>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >U.S., British Planes Hit Iraq > >By WAIEL FALEH >.c The Associated Press > > >BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. and British warplanes struck targets in southern >Iraq on Friday, and Baghdad said the attack killed one person and injured two >others. > >The U.S. Central Command headquarters said in a statement that the warplanes, >patrolling the no-fly zone in southern Iraq, attacked a radar system and >anti-aircraft sites with precision-guided weapons. > >The command, based in Tampa, Fla., had no report of casualties and still was >assessing the damage. ``We go to great lengths to avoid injuries,'' said Maj. >Jeff Blau at MacDill Air Force Base. > >An Iraqi military spokesman said the warplanes struck ``civil and service >installations in the provinces of Basra and Nasiriya, resulting in the >killing of one civilian and the injury of two others,'' according to the >Iraqi News Agency. > >``Our heroic (anti-aircraft) missile units confronted the enemy warplanes, >forcing them to leave our skies for Saudi Arabia and Kuwait,'' the >unidentified spokesman said. The report did not say where the casualties >occurred. > >Basra is 340 miles south of Baghdad and Nasiriya is 248 miles south of the >capital. > >The U.S. Central Command said the sites ``were targeted to further degrade >Iraq's ability to jeopardize coalition pilots and aircraft.'' > >U.S. and British jets have been patrolling no-fly zones over northern and >southern Iraq in a program designed to protect Kurdish and Shiite groups >against government forces. Baghdad has been challenging the planes since late >1998, saying the zones violate its sovereignty and international law. > >AP-NY-12-22-00 1625EST _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for geopolitics. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
