DATE=2/10/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-245377
TITLE=IRAQ-WEDNESDAY S & L (SECOND UPDATE)
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=PENTAGON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: U -S AND BRITISH WARPLANES LAUNCHED A SERIES OF ATTACKS ON
AIR DEFENSES IN IRAQ'S SOUTHERN NO-FLY ZONE WEDNESDAY. U-S
OFFICIALS SAY THEY CARRIED OUT THE ATTACKS AFTER IRAQI PLANES
ENTERED THE NO FLY ZONES AND IRAQI ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRED AT
ALLIED PLANES. V-O-A'S JIM RANDLE REPORTS.
TEXT: U-S PLANES HIT RADAR AND RADIO FACILITIES NEAR BASRA. AND
U-S AND BRITISH JETS DROPPED BOMBS AND MISSILES ON OTHER
ANTI-AIRCRAFT SITES AFTER IRAQI JETS FLEW DEEP INTO THE NO-FLY
ZONE.
U-S MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY ALLIED PILOTS DID NOT ENGAGE THE
IRAQI PLANES AND RETURNED SAFELY TO BASE. IT IS THE FIRST TIME
IN OVER A WEEK THAT U-S PLANES HAVE HIT IRAQI TARGETS. TUESDAY
IRAQI SAYS ITS AIR DEFENSE FORCES HIT AN INTRUDING PLANE IN THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, BUT U-S AND BRITISH OFFICIALS DENY
THAT.
/// REST OPT FOR LONG ///
AFTER DECEMBER'S U-S AND BRITISH AIR STRIKES ON SUSPECTED ILLEGAL
WEAPONS SITES IN IRAQ, THERE WERE SEVERAL WEEKS OF ALMOST DAILY
CLASHES AS IRAQ BEGAN ACTIVELY CHALLENGING THE NO-FLY ZONES.
THE ZONES WERE SET UP AFTER THE 1991 GULF WAR TO PROTECT
DISSIDENT POPULATIONS FROM IRAQI AIR ATTACKS. (SIGNED)
NEB/JR/ENE/JO
10-Feb-99 4:34 PM EST (2134 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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