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novel about a bridge on theDrina - written during World WarTwo, Nobel Prize winner IvoAndric observed that Man nevermade anything more sacred thanbridges. Now, bridges are beingtorn down by "humanitarianinterventionism" a senselessterm coined by America to hoistan image of the world, oneshowing her as the smartest,greatest, prettiest of them all. Onthe night of April 20th, the peopleof Novi Sad have been divestedof the last link they had with theother side - the Zezelj Bridge. Itwas the twentieth bridge

destroyed in NATO raids on FRYugoslavia. NATO strategy mak-ers insist that bridges are militaryobjectives. It is a military targetas much as a small child thatmight become a soldier one day.

T H E Y K I L L B R I D G E S T O O ! Over the past month bridges - spanning rivers leaning on humanhopes of togetherness - have become victims. They are killed bythe same ones that stripped Mostar of its right to be calledBridgetown, those that are plowing the earth with bombs wipingout as if they never existed: people, cities and landscapes. In his

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Tel./fax/ 32-39-553 and 32-43-576

April 22th 1999

DAILY REVIEW

Lieutenant general Slobodan Kovacevic

ARMOURED UNITS - PILLAR OF

DEFENCE

YA Armored and Mechanized Units, representing the pil-

lar of our defence against NATO aggression, have not suf-

fered practically any losses, said the Chief of YA Armored

and Mechanized Units Department - Lieutenant General

Slobodan Kovacevic.

YA tank-warfare capacities and capabilities are one of

the best in the world and our armored and mechanized units

are in the lead. Therefore, we could rightly say that they are

the backbone of defence and aggressor determent, said Lt.

Gen. Kovacevic during his visit to the units in the field.

Our capable and expert armored units officers have taken

all the precaution measures aimed at preventing possible

losses by NATO attacks. The M-84 tank is a state-of-the-artweapon capable of successfully taking on all other types of

tanks, added Lt. Gen. Kovacevic. Knowing the terrain, the

people and above all, the morale and patriotic feelings of

our nation, we are the guarantee of a determined defence in

the region, stressed the Chief of YA Armored and

Mechanized Units Department.

NATO raids on industrial and civilian facilities in thenight between april 21st and 22nd 1999

In the past 24 hours NATO continued raids with thesame intensity and destructiveness on the 29th day ofthe agression on FR Yugoslavia. Private houses andapartement buildings, industrial plants, transport andtelecommunication facilities were shelled once again byenemy cruise missiles. Many civilian buildings, attackednumerous times by the enemy, were completelydestroyed by the fire.

DJAKOVICA: (12:00) NATO aircraft raided the southernpart of the town. A refugee camp used by Serbs fromBosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia was added to thetarget list. Acording to data available 10 people werekilled, including children, and 16 people were wounded.

VALJEVO: (00:40) Eleven missiles were launched at thenorthern and central part of Krusik production plant. Itwas the fifth raid on the factory in the past several days,now turned into rubble and ashes. The twelvth missile hitthe railway station. Immense material damage was

inflicted.BELGRADE: (00:30) Numerous explosions were heardin the capital last night. Batajnica Airport was once againthe target, and around 3:15 a.m. strong detonetions wereregistered in the municipal area. Yesterday, around 1:50p.m., the railway bridge on the river Sava linking thetown of Ostruznica to the village of Jakovo on the otherbank (in the Srem region) has been hit.