-Caveat Lector- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Belgraders In Anger And Shock - NATO Said 'Worse Than Hitler' By Neil Winton www.foxnews.com 4-3-99 BELGRADE (Reuters) - Hours after NATO hit two Interior Ministry buildings in central Belgrade Saturday, residents of the Yugoslav capital, many in silent shock, gazed at firemen still fighting flames and thick smoke. Part of the street, Kneza Milosa, was still sealed off by police. Pedestrians were advised to avoid walking close to neighboring buildings because of the risk of falling glass. There were no reports of deaths or injuries, but Serbs felt plenty of bitterness that the West had turned on them. ``They lost our hearts for ever,`` said Mirjana Dimitrijevic, a law student, holding a newspaper bearing front-page pictures of the blast. ``I carried their flags through Belgrade only two years ago,`` she said, referring to anti-government student protests. ``But now, I don`t think I will ever speak to any of them any more.`` Another man also reflected the changed mood among former pro-Western opponents of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. ``We should bring the captured American soldiers here and shoot them in front of the cameras. Maybe that message would be clear enough,`` he said. The man, who would not give his name, was talking about three U.S. servicemen captured by Yugoslav soldiers at the Macedonian border Wednesday. They are awaiting trial on still unspecified charges. ``I don`t want to go to the Army now, but I`m waiting for their (NATO) troops here. I would like them to come. I would personally send as many as I could back home in body bags. Bastards, cowards,`` the man said. Near the ruined buildings, people stood silently. Some elderly women were crying. ``I can`t believe this. If they`d missed, they could have hit hospitals,`` said one woman, glancing at nearby maternity and other hospitals. Two cruise missiles blasted the old stone Interior Ministry building, hitting on the ground floor and on a mezzanine. A car parked along a side wall was burned. The new Interior Ministry building was apparently hit by a single missile. One wing facing the street collapsed and was still smoking. The other wing, overlooking the main highway running through the city, remained untouched. ``Do they (NATO) really think they will scare us by bombing? They can only make us angrier. I hope that our guys will now hit Albanians in Kosovo even harder,`` said a retired Belgrader queuing at a downtown bank for his pension. His memories went back more than half a century, to April 6, 1941, when Nazi Germany bombed Belgrade on the Christian Orthodox Easter. ``Godless people,`` he said of NATO countries. ``It`s their Good Friday! They are worse than the Nazis, or they are just finishing up what the Germans failed to do in World War Two.`` DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
