DATE=12/19/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-243297
TITLE=IRAQ ATTACKS RESUME (S-ONLY) - CQ
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=PENTAGON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: (EDS: RE-RUNNING WITH CORRECT CR NUMBER)
INTRO: U-S MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY A FOURTH NIGHT OF ATTACKS IS
UNDERWAY AGAINST IRAQ. V-O-A'S JIM RANDLE REPORTS FROM THE
PENTAGON THAT EXPERTS ARE WORKING TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE FROM THE
FIRST THREE WAVES OF ATTACKS.
TEXT: IRAQI ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRED INTO THE NIGHT SKIES OVER
BAGHDAD AS PRESS REPORTS SAID BRITISH WARPLANES WERE HEADING FOR
IRAQ ONCE AGAIN. WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING LOUD EXPLOSIONS NEAR
THE CITY CENTER.
PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE SENT MISSILES AND BOMBS AT
NEARLY ALL THE TARGETS THEY INTENDED TO HIT IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
BUT EARLY ASSESSMENTS OF THE DAMAGE SHOW THAT MANY TARGETS WERE
LIGHTLY DAMAGED AND SOME WERE MISSED ALL TOGETHER.
PENTAGON SPOKESMAN KEN BACON SAYS THE CAMPAIGN WILL CONTINUE
UNTIL IT REACHES ITS MILITARY GOAL TO WRECK IRAQ'S ABILITY TO
MAKE OR USE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. OFFICIALS SAY PREVIOUS
ATTACKS CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO IRAQ'S BIOLOGICAL AND
CHEMICAL WEAPONS FACILITIES. BUT THE NEW ATTACKS MAKE IT CLEAR
OFFICIALS DON'T THINK THE JOB IS FINISHED. (SIGNED)
NEB/JR/GE
19-Dec-98 12:51 PM EST (1751 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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