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| Three Iraqi sites bombed |
| 2003-01-04 |
| Jets from the US-British coalition bombed three Iraqi air defence sites in response to hostile fire today, and dropped leaflets urging Iraqis to tune in to coalition radio broadcasts, the US military announced. The warplanes used precision-guided munitions to strike cable repeater sites located near the city of An Nasiriyah, approximately 275 kilometres south-east of Baghdad, according to a statement released by the US Central Command. But there was no immediate word about the effectiveness of the strikes, with the command saying damage assessment was still under way. Cable repeaters are used to relay and amplify signals between radar installations and anti-aircraft batteries, according to military experts. "The coalition targeted the communications sites after Iraqi air defence forces fired multiple anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles at coalition aircraft patrolling the southern no-fly zone," the statement said. The strike came just two days after coalition planes hit a similar set of Iraqi air defence cable repeaters outside the southern city of Al Kut in response to Iraqi anti-aircraft fire. Steady series of strikes on these cable nodes. Sucks to be a cable splicer in Iraq, always looking over your shoulder, hoping you'll finish and get out before the next raid. Wonder if they are in surface buildings or down in manholes? The bombing was preceded by another massive airdrop of leaflets as part of a US-led psychological campaign designed to undercut the morale of Iraqi troops and erode support to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ahead of possible military action against his government. The 13th airdrop of propaganda leaflets in the past three months took place over the southern towns of Al Amarah and As Samawah, according to the Central Command. Wonder when they start dropping the surrender leaflets? |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Hell of a quandry,for those install/repair guys. Sitting there,sipping a cup of tea.The boss comes in and says"Abdull go take care of that install or I shoot you in the head." What's Abull to do,get shot or take a chance with the American's. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-01-05 06:57:30 |