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Lessons are still to be learned from Nato's war on Yugoslavia
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of Nato’s treacherous attack on Serbia, LIZ PAYNE outlines the hidden facts behind this, the first instance of new imperialist tactics that were to be replicated throughout the Middle East as she addresses the World Peace Council
VIVID MEMORY: (Above) The Tasmajdan Park memorial to the children killed by the Nato raids and (right) the Eternal Flame in Belgrade commemorating the victims of the Nato bombings [Tasmajdan Park: Mister No/Creative Commons / Eternal Flame: Pinki/Creative Commons]

The British Peace Assembly brings everyone gathered here greetings of solidarity and peace.

We thank the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals and the World Peace Council for organising this most significant and timely conference commemorating the 20th anniversary (on March 24) of the start of the catastrophic Nato aggression, under the title “Lest we forget!”

We pay our respects to the many hundreds killed during the 78-day bombing campaign and to their families.

Operation Allied Force was a deadly experiment, the harbinger of what was soon to come — a blueprint for future devastating interventions in countries around the world

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
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