01/06/2001 15:34 GMT+1 --
Bundestag Committee for Ethical Issues claims: Use of radioactive ammunition is war crime!

Margot von Rennesse, the head of the Bundestag ethical committee, demanded that a special investigative commission be formed to investigate several deaths from leukaemia among European soldiers serving in NATO troops deployed in the Balkan region, Deutsche Welle reports.

"The use of radioactive ammunition is a war crime", this member of German Social Democrat Party stated and went on to say that not only soldiers but civilians were also in danger.

"The action aimed at salvation of Kosovo's population is cynical if the environment remains contaminated after such an action", said Margot von Rennesse.

Source: FreeSerbia