rodex schrieb am 4. Dezember 2002 6:11
> Warum wurde ausgerechnet die petrochemische Industrie kaputtgemacht?
> Kriegswichtige Ziele sind die Tanks einer Plastikfabrik sicher nicht.
Hab's leider nicht auf Deutsch gefunden:
This admission that civilian targets are deliberately targeted
by NATO was articulated even more explicitly by NATO's air-war
commander, Lieut. Gen. Michael C. Short, in an interview with
The New York Times on May 13, 1999. General Short indicated
that NATO policy was guided by the hope that the distress of
the Yugoslav public would undermine support for the authorities
in Belgrade. He said:
"I think no power to your refrigerator, no gas to your stove,
you can't get to work because the bridge is down -- the bridge
on which you held your rock concerts -- and you all stood with
targets on your heads. That needs to disappear at 3 o'clock in
the morning."
General Short added the following details about the targets
he attacks in Yugoslavia:
"At the same time that I am executing Saceur's [NATO Supreme
Allied Europe] No. 1 priority -- killing the army in Kosovo --
I also need to strike at the leadership and the people around
Milosevic to compel them to change their behavior in Kosovo and
accept the terms NATO has on the table."
He also gave an indication of NATO strategy on avoiding civilian
casualties:
"I put out guidance saying that if you are working a target
area and you're not sure call me, and I'll tell you whether
to drop or not. Call me and describe the village and say,
'Boss, I see a village and I see tanks parked next to the
houses in the village. What do you want me to do?' And I'll
say 'Tell them to hit the tanks.' And if he hits a house by
mistake, that's my responsibility. I need to take the monkey
off the young captain's back. They're up there at 400 to 500
miles an hour, people shooting at them, dodging in and out of
the weather. They don't need the additional responsibility of,
'What'll happen if I miss that tank? Will I be in trouble?'"
In summary, the NATO air commander acknowledged that civilian
objects were deliberately targeted by NATO to cause civil
unrest; that the civilian leadership is deliberately targeted;
and that strikes will take place against military objects even
if they are adjacent to civilian houses, and even if weather
and situational conditions ensure that accurate targeting is
impossible. There has been no indication that General Short
has been reprimanded for these comments or for his strategy
which appears to directly violate the cardinal precepts of
international humanitarian law.
http://ban.joh.cam.ac.uk/~maicl/icty2.htm
Gruß,
Carsten
> Warum wurde ausgerechnet die petrochemische Industrie kaputtgemacht?
> Kriegswichtige Ziele sind die Tanks einer Plastikfabrik sicher nicht.
Hab's leider nicht auf Deutsch gefunden:
This admission that civilian targets are deliberately targeted
by NATO was articulated even more explicitly by NATO's air-war
commander, Lieut. Gen. Michael C. Short, in an interview with
The New York Times on May 13, 1999. General Short indicated
that NATO policy was guided by the hope that the distress of
the Yugoslav public would undermine support for the authorities
in Belgrade. He said:
"I think no power to your refrigerator, no gas to your stove,
you can't get to work because the bridge is down -- the bridge
on which you held your rock concerts -- and you all stood with
targets on your heads. That needs to disappear at 3 o'clock in
the morning."
General Short added the following details about the targets
he attacks in Yugoslavia:
"At the same time that I am executing Saceur's [NATO Supreme
Allied Europe] No. 1 priority -- killing the army in Kosovo --
I also need to strike at the leadership and the people around
Milosevic to compel them to change their behavior in Kosovo and
accept the terms NATO has on the table."
He also gave an indication of NATO strategy on avoiding civilian
casualties:
"I put out guidance saying that if you are working a target
area and you're not sure call me, and I'll tell you whether
to drop or not. Call me and describe the village and say,
'Boss, I see a village and I see tanks parked next to the
houses in the village. What do you want me to do?' And I'll
say 'Tell them to hit the tanks.' And if he hits a house by
mistake, that's my responsibility. I need to take the monkey
off the young captain's back. They're up there at 400 to 500
miles an hour, people shooting at them, dodging in and out of
the weather. They don't need the additional responsibility of,
'What'll happen if I miss that tank? Will I be in trouble?'"
In summary, the NATO air commander acknowledged that civilian
objects were deliberately targeted by NATO to cause civil
unrest; that the civilian leadership is deliberately targeted;
and that strikes will take place against military objects even
if they are adjacent to civilian houses, and even if weather
and situational conditions ensure that accurate targeting is
impossible. There has been no indication that General Short
has been reprimanded for these comments or for his strategy
which appears to directly violate the cardinal precepts of
international humanitarian law.
http://ban.joh.cam.ac.uk/~maicl/icty2.htm
Gruß,
Carsten