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| U.S., British jets attack in Iraqi ’no-fly’ zone |
| 2003-02-10 |
| Aircraft taking part in a U.S.-British patrol attacked a mobile air-defense missile system in a "no-fly" zone in southern Iraq on Monday, the U.S. military said. It marked the second such attack in three days by the Western warplanes against a mobile Iraqi military target in the southern no-fly zone as the United States and Britain build a large military force in the Gulf region for a possible war with Iraq. The aircraft used precision-guided weapons to target an Iraqi military mobile surface-to-air missile system near Al Basrah, about 245 miles (394 km) southeast of Baghdad, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement from its headquarters in Tampa, Florida. The statement said the attack came after Iraqi forces moved the missile system into the zone, saying, "The facility's presence in the no-fly zone was a threat to coalition aircraft." Central Command said "target battle damage assessment is ongoing." The statement did not identify the nationality of the planes involved in Monday's attack. The previous attack took place on Saturday, when the patrolling aircraft targeted an Iraqi mobile military command-and-control facility near Al Kut, about 95 miles (153 km) southeast of Baghdad, Central Command said. After all these years of being hit, I'll bet that as soon as they see aircraft heading their way, the Iraqis are running for the shelters. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Actually, I'd be running away fast from any shelters. I'd run for any empty space I could find. Any day now and those shelters won't shelter much except dead guys. |
| Posted by: RW 2003-02-10 16:02:10 |