Today, March 24th, marks the 21st anniversary since the beginning of Yugoslavia's bombing by NATO forces. On this day, twenty-one years ago, the sirens of war and destruction sounded in Belgrade, Pristina, Novi Sad and other cities, marking the beginning of a massacre that lasted 78 days.









It was March 24, 1999 when the imperialists of USA-NATO-EU were launching the last mass slaughter of the 20th century against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.



NATO's war in Yugoslavia was the peak of the country's fragmentation, a process which was steadily orchestrated after the counterrevolutionary overthrows in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe in the beginning of 90s. The dominance of capitalist relations of production in Yugoslavia after many decades, marked the kick off of its dissolution. That was a great opportunity for the vulptures of capitalism, US and European monopolies, to extend their businesses in new markets and feed on the remains of the former Federal Yugoslavia.





In January 1999 when NATO, under the pretext of the “protection of the Albanian minority in Kosovo”, was launching the campaign against the Balkan country. The subsequent “peace agreements” of Rambouillet and Paris were actually consisting a blackmail towards the then government of Slobodan Milosvic, as long as they were leading to the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the secession of Kosovo. The denial of Belgrade to succumb to the pressure of the imperialists led to the 78 days-long horrific bombardment of Yugoslavia.





It was the first time in the history of NATO when a wide scale military operation was taking place without the – at least conventional- approval of the UN Security Council. The imperialists, however, had found all the needed pretexts in order to present the murderous military intervention as a “peace operation”. “We act to stand united with our allies for peace”, the then US President Bill Clinton was stating in his nationwide address just a few hours before the beginning of the bombings. Shameless and cynical as always, Clinton was adding: “By acting now, we are upholding our values, protecting our interests and advancing the cause of peace”.



