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WHAT HAPPENED ON 18th April 1999?
17th April 1999
If you're flying Al Italia in the
coming days please don't blame the airline if your flight is delayed. Corrierre Della Serareports that the Italian skies are in chaos & five out of six Al Italia flights are late as a direct result of Nato actions in Kosovo Transport problems of a different nature in America according to the The International Herald Tribune. A Seattle ferry is having to undergo a refit because Americans have got so fat
18th April 1999
CIVILIANS "FORCED TO BURY KOSOVO DEAD"
Kosovo civilians dressed in orange uniforms are being forced to dig graves for their compatriots Nato has said. Alliance spokesman Gen Giuseppe Marani said the gravediggers' were made to dig "neat rows of graves facing Mecca". He added that Nato had photographic evidence of 43 mass graves in Kosovo. Earlier UK Armed Forces Minister Doug Henderson said civilians dressed in red were being forced to move bodies to hide evidence of massacres.
18th April 1999
BORDER LANDMINE KILLS KOSOVO REFUGEES
Five Kosovo Albanian refugees ` including three children ` died when their car struck a landmine at the border with Albania witnesses said. The Organisation for Security & Cooperation in Europe said the vehicle blew up as it approached the border. Yugoslav police temporarily halted border crossings after the blast. Belgrade's forces have been laying mines in the area in preparation for any ground invasion by Nato.
17th April 1999
SERB AIR DEFENCES SUFFER "MAJOR DAMAGE"
Nato says its aircraft have now carried out more than 300 attacks against almost 200 targets in Yugoslavia. UK Chief of Joint Operations Vice Admiral Sir Ian Garnett said "considerable" physical damage had been caused to Yugoslavia's air defences. He said allied planes had not been as successful against Yugoslav operations on the ground in Kosovo. But they had "hampered" Yugoslav troops he told a military briefing.
18th April 1999
CIVILIANS "FORCED TO BURY KOSOVO DEAD"
Kosovo civilians dressed in orange uniforms are being forced to dig graves for their compatriots Nato has said. Alliance spokesman Gen Giuseppe Marani said the gravediggers' were made to dig "neat rows of graves facing Mecca". He added that Nato had photographic evidence of 43 mass graves in Kosovo. Earlier UK Armed Forces Minister Doug Henderson said civilians dressed in red were being forced to move bodies to hide evidence of massacres.
18th April 1999
YUGOSLAV TARGETS BOMBED FOR 25th NIGHT
Britain says RAF Harriers hit Serb army and special police force targets in Kosovo in the latest attacks. UK Chief of Operations Air Marshal Sir John Day said RBL 755 cluster bombs had struck armoured personnel carriers & military vehicles. Refineries & chemical plants in Novi Sad & Belgrade and an airport were hit in Nato attacks Serb media said. A three-year-old child was reportedly killed during attacks on Belgrade.
