Kosovo deaths

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 01:34 PM 7/14/99 -0400, Doug Henwood quoted:
>NATO officials, reached by phone in Mons, Belgium, said the 
>industrial site was a key target in the drive to deny fuel and other 
>resources to the Yugoslav army.
>"NATO had two types of targets," said a NATO spokesperson, who asked 
>not to be named. "There were tactical and strategic targets. The oil 
>refinery in Pancevo was considered a strategic target. It was a key 
>installation that provided petrol and other elements to support the 
>Yugoslav army. By cutting off these supplies we denied crucial 
>material to the Serbian forces fighting in Kosovo."
>This official said that the environmental damage caused by the attack 
>was taken into consideration.
>
>"When targeting is done we take into account all possible collateral 
>damage," she said, "be it environmental, human or to the civilian 
>infrastructure. Pancevo was considered to me a very, very important 
>refinery and strategic target, as important as tactical targets 
>inside Kosovo."

That is economic rationality University-of-Chicago style at a glance.  All
costs and benefits weighed by omniscient reason of a rational planning
demigod. Herr Mengele would be proud, indeed.

wojtek