国际英语资讯:Serbia remembers NATO bombing victims 20 years on
<p><span word="NIS">NIS</span>, <span word="Serbia">Serbia</span>, <span word="March">March</span> 24-- <span word="Serbia">Serbia</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="forgive">forgive</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span> <span word="Treaty">Treaty</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span> (<span word="NATO">NATO</span>) <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="civilians">civilians</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1999, <span word="Serbian">Serbian</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Aleksandar">Aleksandar</span> <span word="Vucic">Vucic</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="two">two</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="NATO">NATO</span> <span word="bombing">bombing</span>.</p><p><span word="Under">Under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="slogan">slogan</span> "<span word="We">We</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="forgive">forgive</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="forget">forget</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="perish">perish</span>", <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span>, <span word="church">church</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="military">military</span>, <span word="ambassadors">ambassadors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="citizens">citizens</span> <span word="gathered">gathered</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="square">square</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="downtown">downtown</span> <span word="Nis">Nis</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="lit">lit</span> <span word="candles">candles</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mark">mark</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Remembrance">Remembrance</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Victims">Victims</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="NATO">NATO</span> <span word="Aggression">Aggression</span>.</p><p><span word="Serbia">Serbia</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="marking">marking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Remembrance">Remembrance</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>. <span word="Vucic">Vucic</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gathering">gathering</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="preserving">preserving</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="memory">memory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1999 <span word="bombing">bombing</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="vital">vital</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="survival">survival</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Serbian">Serbian</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Nobody">Nobody</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="responsible">responsible</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="crimes">crimes</span>. <span word="Serbian">Serbian</span> <span word="civilians">civilians</span>, <span word="our">our</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="permitted">permitted</span> <span word="target">target</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="NATO">NATO</span> <span word="aggression">aggression</span>...<span word="these">these</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="forgotten">forgotten</span>."</p><p><span word="People">People</span> <span word="watched">watched</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="performance">performance</span> <span word="depicting">depicting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tragedy">tragedy</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="war">war</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="April">April</span> 17, 1999, <span word="three">three</span>-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="Milica">Milica</span> <span word="Rakic">Rakic</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="bomb">bomb</span> <span word="debris">debris</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="house">house</span>.</p><p><span word="Vucic">Vucic</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Serbia">Serbia</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2,500 <span word="civilians">civilians</span>, <span word="among">among</span> <span word="whom">whom</span> 79 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="children">children</span> - <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="crime">crime</span>, <span word="stressing">stressing</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Serbian">Serbian</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="chose">chose</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="NATO">NATO</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="opted">opted</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="neutrality">neutrality</span> <span word="instead">instead</span>.</p><p><span word="During">During</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="event">event</span>, <span word="speeches">speeches</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Patriarch">Patriarch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Serbian">Serbian</span> <span word="Orthodox">Orthodox</span> <span word="Church">Church</span> <span word="Irinej">Irinej</span>, <span word="Chairmen">Chairmen</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Presidency">Presidency</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Bosnia">Bosnia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Herzegovina">Herzegovina</span> <span word="Milorad">Milorad</span> <span word="Dodik">Dodik</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Sladjan">Sladjan</span> <span word="Vuckovic">Vuckovic</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="officer">officer</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="disposing">disposing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bombs">bombs</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="explode">explode</span>.</p>
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