DATE=12/18/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-243223
TITLE= IRAQ STRIKES FRIDAY
BYLINE= SCOTT BOBB
DATELINE= AMMAN
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: IN IRAQ, AUTHORITIES ARE BEGINNING TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE
FROM A WAVE OF AIR STRIKES THURSDAY NIGHT IN WHICH A NUMBER OF
TARGETS IN URBAN AREAS WERE HIT. IRAQI OFFICIALS SAY A
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT SHOWS THAT 25 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND
75 WOUNDED SINCE THE ATTACKS BEGAN, AS WE HEAR FROM VOA'S SCOTT
BOBB IN AMMAN.
TEXT: THE SECOND WAVE OF U-S AND BRITISH AIR STRIKES HIT A NUMBER
OF TARGETS IN BAGHDAD AND OTHER CITIES, LEADING TO A SHARP RISE
IN CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.
THE UNITED NATIONS EVACUATED MOST OF ITS FOREIGN WORKERS, LEAVING
ONLY A SMALL STAFF OF ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.
IRAQI OFFICIALS SAY THE ATTACKS ARE A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL
LAW AND THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER AND SAY THE U-S AND BRITISH
GOVERNMENTS WILL BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM.
REACTION IN THE ARAB WORLD HAS BEEN NEGATIVE, RANGING FROM
OUTRIGHT CONDEMNATION TO CONCERN MIXED WITH CALLS FOR IRAQ TO
AVOID THE STRIKES BY COOPERATING WITH U-N WEAPONS INSPECTIONS.
POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE ATTACKS WERE HELD IN IRAQ,
EGYPT AND JORDAN. (SIGNED)
NEB/SB/PLM
18-Dec-98 4:07 AM EST (0907 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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