Shoigu calls on OSCE to study uranium
(Russia Journal, 15 gennaio)
http://www.russiajournal.com/news/index.shtml#n3813?nd=3813

MOSCOW -- Russian Emergencies Minister Sergey Shoigu thinks that an international commission under OSCE’s aegis should be established, which will be able to objectively study those areas of Yugoslavia, which were most seriously damaged during NATO’s aggression. The result of the commission’s work must be made public.

According to Russia’s Emergencies Ministry, the ecological situation in Yugoslavia is very serious, which was caused by NATO’s bombardments, including bombs with depleted uranium. Shoigu noted that they had “warned the public, including the UN, about the upcoming threat, but were not heard then.”

In July and August, 1999, a group of Russian, Swiss and Greek experts examined more than 40 objects in Serbia and Kosovo, which had been targets for NATO’s missile and bomb attacks and where bombs with depleted uranium had been actively used.

Even then, according to Shoigu, the radiation level exceeded the admissible norm by 30 times. “That is why I am extremely surprised that NATO’s military and political leadership, when speaking about the problem of the so-called “uranium syndrome,” do not remember the Yugoslav civilian population,” stressed the minister.

NATO’s Secretary General George Robertson continues to claim that he does not see any connection between the use of those bombs with leukemia cases among NATO soldiers. He also refutes reports about discrepancies in the alliance’s leadership concerning the criticism on the use of armaments with depleted uranium in Yugoslavia.

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