DATE=4/4/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-247628
TITLE=IRAQ-ATTACK-SUNDAY - S
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=PENTAGON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: U-S MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY ALLIED AIRCRAFT BOMBED SIX
IRAQI TARGETS SUNDAY, AFTER IRAQI PLANES ENTERED FLIGHT EXCLUSION
ZONES IMPOSED BY WESTERN POWERS. V-O-A'S JIM RANDLE REPORTS FROM
THE PENTAGON, WHERE OFFICIALS SAY ALL THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN
PLANES RETURNED SAFELY TO THEIR BASES.
TEXT: JETS FROM THE U-S NAVY AND THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN AIR
FORCES STRUCK TWO IRAQI SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITES AND FOUR
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN TWO WAVES OF ATTACKS SUNDAY.
OFFICIALS IN BAGHDAD SAY THE ALLIED AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM SAUDI
ARABIA AND INJURED AT LEAST ONE PERSON. U-S OFFICIALS SAY THEY
ATTACKED AFTER AT LEAST THREE IRAQI PLANES ENTERED THE SOUTHERN
NO FLY ZONE.
AFTER THE 1991 GULF WAR, WESTERN POWERS BANNED IRAQI AIR CRAFT
FROM ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF THE COUNTRY'S AIR SPACE TO PROTECT
REBELLIOUS SHI'ITE MUSLIMS AND KURDS FROM IRAQI AIR ATTACKS.
EARLY THIS YEAR, IRAQI AIR DEFENSES CLASHED ALMOST DAILY WITH
ALLIED PLANES, BUT PAUSED AS TENSIONS GREW IN KOSOVO. (SIGNED).
NEB/JR/JO
04-Apr-99 6:43 PM EDT (2243 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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