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Monday April 19 12:48 PM ET
U.S. Jets Hit Iraqi Targets
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - U.S. fighter planes attacked Iraqi defense sites in
northern Iraq today after being targeted by Iraqi
radar, U.S. officials said.
It was the second confrontation in the northern no-fly zone in about a
month.
U.S. Air Force F-15Es dropped laser-guided bombs on radar sites in the
vicinity of Mosul, according to a statement from the
Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey where American jets are based.
The statement said damage was being assessed. All coalition aircraft left
the area safely.
On Saturday, the Iraqi armed forces said four civilians died and another
was injured when U.S. jets struck Iraqi military sites
in the area.
British and U.S. planes have targeted Iraqi defense sites in northern and
southern Iraq since Iraq started challenging allied
planes enforcing the no-fly zones in mid-December.
The northern and southern zones were set up after the 1991 Gulf War to
prevent Iraqi warplanes from threatening rebel groups
in the north and south.
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