NATO CRIME CHRONICLE

April 7, 1999

The NATO aviation made a terrible massacre of the civilians in the town Aleksinac, because of which this town and the whole of Serbia are now in mourning. Not a single military target was hit in this town, since there is no such target in it. Nothing is left of the town center. Is has been turned into rubbles, broken glass, and ashes, with cries lingering in the air above the bodies of those that were killed in this NATO attack.

Whole families were killed, houses were destroyed, as well as the shopping mall, some business buildings and two apartment buildings. The first missile struck the center of Aleksinac, its target being the local dispensary, the emergency ward and two neighboring houses and its tenants inside. The second and third missile demolished the shopping mall and the two apartment buildings. There had been 24 private houses in the street, which are now just piles of rubble. Whole families were killed, among them children.

The installations of the factory EMPA, which is located in the industrial zone of the town, have been severely demolished and the damage is huge.

For the first time the central areas of Serbia have been struck too. One missile hit the television transmitter on peak Crni Vrh, and others struck the transmitters on mountains Jastrebac, Kopaonik, Goleš, and Mokra Gora. NATO bombers also threw their bombs on the radio and television transmitter located on one of the peaks of Mt. Zlatibor damaging the houses in the village Stubla. The criminal NATO aviation again struck Niš, whereby two houses in the vicinity of the local airport have been leveled to the ground. In this attack our air defense neutralized two projectiles and shot down one enemy aircraft.

The town Vranje has been attacked for the second time, this time with five missiles. Many houses, firms and certain departments of the local hospital have been damaged in this attack, while several houses were completely destroyed. Three missiles were launched on the military barracks in Surdulica, severely damaging them and badly damaging the nearby houses and elementary school.

NATO also attacked Toplica and the town Kuršumlija with its suburbs, which have been the target of enemy projectiles for the third time. This time the NATO criminals targeted the bridge in Toplica, which is on the major communication and in the vicinity of the town, as well as the bridge on the railroad section Niš - Kosovo Polje. Both bridges are damaged and no traffic is allowed across them now. Eight projectiles were directed onto the northwest end of the town Prokuplje, destroying the main road Prokuplje - Kuršumlija, the railroad and the fuel depot. The NATO fascists also attacked communications in the village Vitanovac, near Kraljevo, and they launched three projectiles on the military barracks in the suburb Jarcujak, simultaneously damaging several houses.

They also operated in the area of the village Lozna, near the town Raška, whereby they damaged the railway bridge.

In the morning hours Pancevo was again the target of the bloodthirsty aggressors. This time the northern part of the town was targeted causing great damage since several houses and summer cottages were destroyed.

During the same night the towns in Kosovo and Metohija were struck too. The criminals launched more than 20 projectiles against Priština. One of the projectiles exploded over the village Brod, inhabited by the Goranci minority, where there are no military targets at all. Gnjilani and Pec were targeted too. One projectile, which luckily didn't explode, fell on the suburb of Kosovska Mitrovica.

The NATO aviation again struck the area around Belgrade, namely Pancevo, Borca, Zemun, Avala, Bezanijska Kosa, and Surcin. The air defense responded strongly to this attack of the aggressor.

The NATO criminals launched 23 projectiles onto the town Niš. Again they targeted both military and civilian targets in its industrial zone and in the southwest end of the town, inflicting severe damage. The airport has again been their target, but also the tobacco plant DIN and the part of the town where the university, high school and technical school are located. The southwest part of the town is severely damaged and there isn't a house that hasn't been struck. The factory Jastrebac, which produces pumps, the factories Globsignal and Skretnica, producing machines, the firm MIN, the warehouses of several major firms in the town, and some other objects have been damaged in this raid. The main coach station in Niš has been damaged too.

Cacak and its suburbs have again been the target of the NATO fascists. The factory Sloboda has been targeted for the fourth time while the chemical plant Milan Blagojevic, in Lucani, was targeted for the second time. It took the firefighters several hours to extinguish the fire that broke out, and there are fears that there have been casualties. Again the criminals attacked the Novi Sad refinery, trying to destroy what they hadn't managed in their previous attacks. This time they struck the Naftagas promet installations on the banks of the channel Danube-Tisa-Danube. The air defense struck several aircraft.

Strong detonations and air defense fire were heard in the central areas of the region Srem. Three projectiles hit the town Sremska Mitrovica. These projectiles fell within the military barracks grounds and the detonations damaged the nearby houses and injured some civilians in them. The air defense managed to shoot down a NATO plane.

Again the aggressor targeted the fuel depot near Sombor, where one projectile caused a huge fire. The powerful detonations damaged the houses in the outskirts of the town.

The Beopetrol fuel depot was hit during the air raid over Priština and the Priština airport in Slatina was again bombed. The criminals also struck the urban quarters of Priština, tearing down several buildings. The exact number of casualties is not known yet.

Five detonations were heard in the area of Podgorica and only civilian targets were hit, they being: the railroad Belgrade-Bar was destroyed on its section on the slopes of hill Smokvica, the aluminum plant was struck too as well as the Republic Seismology Institute, which is situated on the hill Ljubic. According to the explosions that were heard NATO most likely used cluster bombs.

The air defense shot down two fighter planes above Mt. Fruška Gora and two aircraft, which later landed in the region of Tetovo, were hit. One other aircraft was hit near Vucitrn, as well as two rescue helicopters that had gone for the pilots.

April 6, 1999

Enraged because their plans have gone wrong the NATO aggressor aviation plunged with full power on military, but even with greater power on civilian targets. Novi Sad was hit with 4 missiles; the town heating plant in the quarter Šangaj, which is located on the river Danube bank, was struck, as well as the Novi Sad refinery installations that produce bitumen. The missile explosions caused a horrific fire, and with great efforts an ecology catastrophe and the spreading of the fire onto the surrounding houses was prevented. People living within 100 km around this installation were coughing and choking from the thick black sticky smoke spreading into the environment.

The enemy aircraft also launched their missiles on the third bridge in Novi Sad, the concrete one, but their attempt to destroy this one too was futile.

In the night between 5th and 6th April several targets in the region of western Backa were also struck by the NATO fascists. The fuel depots of NIS Naftagas promet in the vicinity of the town Sombor were targeted for the second time. The bridge over the Danube between Bogojevo and Erdut was also destroyed, although at the time of the attack there was traffic on it.

In the evening hours Niš was attacked for the fourth time. Its airport was again targeted as well as the industrial zone. Three missiles were launched on the urban area of Aleksinac, on its streets with houses and shops. As a result of the explosions a fire broke out in which several citizens were injured, but it was put under control soon after.

The fascist criminals have no respect for God or for what is sacred to others. In their first raids the cemetery Lešce, in Belgrade, had been their target, while last night they hit the village cemetery Hajnovac. On Easter they also struck the 100 years old Albanian cemetery.

The enemy aviation also bombed Gucevo, a mountain above the towns Loznica and Banja Koviljaca.