--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/4/07 4:01:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Excuse me, Iraq attacked us on almost a weekly basis. We patrolled a no fly > > zone that Saddam agreed to and our aircraft were constantly fired upon by > his > > military. The only way we could find out that he wasn't an immediate > threat > > to anybody was to remove him from power and scour his country. Until then, > the > > world thought he was dangerous enough to pass 17 UN resolutions calling > for > > him to disarm. > > > > Iraq "locked onto" us with their radar on a weekly basis. They did NOT fire > on us on a > weekly basis. > > > > > Regardless of frequency, they violated the cease fire each time they fired > on Coalition aircraft patrolling the no fly zone and each time they fired, > it > was an attack on Coalition forces. >
Name a single incident where they actually fired a weapon rather than locked their radar on. I'm not condemning the no-fly zones OR the military response to the weapons radar lock since Saddam knew from past experience that every time he ordered his men to do this, we WOULD blow up the radar site, but that is STILL not the same as firing on American forces. He was, IIRC, very careful to NEVER do that.
