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To: BillCh who wrote (4303)	4/18/1999 12:19:00 AM
From: George Papadopoulos	Respond to of 17770

Maybe they do not show the destruction in Pristina? I believe it will make Vukovar look like Disneyland. Just watched another news show...I heard that there were some reporters laughing at "Jamie" Shea's nato briefing today ("I have no further information on the civilian bombing"????). I also saw a clip with this line: "Is Nato telling us the truth?" Maybe these guys are tired of the crap they are fed daily? I also saw another "Christiane" type interview of a nicely dressed Albanian lady speaking excellent English and telling the reporter:"I had 8 cousins killed, two were 16 yrs old, one 21, ahhh, ahhh, one 52[no kidding she said 52!!!], ahhhh 48 [again no kidding she said 48...how can a 20 yr old have a 52 and 48 yr old cousin is beyond me!], ahh, ahh, [ I think she lost count of their cousins by then], ahh CUT to another refugee<g> Another issue not yet mentioned here is the Albanian public admission that they are supporting the KLA and welcome NATO forces to use its soil to attack Yugoslavia? How can Clarke say that the Serbs must stop shelling the KLA camps in N. Albania because they are violating Albania's sovereignty???Absurd...

To: BillCh who wrote (4303)	4/18/1999 1:00:00 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 17770

Any commercial satellite imagery of Pristina? What a waste of typing. DOD knock those sats out long ago or you would have seen them.

To: BillCh who wrote (4303)	4/18/1999 2:45:00 AM
From: BillCh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

Yugoslavia could use nuke-laced arms By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES .S. intelligence agencies warned NATO military commanders last week that Yugoslavia could resort to nuclear-laced weapons in the Balkans conflict, The Washington Times has learned. Nuclear material for a radiological weapon -- also known as a "dirty nuke" -- is being stored at the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, located about six miles southeast of the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade, according to officials familiar with a Pentagon intelligence report. A "dirty nuke" does not result in a large explosion but could kill by spreading radioactive material with conventional explosives in lethal doses, the officials said. NATO bombing planners have taken steps to make sure the facility is not bombed, the officials said. "This is not on anybody's target list," said one Pentagon official, who noted that NATO war planners know about the facility and the nuclear material there. The Pentagon report estimates about 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of highly enriched uranium --weapons-grade fuel for a nuclear bomb -- are stored at the Vinca center. About seven kilograms would be required for fueling a nuclear bomb. -- Continued from Front Page -- The research center also has 53 kilograms of freshly irradiated Uranium-235 and about 10 kilograms of spent fuel from a research reactor. That material is not regarded as "weapons grade" fuel but is dangerous because of its radioactivity and its potential use as a contaminating weapon. "If this were reprocessed, it could be used in a radiological device," said the official. The warning was contained in a classified report on nuclear material being stored at a poorly guarded Serbian research center near Belgrade. President Clinton said Thursday after a speech in San Francisco that the use of weapons of mass destruction is a danger known to U.S. intelligence agencies. Asked how he would respond to the use of such arms, Mr. Clinton said: "My response would be swift and overwhelming, and we have, obviously, intelligence about the Serbs in a number of areas militarily. "But I think they are quite well aware of the dangers of overly escalating this," Mr. Clinton said. "And I think that's all I should say about it right now." The president appeared to be restating the Pentagon policy first outlined several years ago by then-Defense Secretary William Perry that the U.S. military response to the use of battlefield nuclear, chemical or biological weapons would be devastating attacks with conventional arms. The Pentagon intelligence warning said that the nuclear material is vulnerable to theft. Satellite photographs taken recently of the Vinca center reveal the facility is protected with a single guard booth and that it does not appear to be well secured. A U.S. official said the Belgrade government has documents, equipment and precursor chemicals that could be used in making chemical weapons, as well as production facilities. It is not known whether the Serbs actually have munitions weapons for chemical arms or stockpiles of such weapons, the official said. The precursor chemicals indicate that the Serbs could produce the deadly nerve agent sarin, the official said. Sarin is extremely toxic; small amounts can disrupt the central nervous system. Serbian forces also may have capabilities for producing choking agents or blistering agents such as mustard gas, as well as riot-control agents that have weapons potential, the official said. A 1996 report by the group Human Rights Watch said there were witness testimonies indicating Serbian-backed forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina used chemical weapons in carrying out the massacre of Bosnians in Srebrenica in the summer of 1995. The report stated that the Yugoslav army in 1991 had a chemical weapons program that included stocks of sarin, mustard gas and a psychochemical incapacitant known as BZ. "There are no indications that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has destroyed its stockpiles of chemical agents or disassembled its chemical agent production equipment since" the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992, the report states. Yugoslav army doctrine, according to report, also called for troops to use chemical weapons "in surrounding and destroying a group," or when army forces are blocked from moving. Belgrade's biological weapons capabilities, if any, are not known.