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To: The Philosopher who wrote (47092)	7/25/1999 1:32:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Yes, it's too bad we attacked a madman who had instituted a policy of genocide against an entire people for their beliefs. What were we thinking of, anyway? In fact, what was all that commotion during WWII? Didn't Hitler have a "right" to rid himself of undesirables such as gypsies, homosexuals and jews? How dare the Allied Forces!! And, worse yet, how much pollution did the Allied Forces inflict on Western Europe and Northern Africa? (Not to mention the pollution of the North Atlantic and South Pacific.) And, hey? What about all that radioactive pollution we left in Japan? To bad we weren't in that war today -- we'd do the sensible thing and surrender so there would be little pollution of this Great Earth and make sure the owls and bunny rabbits were kept safe! Who cares if everyone west of the Mississippi paid homage to the Japanese Emperor and everyone east of the Mississippi all hailed der mighty fuhrer? At least we would have cut down on pollution!!!

To: The Philosopher who wrote (47092)	7/25/1999 5:09:00 PM
From: jbe	Respond to of 108807

Christopher, I am surprised you had such difficulty finding news reports on the environmental damage done by the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. I did a quick search of some major newspapers (and AP), and turned up the following reports, published within this past month alone. Most of them focus on Pancevo, so the picture they provide is not as complete as it could be, but you might want to check these stories out, anyway. (CSM and CT charge you for downloading stories, so I've just provided the lead-ins.) July 23, 1999 search.washingtonpost.com July 21, 1999 search.washingtonpost.com July 19, 1999 search.washingtonpost.com July 14, 1999 search.nytimes.com 7/21/99 Christian Science Monitor Christopher Walker BOSTON Through his catastrophic policies of intolerance and ethnic separatism, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has poisoned the political atmosphere in the Balkans with hatred and violence. In the aftermath of Operation Allied Force, you can add another tragedy to the list of horrors resulting from Mr. Milosevic's rule: environmental contamination caused by the destruction of the war. During Operation Allied Force's 78 days, beside hitting military targets, NATO cons.. (659 words) 7/23/99 Christian Science Monitor (Letters) Dave Russell, Kate Koch, and Dan Carnesciali BOSTON Postwar pollution in Kosovo - not all NATO's fault Chris Walker's opinion article on the potential for environmental damage in Yugoslavia exaggerates the seriousness of the environmental damage caused by NATO ("Another victim of Milosevic - the environment", July 21). The truth is that many of the chemical plants in the area were using old technology. Their US counterparts retired that technology in the 1940s-60s. There was little or no poll... (642 words) 7/8/99 Chicago Tribune SERBS ALLEGE NATO RAIDS CAUSED TOXIC CATASTROPHE (1305 words) Dragomir Djuric says he has been fishing the Tamis River for 48 years, pulling fat catfish out of its depths using live black leeches as bait. Unless they are eaten, he says, the leeches usually stay on the hook for five days..... I even checked one of your local newspapers (Seattle Times), and found this July 6 story, a reprint from the Los Angeles Times: archives.seattletimes.com Christopher, in one of your earlier posts, you faulted the press for not giving any coverage to this issue (that ole "liberal bias," <gg>). Well, there's been a bit more than you apparently suspected, and my guess is you are going to see a lot more soon. BTW, speaking of bias, you might be interested in looking at the left-liberal media research group FAIR's scathing critiques of the mainstream/Establishment media's coverage of the NATO bombing campaign. (Take special note of what Safire and Krauthammer, for example, had to say about that campaign.) fair.org Over and out, Joan