BOMBARDING OF PETROHEMIJA PANCEVO (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:28:10 -0400
From: Jacimovic Mirjana <jacimovic@iol.it>
Reply-To: srpska_kultura@4Cbiz.net
To: SRPSKA KULTURAŠ <srpska_kultura@4Cbiz.net>
Subject: BOMBARDING OF PETROHEMIJA PANCEVO


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____ CP||CKA KY/\TYPA ____ No. 887  Poruka od:  "Jacimovic Mirjana" <jacimovic@iol.it>

Pancevo 16 th april 1999

It is my duty and obligation to inform the domestic and international
public that on 15th April at 22:40 NATO  forces heavily bombarded the
plants of
the Petrochemical Complex in Pancevo  which were in regular operation.

Installations and equipment of the Vinyl Chlorid Monomer plant and
Ethylene plant were directly hit. Indirectly, heavy and destructive
explosions damaged the Chloralkali plant and Polyvinilchlorid plant and
buildings inside the complex, as well as a larage number of civil houses
and flats in the surrounding area.

The fire broke out and huge quantities of toxic matters such as chlorine,
ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride monomer flowed out. The transformer
stations were also heavily damaged and very toxic transformer oil flowed
out.

Unfortunately but unavoidably a larage number of people were injured and
intoxicated. At this moment we do not know the exact number of intoxicated
and injuted civilians who were evacuatead.

Due to the power failure and utilities and auxiliary fluids interuption a
larage quantity of combustible, explosive and toxic matters remained 
trapped in the equipment, installation and tanks.
It will take a lot of time to drain and evacuate all those matters from
the plants before the plants could be considered safe for a wide surrounding
area.

The plants have been heavily damaged and cannot be put in operation.

According to all the terms and rules of warefare accepted and followed so
far, the plant of chemical process industries of this type have never been
military targets and objects of strikes. The range of products of "HIP
PETROHEMIJA"DP  Pancevo, is of EXTREMELY CIVIL NATURE and bombardement of
these plants represents the worst war crime and it reveals genosidal
intentions of the aggressor. Therefore, we call upon the petrochemical
producers, licencors, and engineering houses all over the world, to raise
their voice and warn those who give orders for bombing of the danger and
catastrophic consequences caused by bombing of this kind of plants.

HIP PETROHEMIJA PANCEVO
Dr. Ing. Slobodan Tresac
General Director

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