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Fwd: TODAY: IS NATO GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Belal M. Helal)
Wed Apr 18 07:13:22 2001
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 07:13:04 -0400
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From: "Belal M. Helal" <bhelal@MIT.EDU>
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>Just a reminder that Robert Fisk will be at Harvard Law School TODAY,
>wednesday April 18, at 4.00pm, to talk about NATO's bombing of Iraq and
>Yugoslavia. The talk will take place in Langdell North. For directions see
>www.llmcentral.com/fisk.htm.
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>IS NATO GUILTY OF COMMITTING WAR CRIMES?
>
>Did NATO deliberately contaminate Iraq and the former Yugoslavia with
>toxic and radioactive substances? Award winning journalist and author
>Robert Fisk argues that NATO knew of the risks to the civilian populations
>of these countries but decided to proceed regardless. The talk is Wed.,
>April 18 at 4.00 p.m. in Langdell North (contact zalali@law.harvard.edu or
>see www.llmcentral.com/fisk.htm for further information).
>
>Depleted uranium (DU) is a radioactive metal used as ammunition by NATO
>forces since the Gulf War. There is extensive evidence that shows that the
>radiation that DU generates causes cancer and other horrific ailments
>among civilians. NATO officials have consistently refused to investigate
>the matter, despite the fact that a large number of its own soldiers have
>contracted cancer during peace keeping operations in Kosovo, and despite
>the massive ecological disaster caused to the environment.
>
>Dr Robert Fisk is the recipient of a huge number of international awards
>for his reporting from war torn regions, including the Amnesty
>International Overall Media Award, and is senior correspondent for the
>Independent (London). He is the author of Pity The Nation, a history of
>the Lebanese Civil War.
