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Published: 25 March, 2009, 00:18

Serb women attend a memorial service for the victims of the 1999 NATO bombing missions in Yugoslavia (AFP Photo / Andrej Isakovic)

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NATO's reasoning for attacking Serbia was similar to that for attacking Iraq, according to Branka Al-Hamdi from RAS, the international Serbian Organization.

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