jadovnu. Jastrebarskom - logoru za decu... Ovaj tvoj glupav odgovor je tipičan za Titovu komunističku školu. Sve zločine izjednačiti ako može zabetonirati te jame. Tako je HDZ po drugi put ubio stradalnike u jamama, ovoga puta su im smetali njihove kosti. Moguće je da se ti time ponosiš i da se podmevaš. Ali to govori koliko si mizeran i biče nedostojno da se nazove čovekom.
vrlo rado pricam sa tobom o vukovaru i srebrenici i zlocinima srba po balkanu u zadnja 4 rata koje ste hvala bogu popusili i samo zahvaljujuci NATO i bombardiranju i samaranju srbije se sprijecilo srpsko divljanje i zlostavljanje svih naroda po balkanu. 1999 milijuni ljudi na balkanu su odahnuli i posast srbija je bacena u okove gdje joj je bilo mjesto, nazalost srpski zlocini iz tih ratova jos nisu kaznjeni al barem se vise netreba brinuti
Da li je moguće da jedan Hrvat priča o zlostavljanju nekog drugog naroda, ma koji to bio? Očigledno je da ima i takvih nakaradnih neljudi.
hvala NATOu na bombardiranju srbije i zaustavljanju srpskog divljastva po balkanu
txn NATO for stoping those Serbian monsters after making 4 wars with 4 different nations on Balkans in period of just 8 years ( war with Slovenien, Croatien, Kosovo, Bosnien) an countless maskers like Vukovar and Srebrenica.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_nigjJ4SVI
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hehehe probali ste kada nismo imali nista hehehe, jesmo vas nabubali. runda dva je gangbang mi sa jedne strane, albanci sa drugrr, kosovo sa trece te bosanci sa cetvrte, heheheh treba vojvodinu da se vrati nazad hrvatskoj cija je uvijek bila
novi pazar sam zaboravio i to treba da se albancima da jer vase nije . referendum kao na krimu i amen
jedan ustade i svi ustase 😉
aj sad paljba olujni olosi, da bog da vam sve pocrkalo sto imate 🙂
Prijem!
naucili smo vas u oluji kako se ratuje , vidim da je pamtis www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2dS3XKJOqU
tebi dabogda svi zivjeli sto godina i neka vas sve bog blagoslovi i oprosti vam sve gadosti sta ste nanijeli po hrvatskoj i bosni , neka vam se bog smiluje . prastam vam onih 8 godina izbjeglickog centra i bolest mojih najblizih. neka vas bog usmjeri na pravi put
kol'ko?
dugo cak i vise od 8 godina ako cemo iskreno, trebalo je zaradit novce i i skrpati kucu i stvorit existenciju nakon toga da ste nam sve porusili pokrali. i to vam prastam. molite se bogu jer bez molitve bozjega oprosta nema . neka vam se nesveti na djeci vec vama sudi, koji god netrezi od boga oprost neka bude suden
potomcima koljaca iz jasenovca je u genima da cine zlo srbima
pa nemoj da mi glumis ovde zrtvu 🙂
neka vam je teska crna zemlja bre batoooo
Prijem!
koji ti je vrag to sa Prijem!
Ču lika, ovamo diže spomenik NATO-u koji ih je spasao srpske agresije, a već u drugom pasusu piše kako su nas naučili ratovanju u Oluji... Pa je l' vas spasao NATO ili ste se sami spasili u Oluji, tom viteškom ratnom poduhvatu u kome su vam protivnici bili babe i dede, žene i deca?
Slavna hrvatska vojsko, pa zar ti je najveća pobeda u istoriji pobeda nad nenaoružanim babama i decom?
Vidim da imas problema sa razumljevanjem vrlo jednostavnih recenica i kontesksta istih .
Hrvati su vas natumbarali 95, Kosovo albanci 99. NATO je vas natukao 99 jer koliko ste ocajni bili da bi nakon 4 izgubljena rata vjerovatno napali jos jadnu makedoniju ili albance. Hrvatska vas je PODERALA U RATU . OLUJA je samo kruna tog rata. Sve ratove ste pogubili. NATO vas je samo nasamarao da vas probudi i vrati u realnost kao BJESNOG PSA koji nije svjestan da je bolestan . tako i vi i danas dan necete da priznate svoju ludost zlocine i vojnu nesposobnost
Da, da, svi ste nas poderali xD Sa babama i decom imate pozitivan skor, vrla hrvatska vojsko. Čestitam na tom umeću i hrabrosti. Treba imati hrabrosti ubijati bespomoćne matorce i decu pa otići Bogu na istinu. Mada imate vi iskustva sa tim još od Jasenovca.
hehehehe, koliko si ti zbunjen covjek i indoktriniran lazima. sve cetiri zadnja rata koje sta IZGUBILI su vodena na teritorijima drugih drzava. niti jedan JEDINI METAK NIJE ISPALJEN NA SRPSKOM TLU. nato vas je samarao manje od mjesec dana i pali ste bez prave borbe jer za borbu niste sposobni . neznate se borit. Pljackat, silovat, masakrirat po vukovaru srebrenici,.... to znate . Osjetili ste 20 dana rata na srpskom slu i vec ste se predali , to je srpska snaga i borba hehehehe. Mi smo taj teror imali 5 godina i pobjedili vas kao vojnici a ne padanjem vasih kuca i vaseg teritorija. manje od mjesec dana i kolaps hehehehe. da smo vas napali po mome bi pola srbije bez problema zauzeli. Vojvodinu sigurno hehehehee
@Starle
potomak koljaca iz jasenovca nam se malo zabunio 😃
@Ceg
koliko ono bese godina?
@Star
Ne znam uopste zasto sa koljacima dece ulazim u diskusiju, njima pomaze samo malj u glavu, sto bi rekao brat Chuma.
promasio si temu ti i tvoj multi. tema je srpka 4 izgubljeni rata u 8 godina po balkano, srpsko samoproglaseno herojstvo hehehehe i podvijanje repa nakon 20 dana bombardiranja i samaranja od NATOa hehehehe jad i bjeda ajde jad i bjeda
Ne, ne, tema je hrvatsko junastvo nad babama i decom, jedinima nad kojima ste ikad mogli da se junacite.
vid' ustase sto promenio plocu
prvo je hvatao na patetiku - kao pljackali ga srbi, unistavali mu zemlju, on jadan se jedva oporavio, jedva krenuo sve od nule, bilo tesko preziveti...
a sad kurcenje na max, hrvati nas nadbili, NATO nas nadbio, turci nas nadbili u srednjem veku...
kako je zabavno pricati sa olosem jasenovackih koljaca
Prijem!