"The Rambouillet text, which called on Serbia to admit NATO troops throughout Yugoslavia, was a provocation, an excuse to start bombing. Rambouillet is not a document that an angelic Serb could have accepted. It was a terrible diplomatic document that should never have been presented in that form".
Henry Kissinger, Daily Telegraph, 28 June 1999
In the end, on 18 March 1999, the Albanian,
American and British delegation signed what became known as the
"Rambouillet Accords" while the Serbian and Russian delegations
refused. The accords called for NATO administration of Kosovo as an autonomous
province within Yugoslavia; a force of 30,000 NATO troops to maintain order in
Kosovo; an unhindered right of passage for NATO troops on Yugoslav territory,
including Kosovo; and immunity for NATO and its agents to Yugoslav law.
It was 20:00 at night of the 24th March of 1999
when the first bombs delivered in the body of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia... It was exactly 15 years ago when NATO's "Merciful
Angel" was launched! For the next 78 days the people of FR Yugoslavia were
the living target of NATO killing machine, participating in the biggest European
conflict after the WWII!!! More than 1100 air fighters lifted off from 59 bases
in 12 different countries in order to operate around 2300 air raids against
Yugoslavia. The results of NATO's "humanitarian intervention" were
the killing of almost 3000 people (2000 of them civilians) and the injuring of
another 6000! The damage in the infrastructure of the FR Yugoslavia estimated
up to 100 billions dollars (including heavy damages of road and rail network,
factory facilities, schools even monasteries!
NATO (19 countries participated in the campaign, most of them members of
E.U too) celebrated with this unique way its 50th anniversary! The damages
would be much higher if the people didn't protect bridges and other facilities
(like the Zastava factory in Kragujevac) by using their own bodies as human shields!
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| "Beware Greeks! NATO killers set Balkans on fire!" Front cover of Rizospastis newspaper, 24.3.1999 |
"NATO & European Union are the pillars
of power and prosperity for Greece"
Kostas Simitis (Greek Prime Minister), Thessaloniki 3.9.1999
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| NATO troops landing in Litochoro Beach, N. Greece, June 1999 |
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| NATO troops landing in Litochoro Beach, N. Greece, June 1999 |
Every single moment during these 78 days the
Greek people showed actively, with every possible way, its solidarity with the
people of Yugoslavia. Countless were the demonstrations organised by the
Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and other anti - imperialistic and peace
organisations all over the country. Blockades of facilities (like the port of
Thessaloniki, NATO's military bases operate in Greece, railways etc), solidarity concerts in many cities , delegations of trade union members who visited the
neighbor country during the air raids, even a friendly football game between
the teams of AEK Athens and Partisan Belgrade took place in Belgrade! Beside
the fact that almost the 90% of Greek people were against the NATO bombings as
well as any involvement of the Greek armed forces in the operations, the Greek
social-democrat government of PASOK made whatever was asked by the NATO and US
officials participating also in the crime!
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| Members of the KKE blocking train heading to Kosovo, Thessaloniki, April 1999 |
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| Protesters burning an E.U flag outside the NATO base in Aktio, W. Greece, May 1999 |
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| Demonstration of Greek Communist Youth (KNE) in the Thessaloniki port, 11.7.1999 |
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| Demonstration of Greek Communist Youth (KNE) in the Thessaloniki port, 11.7.1999 |
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| "None Greek soldier in Yugoslavia" Athens, 7.4.1999 |
ps. Dedicated to Jens Stoltenberg NATO's new general secretary.
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