STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Baghdad says US, British jets bomb southern Iraq. > > BAGHDAD, June 6 (Reuters) - Iraq said U.S and British planes flying > from bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait attacked targets in the south > of the country on Wednesday, but no casualties were reported. > > "At 08:20 a.m.(0420 GMT) on Wednesday, U.S. and British warplanes > violated our air space, carrying out 12 sorties from Saudi Arabia and > 25 sorties from Kuwait," an Iraqi military spokesman said in a > statement carried by the official Iraqi News Agency. > > "The planes flew over the provinces of Basra, Dhi qar, Meissan, > Muthanna, Najaf, Qadissiya and Kerbala," he said. > > He said the planes attacked civilian and service installations in > Amara city, Meissan province, but were forced to return to their > bases by Iraqi air-defence fire. > > There was no immediate confirmation from the United States or Britain. > The U.S. military said American jets enforcing a "no-fly" zone over > southern Iraq had attacked an anti-aircraft artillery site on > Tuesday "in response to recent Iraqi hostile acts". > > An Iraqi military spokesman was quoted in Iraqi newspapers on > Wednesday as confirming the U.S. report, saying the U.S. had attacked > unspecified civilian installations. He said British planes had also > been involved. > > Western powers established no-fly zones in the north and south of > Iraq after the Gulf War in 1991 to help protect a Kurdish enclave in > northern Iraq and Shi'ite Muslims in the south from possible attacks > by Iraqi forces. > > Last Monday, U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said improvements > in Iraqi defences had increased the risk of an American plane being > shot down. U.S. military commanders overseeing operations over Iraq have > said it might be necessary to cut back on the enforcement flights in the > face of increasing and more effective attacks on them from the ground. > _______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
