DATE=1/30/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244885
TITLE=US /IRAQ SATURDAY UPDATE (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: (EDS: UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL U-S ATTACKS)
INTRO: U-S OFFICIALS SAY AMERICAN WARPLANES ATTACKED IRAQI AIR
DEFENSES AT LEAST HALF-A-DOZEN TIMES SATURDAY, LAUNCHING MISSILES
AND BOMBS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. V-O-A'S JIM RANDLE
REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON.
TEXT: U-S PLANES WERE PATROLLING THE NO-FLY ZONE IN MOSUL IN
NORTHERN IRAQ WHEN PILOTS SAY THEY WERE TARGETED BY IRAQI RADAR.
ONE F-15 FIRED A MISSILE AT THE RADAR WHILE TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
DROPPED LASER-GUIDED BOMBS ON NEARBY ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE
LAUNCHERS. LATER EXCHANGES PITTED IRAQI RADAR-GUIDED
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AGAINST U-S PLANES AND MISSILES. THERE IS NO
WORD OF DAMAGE ON THE GROUND.
U-S OFFICIALS RECENTLY GAVE PILOTS INSTRUCTIONS TO ATTACK ANY
PART OF THE IRAQI AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM IF THEY ARE THREATENED --
NOT JUST THE PARTICULAR FACILITY THAT IS ACTUALLY TARGETING THEM.
THE "NO-FLY ZONES" WERE SET UP AFTER THE 1991 GULF WAR TO PROTECT
DISSIDENT POPULATIONS INSIDE IRAQ FROM AIR ATTACK BY BAGHDAD'S
FORCES. (SIGNED)
NEB/JR/TMD-T/GE
30-Jan-99 1:21 PM EST (1821 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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