DATE=2/9/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-245325
TITLE= U-S / IRAQ (S-ONLY)
BYLINE= ANDRE DE NESNERA
DATELINE= WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE UNITED STATES HAS DENIED (TUESDAY) THAT ONE OF ITS
PLANES HAS BEEN HIT BY IRAQI AIR DEFENSE FIRE. V-O-A'S ANDRE DE
NESNERA REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON.
TEXT: U-S DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN MICHAEL DOUBLEDAY FLATLY
DENIED IRAQI REPORTS THAT AN AMERICAN PLANE WAS HIT BY IRAQI AIR
DEFENSE FIRE, WHILE PATROLLING ONE OF THE NO-FLY ZONES OVER IRAQ.
// DOUBLEDAY ACT //
I HAVE NOT ONLY NO REASON TO BELIEVE IT IS NOT THE
CASE, I HAVE EVERY EVIDENCE THAT THAT ABSOLUTELY DID
NOT OCCUR.
// END ACT //
MR. DOUBLEDAY TOLD REPORTERS DURING THE REGULAR TUESDAY BRIEFING
U-S AIR OPERATIONS OVER NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN IRAQ CONTINUE AND
THE UNITED STATES WILL ENFORCE THOSE TWO NO-FLY ZONES.
THE PENTAGON SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IT HAS
BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET THERE -- AND IN THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS,
THERE HAVE BEEN NO STRIKES BY U-S PLANES IN EITHER ONE OF THE
NO-FLY ZONES.
SINCE THE END OF THE "DESERT FOX" AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST BAGHDAD IN
DECEMBER, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CLASHES BETWEEN U-S PLANES
AND IRAQI AIR DEFENSES AND JETS. (SIGNED)
NEB/ADEN/JO
09-Feb-99 3:45 PM EST (2045 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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