----- Original Message ----- From: Francisco Javier Bernal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 11:17 PM Subject: You know: WAR IS PEACE [STOPNATO.ORG.UK] STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get low APR NextCard VISA, in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision in 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and now annual fee! Apply NOW! http://on.linkexchange.com/?ATID=27&AID=2269 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Allies attacked due to 'Iraqi threat', UK says 10:11pm Friday, 16th February 2001 British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon says the attacks in Iraq had been a "proportionate response" to the increased threat to allied aircraft. Geoff Hoon said: "Saddam Hussein should be clear that we will not tolerate continued attempts to endanger the lives of our aircrew, but if he stops shooting at us there will be no need for the RAF to attack his air defences." The MOD said that six sites - all part of the Iraqi integrated air defence system - had been hit, five of them outside the southern no fly zone. One was as close as 10 miles to Baghdad. "This operation was carefully pre-planned and approved by ministers in London," the MOD said in a statement. "All aircraft returned safely. Initial reports are that weapons hit their targets successfully." Shadow defence secretary Iain Duncan Smith said the airstrikes had been "fully justified" in the face of the increased Iraqi threat to British and American aircrews. "Ten years after the Gulf War, Saddam is still a source of aggression in the region and the need for a resolute policy is as strong as ever." Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Paul Keetch said the party understood why the air strikes had taken place but insisted British and American involvement needed to be kept under constant review. ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
