Abstract
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's aerial bombardment of Serbia has specifically targeted refineries and petrochemical and fertilizer facilities with devastating impact, according to both NATO and Serbian sources. The biggest chemical target in Serbia has been a petrochemical and fertilizer complex in Pancevo, on the Danube River about 10 miles northeast of Belgrade. This complex is adjacent to an oil refinery that has been attacked several times since NATO's air campaign started on March 24. On April 8, the Pentagon claimed that this refinery, one of the two largest in Serbia, was no longer capable of operating. The major strikes against the Pancevo chemical facilities came on the nights of April 15 and 17. The units destroyed were HIP Petrohemija's ethylene, vinyl chloride, polyvinyl chloride, and mercury-cell chlor-alkali plants and HIP Azotara's ammonia and fertilizer facilities. According to an April 16 statement by Slobodan Tresac, director general of HIP Petrohemija, which was distributed via...
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