----- Original Message ----- From: Red Rebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 10:10 PM Subject: Iraq: Fascist Bush And Lapdog Blair Bomb Iraq > Two articles from Ananova. > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_210840.html > > UK and US warplanes attack Iraq air defences > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > British and American warplanes patrolling the Iraqi southern no fly zone > have attacked air defences around the capital Baghdad. > > The Ministry of Defence confirms all planes have returned safely. > > Six Iraqi installations were targeted, including some north of the 33rd > parallel which marks the limit of the southern no fly zone. > > An MOD spokesman says the raids were in response to an increased threat to > allied aircraft from Iraq's missile defences in recent weeks. > > "Faced with the significant rise in the number of attacks on our aircrews, > we had no choice but to take action to protect them," the spokesman said. > > The allied strike was launched as President W Bush was out of the country - > on a day trip to Mexico. > > Pentagon sources confirm that communications and control sites had been > targeted. > > Officials say the US aircraft remained within the no-fly zone, whose > northern border runs close to the Iraqi capital. > > The Pentagon says the planes carried out their attack without crossing the > 33rd parallel, the line that marks the boundary of the southern no-fly zone > south of Baghdad. > > The facilities targeted were outside the no-fly zone, which was set up by US > and British forces at the end of the Gulf War in 1991 but is not recognised > by Iraq. > > Last updated: 19:13 Friday 16th February 2001 > > *END* > > > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_210846.html > > > Coalition planes attack air defence sites near Baghdad > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > US and British planes struck Iraqi air defence sites in Baghdad in a mission > meant to destroy radar systems that were threatening American and British > aircraft. > > The Ministry of Defence confirms all planes have returned safely. > > Six Iraqi installations were targeted, including some north of the 33rd > parallel which marks the limit of the southern no fly zone. > > Downing Street says the raids were authorised by Defence Secretary Geoff > Hoon earlier this week following discussions with the Americans. > > "We fired on some integrated air defence targets in Iraq," one official > said, speaking on condition of anonymity. > > Some of the Iraqi radars were located north of the 33rd Parallel, which > marks the outer limit of the no-fly zone that US and British planes have > been enforcing over southern Iraq since the end of the 1991 Gulf War. > > The Pentagon official says the strike is the first against targets outside > the southern no-fly zone since December 1998, when US and British planes > staged a four-day air campaign against Iraq. > > The official says the allied aircraft did not fly outside the no-fly zone. > They used "standoff" weapons to reach their targets, he said. These are > capable of zeroing in on targets from a distance after being launched from > an aircraft, making it safer for the pilot. > > Air-raid sirens wailed through Baghdad Friday night and explosions were > heard as anti-aircraft weapons fired into the sky. > > Witnesses saw nothing unusual over the Iraqi capital, but the city was > tense. The explosions from anti-aircraft weaponry from the southern and > western outskirts of the city began soon afterward. > > Last updated: 19:23 Friday 16th February 2001 > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> > eGroups is now Yahoo! Groups > Click here for more details > http://click.egroups.com/1/11231/1/_/_/_/982352972/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
