Hatton I appreciate your willingness to serve. However I wasn't talking about the UN's perception (or mine).
I was talking about Iraq's. And just as a quick reality check.... did Saddam even *use* airplanes in attacking Dujail? Dana On 11/5/06, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/5/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/5/06, Jeff Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Iran wasn't attacking us. They still aren't. Iraq, on the other hand, > > > was > > > in violation of international sanctions and was firing at our airmen > > > enforcing the no fly zone. > > hmm. I wonder if they considered that to be self-defense? I don't > > know, but calling that an attack is a stretch imho. > > Nope, not even the UN called it self defense. We were there to keep > Hussein from launching more agressive attacks against his citizens, as > he had done the last time they tried to rebel against him. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_no-fly_zones > > I participated in the enforcement of the zones. The rules of > engagement were very strict and typically required the lock-on of > enemy (Iraqi) radar sites before agressive activity could be taken. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:219628 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
