DATE=1/26/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244694
TITLE=IRAQ / PLANES TUESDAY -S
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=THE PENTAGON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF IRAQI AIR SPACE CONTINUED
TUESDAY NEAR THE NORTHERN CITY OF MOSUL. IRAQI RADAR TARGETED
U-S PLANES, WHICH RESPONDED WITH BOMBS AND MISSILES. V-O-A'S
JIM RANDLE REPORTS ON THE LATEST CONFRONTATION BETWEEN IRAQ AND
WESTERN PLANES ENFORCING THE NO FLY ZONES OVER IRAQ
TEXT: U-S OFFICIALS SAY IN TWO OF THE INCIDENTS, U-S PLANES WERE
TARGETED BY RADAR LINKED TO IRAQI AIR DEFENSES. BOTH PILOTS
LAUNCHED MISSILES, ONE WAS A RADAR SEEKING DEVICE.
IN OTHER INCIDENTS U-S PLANES AIMED LASER-GUIDED BOMBS AT IRAQI
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS.
NO WORD YET ON DAMAGE ON THE GROUND.
THE ACTION FOLLOWS MONDAY'S INCIDENT NEAR THE SOUTHERN CITY OF
BASRA IN WHICH IRAQI OFFICIALS SAY A U-S MISSILE KILLED SOME
CIVILIANS. U-S OFFICIALS SAY ONE WEAPON MAY HAVE GONE ASTRAY,
BUT DENY DELIBERATELY TARGETING CIVILIANS. (SIGNED)
NEB/JR/JO
26-Jan-99 8:29 AM EST (1329 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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