--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 1/4/07 8:51:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > > > sparaig@ writes: > > > > > > > > Name a single incident where they actually fired a weapon > rather > > > than locked > > > > their radar > > > > on. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll give you several in a single three month period in 1999 > just > > > in the > > > > northern no fly zone. If you'll read the whole thing , you'll > > > notice that yes, > > > > they were bombed each time they locked their radar on, but > there > > > were several > > > > incidents of actually firing on with anti aircraft artillery > and > > > Surface to > > > > air missiles, just in this one three month period. There are > more. > > > _Operation > > > > Northern Watch_ > (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/northern > > > > _watch-1999.htm) > > > > > > MDixon's absolutely right on this, Lawson. I don't > > > know where the idea that the Iraqis never fired on > > > U.S. planes got started, but it's just wrong, unless > > > the military is blatantly lying. > > > > I was wrong. However, note that the vast majority of cases were as > I said. > > Did you not read my page of media quotes? > > The page MDixon linked to was for *1999*. > > But then: > > The Iraqis fired upon or trained anti-aircraft radar on U.S. or > British warplanes 366 times in 2000, 527 times in 2001 and 205 times > so far this year, according to the Pentagon. (November 21, 2002) > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002-11-21-no-fly-usat_x.htm >
I found 96 instances of the words "fired anti-aircraft" in this page. There was a lot more attacks going on than I realized. http://www.eucom.mil/english/Operations/ONW_Chronology.asp
