DATE=2/1/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244933
TITLE=IRAQ / ATTACKS MONDAY (S ONLY)
BYLINE=SCOTT BOBB
DATELINE=CAIRO
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: IRAQ'S PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN REPORTEDLY HAS OFFERED A
LARGE REWARD TO AIR DEFENSE TROOPS WHO SHOOT DOWN A WESTERN PLANE
OVER IRAQ OR ARREST A FOREIGN MILITARY PILOT IN IRAQI TERRITORY.
VOA MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT SCOTT BOBB REPORTS THAT THE
ANNOUNCEMENT BY AN IRAQI NEWSPAPER FOLLOWS TWO DAYS OF
INTENSIFIED CLASHES BETWEEN IRAQI FORCES AND WESTERN PLANES.
TEXT: THE WEEKLY "NABD AL-SHABAB" (PULSE OF YOUTH) NEWSPAPER
QUOTES THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AS SAYING IT WILL PAY THE
EQUIVALENT OF 13-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THOSE WHO SHOOT DOWN AN
ENEMY PLANE.
THE ARTICLE SAYS A REWARD OF ONE-HALF THAT AMOUNT WILL BE PAID
FOR SHOOTING DOWN AN ENEMY MISSILE AND A LESSER AMOUNT (EDS: THE
EQUIVALENT OF 25-HUNDRED DOLLARS) WILL BE PAID TO ANYONE WHO
ARRESTS WHAT WAS CALLED "AN ENEMY PILOT" WHO FALLS INTO IRAQ.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS TWO DAYS OF HEAVY CLASHES BETWEEN IRAQI
AIR DEFENSES AND WESTERN AIR PATROLS. U-S AND BRITISH WARPLANES
ATTACKED IRAQI DEFENSES EIGHT TIMES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTER
BEING TARGETED IN THE "NO-FLY" ZONES OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
IRAQ. (SIGNED)
NEB/FSB/PCF
01-Feb-99 8:27 AM EST (1327 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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