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NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS,
UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 828-5894; FAX: (813) 840-5629; DSN 968-5894


January 9, 2000
RELEASE NUMBER: 00-01-01

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE IRAQI MILITARY TARGETS IN THE SOUTH


MACDILL AFB, FL - - At approximately 5:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time today, U.S. Navy F/A-18 "Hornet" and U.S. Air Force F-16 "Fighting Falcon" aircraft enforcing the Southern No-Fly Zone used precision guided munitions to strike three Iraqi military radar sites and two anti-aircraft artillery sites in southern Iraq.

Coalition aircraft struck Iraqi military radar sites near As Samawah, Al Kut, and Al Amarah. The anti-aircraft artillery sites struck were located at As Samawah and Al Basrah.

The strikes came in response to repeated Iraqi violations of the Southern No-Fly Zone earlier today.

To date, there have been more than 420 separate incidents of Iraqi Anti-Aircraft Artillery and surface-to-air missile fire directed at coalition pilots. Iraqi aircraft have violated the Southern No-Fly Zone more than 140 times since Operation Desert Fox.

The military radar sites and AAA batteries were targeted to further degrade Iraq's ability to jeopardize coalition pilots and aircraft enforcing the Southern No-Fly Zone in support of United Nations' mandates.




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