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Coalition planes strike Iraqi communications facility: US
Washington, July 20: Warplanes from the US-British coalition patrolling the no-fly zone in southern Iraq bombed an Iraqi communications facility, the US military said.
Washington, July 20: Warplanes from the US-British
coalition patrolling the no-fly zone in southern Iraq bombed
an Iraqi communications facility, the US military said.
The planes used precision-guided weapons to destroy the
military communications site in southern Iraq yesterday, a
statement from US Central command said. The strikes came in
response to continued Iraqi hostile actions toward coalition
airplanes, it said.
The official Iraqi news agency claimed five civilians
were killed and 17 injured by a coalition airstrike in the
southern Iraqi province of Qadissiya.
The claim could not be independently verified.
The claim could not be independently verified.
US military officials say they take great care to avoid
civilians when making retaliatory strikes in Iraq.
Air Force Brig. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr. said on Monday that
Iraq had recently increased its challenges to coalition
aircraft in the northern and southern no-fly zones. The two
zones were created after the 1991 gulf war to protect Kurds
and minority Shiite Muslims from Iraqi military forces.
Iraq has never recognized the no-fly zones and frequently
tries to shoot the coalition planes down.
Bureau Report