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From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
>So far NATO blunders, which the Alliance claims are few in comparison to
>the number of raids its had carried out, have claimed at least 220 lives
>among the civilian population, according to a Serbian tally unconfirmed by
>NATO. NATO insists that it is trying to keep civilian deaths to a minimum
>in its operations.
(I've been avoiding Kosovo discussions, but a quick step into the fray).
220 killed. One person killed is a tragedy but this is an incredibly low civilian death rate given how much bombing has been done. That is one-tenth the number of Kosovars killed last year (by the lowest estimate available) that many on the left have said was too insignificant to justify intervention.
Why don't people change to the channel showing civilians killed by the Serbs in Kosovo? Oh right, I forgot, all the Kosovar journalists are either dead or fled the country. Tough luck for them.
--Nathan Newman