>From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG > >Iraq says 14 civilians killed in U.S.-British bombing > >By LEON BARKHO, Associated Press > >BAGHDAD, Iraq (April 6, 2000 5:50 p.m. EDT >http://www.nandotimes.com) - U.S. and British >warplanes struck targets in southern Iraq on Thursday, >and according to the Iraqi military they hit >residential areas, killing 14 civilians and injuring >19. > >The U.S. military confirmed that planes carried out >strikes, but said they were against military targets >in response to attacks by Iraqi anti-aircraft >artillery. A spokesman said there was no immediate >indication of Iraqi casualties. > >The official Iraqi news agency's report, which cited >an unidentified Iraqi Air Defense spokesman, did not >specify the nature of targets hit or their exact >location, but said the jets flew over six provinces in >the southern no-fly zone. > >"The American and British criminals added another >crime to their barbaric acts ... when their ravens >bombed residential areas and civil installations," the >agency said. > >At U.S. Center Command in Tampa, Fla., spokesman Lt. >Col. Rick Thomas said the strikes were aimed at Iraqi >military targets. > >"They fired at us today. We struck in response to >that," Thomas said, adding that U.S. pilots attempt as >a rule to minimize the risk of civilian casualties. > >The number of deaths reported in the strikes was the >highest since Aug. 17, when Iraq said 19 civilians >were killed and 11 were injured during attacks in >northern and southern Iraq. On Tuesday, authorities >reported that strikes had killed two people and >injured two in the south. > >Iraq does not recognize the no-fly zones set up after >the 1991 Gulf War to provide aerial protection from >government forces for Shiite Muslims in the south and >Kurds in the north. It began challenging the patrols >in December 1998, and allied forces often have >responded by firing on Iraqi anti-aircraft and radar >installations. > >At a news conference Thursday, Iraqi Air Defense Chief >Lt. Gen. Shaheen Yassin vowed there will be no letup >to Iraq's defiance of the U.S. and British jets >policing the zones. > >"We shall use our defenses, our weapons and whatever >means we have until they give up," he said. > >Thursday's casualty figure raises the death toll >reported by Iraq to 97 since December 1998. More than >300 Iraqi civilians have been injured in strikes since >then, Shaheen said. > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Advertisement: >Workstation with Monitor under $800! >So, you just heard that you need to add how many new workstations by >the end of next week? Check out the bundle below. It includes >everything you need to get everyone up and running quickly. >http://www.listbot.com/links/cdw5 > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
