-Caveat Lector- Iraq Wants To View Solar Eclipse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq reportedly has asked U.N. chief Kofi Annan to persuade the United States and Britain to halt overflights Aug. 11 to enable Iraqis to peacefully observe the last total solar eclipse of the millennium. Iraq's northern city of Mosul will be among the best placed areas to view the eclipse, the state-run weekly magazine Nabed al-Shebab said Monday. Certain parts of Mosul, 250 miles north of Baghdad, are expected to be in total darkness for up to two minutes, the magazine said. The area around Mosul has been repeatedly targeted by allied planes patrolling the northern no-fly zone in Iraq. ``Iraq has asked Kofi Annan and the world community ... to halt aerial military action by the United States and Britain during this scientific and astronomical day,'' the magazine said. U.S. and British planes maintain no-fly zones set up over northern and southern Iraq in 1991-92. The northern zone is intended to protect Kurds; the southern to protect Shiite Muslims. Iraq does not recognize the no-fly zones and its air defenses have challenged the allied planes since December. The U.S. and British warplanes have responded by attacking Iraqi sites. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
