[CPEO-MEF] People trust NATO 'to do what is right'

[mervtano@iiirm.org]

People trust NATO 'to do what is right'
Kosovars who live with the effects of depleted uranium are barely consulted
or counted, Steven Erlanger writes from Llozice, Yugoslavia.

Scientists in white overalls, accompanied by NATO soldiers, collected soil
samples this week near a bombed-out bridge on a well-travelled Kosovo road,
but they did not tell Etrem Javori, who lives and works in the nearby
village, what they were doing or why.

Mr Javori and his family were not surprised; they are used to a policy of
silence on the part of their former leaders. But they have heard the fuss
about weapons reinforced with depleted uranium from TV news, even if they do
not understand it.

The sudden, furious and deeply political debate within NATO over the
possible ill-effects of weapons reinforced with depleted uranium might not
involve Kosovo.

The people who presumably live with the effects of depleted uranium all year
round, and not for six-month tours of duty - are barely consulted or
counted.

For the rest of the story see:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/13/world/world3.html



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