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To: goldsnow who wrote (5569)	4/26/1999 10:53:00 PM
From: George Papadopoulos	Respond to of 17770

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE in Belgrade Many crying in disbelief, dozens of RTS television employees who survived the missile attack watched as rescue workers frantically clawed their way through the debris. Standing in a small park opposite the building, they were the lucky ones among the 80 journalists and other staff who were in the building when it was struck. One of the survivors said a missile had hit the building as Serbian television was broadcasting the recording of an interview given by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to a television station in Texas. "The clock in the studio stopped at 2.06am. The big screen is smashed. The presenter survived by diving under a table," he said. A woman named Marina sobbed as she watched an excavator shift debris to allow rescue workers to search the area where the technical services department used to operate. Her brother, a video technician, was on duty at the time of the attack. "I haven't dared tell our parents what happened. I can only pray he is alive," she said. "These criminals have no morals, no brain, no guts. What has my brother to do with Kosovo or any politician in the world?" Residents of nearby buildings swept up pieces of broken glass from their shattered windows, incredulous that Nato would have targeted a building surrounded by apartment blocks. "They are crazy. We could all be dead," shouted one young woman, pulling her two children away from the scene. Windows of St Marco Church, 100 metres from the television building, were also smashed. A centuries-old church nearby also had its windows blown out. "We heard a strong whistle, and 10 seconds after, all paintings fell from the wall in our living room," said 70-year old Branko Markovic, emerging from St Marco Church where he had been to pray and light a candle. Mr Markovic and his wife live in an apartment next to the RTS offices. "It was like an earthquake, the blast, the silence afterwards, and then the cries of pain," his wife said. "I can only pray all of them will pay for their sins."

To: goldsnow who wrote (5569)	4/26/1999 10:57:00 PM
From: George Papadopoulos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

From parascope.com Estimated number of persons killed in Iraq as a result of sanctions enforced by the United States: more than 1,000,000 (including an estimated 600,000 children under the age of 5). Estimated number of persons killed in the Sudan over the past 15 years: 1,500,000 Estimated number of persons killed in Rwanda over the last five years: 500,000 Estimated number of persons killed in Chechnya: 80,000 Estimated number of people dying each day around the world because of lack of water, clothing, shelter, food or medicine: 100,000 Estimated number of people in the world who go to bed hungry: 800,000,000 Estimated number of persons killed in Kosovo last year: 2,000 Cost of the 21 USAF B-2 bombers deployed for the Kosovo operation: $42 billion Value of Yugoslavian GDP: $43 billion