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Iraq says 1 killed, 22 injured in US-British raids ================================ Xinhuanet 2002-07-24 02:35:31 ����BAGHDAD, July 23 (Xinhuanet) -- One Iraqi civilian was killed and 22 others injured when US and British warplanes bombed southern Iraq late Monday and early Tuesday, an Iraqi military spokesman said. ����The spokesman was quoted by the official Iraqi News Agency (INA)as saying US and British planes bombed the southern provinces of Wassit and Qadisiya, killing one Iraqi and wounding 22 more. ����Wassit and Qadisiya are within the so-called southern no-fly zone, a similar one to that in northern Iraq. ����US and British planes have been patrolling the two no-fly zones since the 1991 Gulf War with the claimed aim of protecting the Kurds in the north and Shiite Muslims in the south from the persecution of the Iraqi government. ����On Thursday, five Iraqi citizens were killed and 17 others were injured in similar airstrikes in Qadisiya launched by US and Britain planes coming from their bases in Kuwait. ����Iraq does not recognize the air exclusion zones and has regularly opened fire at the Western planes enforcing the two no-fly zones. ����US President George W. Bush has branded Iraq as part of an "axisof evil" and vowed to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with all the tools at his disposal. Enditem --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu 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 ==^================================================================
