Today's London Times reported that the U.S. is deep in the throes of
planning a full-scale ground war in Yugoslavia. Under the headline
"Clinton to Order 90,000 Troops to Kosovo," the Times reported,
"[T]here is a growing feeling in Washington and London that the
alliance must prepare itself for a much bigger operation, involving
150,000-160,000 troops."

"This is the real story behind the so-called `war crimes' indictments
against Yugoslav President Milosevic," said Sara Flounders of the
Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War. "The charges are to justify a
massive bombing campaign. The Hague indictment is the newest tactic to
justify a ground war. All of it is intended to break up Yugoslavia for
takeover by Wall Street.

"The war planners didn't count on the fierce determination of the
Yugoslav people to resist NATO occupation troops," Flounders said.
"After 65 days of bombing, with their plans frustrated, the architects
of this war are desperate. They are driven to take actions which can't
help but fuel the growing anti-war sentiment now leading to the June 5
National March on the Pentagon.

"NATO's massive, unrestricted bombardment of major cities, the
destruction of water and electricity for the whole population, the
bombing of chemical plants, the use of radioactive depleted uranium
weapons - all of these are war crimes, specifically prohibited by
International Law. The International War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague
is a creation by the Western powers.  It is not part of the World
Court or in the UN Charter.  The NATO war makers act as investigator,
prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner.

"The real story is that, once again, the U.S. will be sending poor
people to kill and be killed for corporate profits. The only thing
that can stop them is a peoples' anti-war movement here and in all
NATO countries, in solidarity with the people of Yugoslavia, that
demands an immediate end to the bombing, and money for jobs, education
and healthcare - not war."
 

Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War
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