NATO soldiers begin to die because uranium was used in Yugoslavia

24-year old former service-man Salvatore Karbanaro, who served in a peacemaking corps in 1996 in Bosnya, died of leucaemia on the night of November, 6. Two Dutch service-men who served in Bosnya and in Kosovo died of the same form of cancer. In this connection Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato demanded complete publicity from NATO in the question of using uranium at Balkans. Salvatore Karbanaro is the sixth Italian soldier, who died of leucaemia after serving in that region. Certainly, NATO will do its best to help Italy. Next week its military leaders will gather to discuss possible ways out of the embarrassing situation. Meanwhile Italian authorities began their own investigation of the cases of 30 soldiers whose health is getting worse day by day. It was determined that 12 of them suffer from cancer. “It’s a very delicate question!” – Amato admitted. NATO denied using uranium in Bosnya till the last week. Though it was known about Kosovo long ago…

Irina Malenko