Sunday August 15 7:12 AM ET
U.S. Bombs Iraqi Radar Site
BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. planes enforcing a no-fly zone over Iraq bombed a
radar site Sunday after coming under anti-aircraft
fire, the U.S. Air Force's European Command said.
F-15 aircraft dropped laser-guided bombs on the site south of the Saddam
Dam in northern Iraq in self-defense after Iraq used
its air defenses between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., the German-based command
said in a statement.
All aircraft returned safely.
The bombings are the latest in a series of incidents involving American and
British warplanes and Iraqi air defenses after
Baghdad said in December it would not recognize Western-enforced no-fly
zones set up after the 1991 Gulf War. The
monitoring of the northern no-fly zone, code-named Operation Northern
Watch, is a joint U.S., British and Turkish operation
Friday, Iraq launched surface-to-air missiles and used anti-aircraft
artillery against Northern Watch planes. U.S. planes
bombed two sites around the northern city of Mosul, European Command said.
Earlier Stories
Iraq Fires Missiles At Western Aircraft (August 13)
Iraq Fires Missiles At Western Warplanes (August 13)
U.S. Says Iraq Fired Missiles At Air Patrol (August 13)
U.S. Air Force Bombs Iraq Sites For Second Day (August 10)
