Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-06-19 11:45:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9416C3B7A239BF6DE2103EC0FF05C7D820B1377D20D07A303EF08327C2C889F9
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Original Note:
NATO only bombed Yugoslavia after UN approval of legitimacy (for peacekeeping) due to large-scale crimes against humanity by an ethnic genocide that was ongoing by Yugoslav forces against Albanians civilians. Rapes, tortures, mass executions were reported. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nato-bombs-yugoslavia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_of_the_NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/040499kosovo-legal.html https://www.nato.int/docu/pr/1999/p99-051e.htm
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