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U.S., British Jets Bomb Southern Iraq ========================== Xinhuanet 2002-04-16 01:35:10 ����BAGHDAD, April 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Warplanes of the United States andBritain bombed southern Iraq on Monday, an Iraqi military spokesmansaid, without mentioning if there were any casualties. ����The unidentified spokesman told the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) that at 11:45 (0745 GMT) and 15:05 (1105 GMT) local time, thehostile planes made a total of 37 armed sorties over Iraq's southern provinces of Thi-Qar, Muthana and Najaf. ����The U.S. and British planes bombed "civil and service installations" in the Thi-Qar Province, the spokesman added. ����Thi-Qar Province, along with other six provinces in southern Iraq, have been located inside the southern no-fly zone, set up by the U.S.-led Western allies after the 1991 Gulf War with the claimed aim of protecting the Shiite Muslims from the persecution of the Iraqi government. ����A similar air exclusion zone was also established in northern Iraq to allegedly protect the Kurdish population there. ����Iraq has never recognized the two no-fly zones and has regularlyopened fire at the Western planes enforcing them. ����U.S. President George W. Bush has branded Iraq as part of an "axis of evil" and strongly warned that Iraq may become the next target of the U.S.-led war on terror. Enditem --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
