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World Court refuses to hear suit against NATO in bombing of former Yugoslavia
11:00 AM EST Dec 15
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Court of Justice ruled Wednesday it has no jurisdiction to rule in a case filed by Serbia and Montenegro against eight NATO countries for the 1999 bombing in Kosovo, because the Balkan country was not then a member of the United Nations.

The former Yugoslavia claimed that the NATO countries which took part in the 78-day bombing campaign in the southern Serbian province violated international law, and sought unspecified damages.

The rejection came after eight months of deliberations by the 15-member court, the highest judicial body of the United Nations.

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Funny how this decision about former attrocities and political involvement is posted and only a boo so far.

Is it coincidental or is it simply that people have not seen the thread yet?

"Five years after the so called "international peace" Orthodox Christian churches are burning again, tombs of medieval saints are desecrated, Serbian houses disappear in ashes including the recently built homes of Serb returnees, the houses constructed by the international money, more than 4.000 Serbs are internally displaced. This has happened in the presence of 18.000 NATO led peacekeepers headed by German General Holger Kammerhof and thousands of UNMIK policemen. Is anyone going to be held responsible for such a tragic blunder and deceiving of the world?"

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Originally posted by jeff house:
It is not possible to know what to make of this without assessing the reasons they give for their decision.

Has anyone read those reasons?

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No, but the
UN News Centre reports it was because Serbia & Montenegro was the successor to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a new UN member which joined after the bombing and could therefore not be a victim of the bombing (since in 1999 it did no exist). In other words, the new Yugoslavia is not a successor state to the old Yugoslavia.