Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The USA's Other Mideast War The USA's Other Mideast War Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit source - http://www.uruklink.net/iraqnews/enews4.htm THE OTHER MIDEAST WAR: US/BRITS FLY 9 SORTIES AGAINST IRAQ FROM KUWAITI AIRSPACE Baghdad, Oct. 16, INA--The U.S and British warplanes carried out on Monday 9 sorties from Kuwaiti airspace, supported by an AWACS. A spokesman for Iraqi Air Defense Command said that the warplanes flew over the provinces of Thiqar, Muthana, and Wassit. Iraqi missile force and anti-aircraft artillery drove the enemy planes out of national airspace back to their bases in Kuwait, the spokesman added. Since December 17, 1998 up to Oct.15, 2001, the enemy warplanes carried out a total of 35397 sorties from Saudi, Kuwaiti and Turkish airspace, of which 10537 sorties from Kuwaiti airspace. ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________