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| Serbia marks bombing anniversary | Serbia marks bombing anniversary |
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| Air raid sirens have sounded and church bells have rung across Serbia as the country marks 10 years since the start of Nato's bombing campaign. | Air raid sirens have sounded and church bells have rung across Serbia as the country marks 10 years since the start of Nato's bombing campaign. |
| Serbs have been gathering at sites where people were killed and government ministers were expected to lay wreaths. | Serbs have been gathering at sites where people were killed and government ministers were expected to lay wreaths. |
| Nato bombed Serbia for 11 weeks in an effort to push Serbian forces out of the province of Kosovo, accusing them of atrocities against ethnic Albanians. | Nato bombed Serbia for 11 weeks in an effort to push Serbian forces out of the province of Kosovo, accusing them of atrocities against ethnic Albanians. |
| Hundreds of Serbs were killed as bombs struck military and civilian targets. | Hundreds of Serbs were killed as bombs struck military and civilian targets. |
| Damaged buildings can still be seen in the capital, Belgrade, and in Pristina, now capital of the self-declared independent state of Kosovo. | Damaged buildings can still be seen in the capital, Belgrade, and in Pristina, now capital of the self-declared independent state of Kosovo. |
| I think that goals which Nato wanted to achieve could have been done with less energy and citizens could be spared from what happened Dragan SutanovacSerbian defence minister Scars of bombing still pain Serbs Audio slideshow: Bombed Belgrade | |
| Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac said he had not changed his mind about the bombing, which he considered unnecessary. | Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac said he had not changed his mind about the bombing, which he considered unnecessary. |
| "Then and now I think it was a great mistake of the Nato and that the bombing shouldn't have happened," he told Reuters news agency. | "Then and now I think it was a great mistake of the Nato and that the bombing shouldn't have happened," he told Reuters news agency. |
| "I think that goals which Nato wanted to achieve could have been done with less energy and citizens could be spared from what happened." | "I think that goals which Nato wanted to achieve could have been done with less energy and citizens could be spared from what happened." |
| Serbs are feeling a mixture of anger and sadness over what they feel was Western aggression, says the BBC's Helen Fawkes in Belgrade. | |
| Many of Serbia's roads, bridges, military bases and weapons plants were bombed until 10 June when an agreement was reached for Yugoslav forces to withdraw from Kosovo. | |
| The withdrawal paved the way for Nato peacekeepers and a UN civilian mission to run the province, which unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February 2008. | |
| Its independence has been recognised by 56 countries, but not by Serbia. | |
| In Kosovo, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci hailed the anniversary of the bombing as "a great historic day". | |
| Nato's intervention "opened a new chapter in Kosovo's history... the chapter of freedom and the building of meaningful democracy", he said. | |
| Nato has no special plans to mark the 10th anniversary of the war against Yugoslavia, according to Reuters. | Nato has no special plans to mark the 10th anniversary of the war against Yugoslavia, according to Reuters. |
| Do you live in Serbia? Are you going to mark the bombing anniversary? How has Nato bombing changed Serbia? Send us your comments using the form below. | Do you live in Serbia? Are you going to mark the bombing anniversary? How has Nato bombing changed Serbia? Send us your comments using the form below. |
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