New operation on Iraq will target south
00:00 GMT, 15 January 1999
AMMAN, Jan 15 (AFP) -With the
Moslem holy month of Ramadan drawing
to a close, the United States and Britain
are preparing to concentrate new
military strikes within Iraq's southern
"no-fly" zone, diplomats here said.
"The next operation will target Iraqi
military installations in the south,
particularly surface-to-air missile sites,"
said one diplomat experienced in Iraqi
affairs.
Operation Desert Fox, which comprised
four nights of British-US air strikes on
Iraq, was called off December 19, shortly
after Ramadan began, in the face of
heavy opposition from Arab leaders to
bombardments continuing into the holy
month.
Since then US and British jets have
continued to pressure Iraq with
lower-profile sorties over Iraq's northern
and southern no-fly zones, striking sites
in retaliation for Iraqi attacks on the air
patrols.
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