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DATE=1/14/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244202
TITLE=IRAQ-TURKEY-US (L)
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=PENTAGON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE CONSIDERING A TURKISH 
REQUEST TO DEPLOY U-S - BUILT MISSILE DEFENSES IN SOUTHERN 
TURKEY. THE CALL FOR HELP COMES AS TURKISH-BASED U-S PLANES 
ATTACKED BAGHDAD'S FORCES IN NEIGHBORING IRAQ FOR THE FOURTH DAY 
IN A ROW.  V-O-A'S JIM RANDLE REPORTS, THE TURKS ARE CONCERNED 
ABOUT THE THREAT POSED BY IRAQI SCUD MISSILES.  
TEXT: PENTAGON SPOKESMAN MIKE DOUBLEDAY SAYS U-S OFFICIALS ARE 
CLOSE TO A DECISION ON THE TURKISH REQUEST FOR PATRIOT MISSILES, 
AND HE HINTED IT IS LIKELY TO BE GRANTED. 
                   /// FIRST DOUBLEDAY ACT ///
         WE ARE PRESENTLY REVIEWING THAT REQUEST.  WE ARE 
         INTERESTED IN BEING AS SUPPORTIVE AS WE CAN TO ANY OF 
         OUR COALITION PARTNERS WHO ARE INVOLVED THIS OPERATION. 
                        /// END ACT /// 
TURKEY PROVIDES A BASE FOR DOZENS OF U-S AND BRITISH PLANES THAT 
PATROL NORTHERN IRAQ, BLOCKING FLIGHTS BY IRAQI JETS AND 
HELICOPTERS.
THE "NO-FLY" ZONES IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF IRAQ WERE SET UP 
AFTER THE GULF WAR IN 1991, TO STOP AIR ATTACKS BY BAGHDAD ON 
MINORITY KURDS IN THE NORTH AND SHI'ITE MUSLIMS IN THE SOUTH.
CAPTAIN DOUBLEDAY SAYS THE TURKS MAY HAVE GOOD REASON FOR CONCERN
THAT BAGHDAD WILL TRY TO HIT THEM WITH CRUDE BALLISTIC MISSILES. 
                  /// SECOND DOUBLEDAY ACT ///
         I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY KIND OF SCUD ACTIVITY, BUT WE HAVE
         SAID IN THE PAST, THAT WE BELIEVE THE IRAQIS DID RETAIN 
         SOME SCUD [BALLISTIC MISSILE] CAPABILITY AFTER THE GULF 
         WAR.
                        /// END ACT /// 
MEANTIME, U-S PLANES ATTACKED IRAQ'S AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM THURSDAY 
FOR THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW.
CAPTAIN DOUBLEDAY SAYS IN TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS, U-S PLANES WERE
TRACKED BY IRAQI RADAR AND RESPONDED BY FIRING MISSILES.  HE SAYS
BOTH U-S PLANES RETURNED SAFELY TO THEIR TURKISH BASE.  THERE IS 
NO  WORD WHETHER THE AMERICAN WEAPONS DID ANY DAMAGE TO IRAQI 
RADAR, ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY OR MISSILE SITES.
BAGHDAD HAS STEPPED UP ITS CHALLENGES TO THE WESTERN-IMPOSED 
EXCLUSION ZONES OVER IRAQ SINCE LAST MONTH'S U-S - LED RAIDS, 
WHICH HIT TARGETS WHERE IRAQ WAS THOUGHT TO BE HIDING BANNED 
WEAPONS.   (SIGNED).
NEB/JR/ENE/WTW
14-Jan-99 5:03 PM EST (2203 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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