DATE=2/18/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-245694
TITLE=U-S / IRAQ (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=ANDRE DE NESNERA
DATELINE=PENTAGON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE U-S DEFENSE DEPARTMENT HAS REJECTED REPORTS FROM
BAGDHAD OF INCIDENTS IN THE NORTHERN NO-FLY ZONE OVER IRAQ.
V-O-A'S ANDRE DE NESNERA REPORTS FROM THE PENTAGON.
TEXT: U-S DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN MICHAEL DOUBLEDAY REFUTED
OFFICIAL NEWS REPORTS FROM BAGDHAD THAT U-S AIRPLANES ATTACKED AN
IRAQI ANTI-AIRCRAFT POSITION WHILE PATROLLING THE NORTHERN NO-FLY
ZONE IN THAT COUNTRY.
// DOUBLEDAY ACT //
FROM ALL I CAN TELL ON THIS, THIS MAY BE THE CASE OF AN
OVERZEALOUS PUBLIC RELATIONS PERSON FOR THE IRAQI
MILITARY SIMPLY HAVING PREPARED A PRESS RELEASE AND WHEN
EVENTS DID NOT OCCUR AS HE HAD FORECAST, THAT HE PUT
IT OUT ANYWAY.
// END ACT //
THE PENTAGON SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WERE SOME U-S FLIGHTS IN THE
NORTHERN NO-FLY ZONE THURSDAY. HE SAID THE WEATHER THERE WAS BAD
AND NO INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHATSOEVER. (SIGNED)
NEB/ADEN/PT
18-Feb-99 3:32 PM EST (2032 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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