26 December 1998
- IRAQ ATTACK Voice of America 26 December 1998 -- IRAQ'S OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY SAYS IRAQI AIR DEFENSES FIRED AT FOREIGN AIRCRAFT SATURDAY.
- IRAQ ATTACK 2ND UPDATE Voice of America 26 December 1998 -- U-S OFFICIALS SAY AMERICAN WARPLANES WILL CONTINUE PATROLLING IRAQI SKIES ---- IN SPITE OF THREATS THAT IRAQI FORCES WILL OPEN FIRE ON THE JETS.
- IRAQ SATURDAY UPDATE Voice of America 26 December 1998 -- IRAQ SAYS ITS AIR DEFENSE FORCES HAVE REPELLED AN INCURSION BY WESTERN WAR PLANES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE U-S AND BRITISH AIR STRIKES AGAINST IRAQ ONE WEEK AGO. ALLIED FORCES, WHICH ROUTINELY PATROL PARTS OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN IRAQ, SAY THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SUCH INCIDENT.
- IRAQ SATURDAY Voice of America 26 December 1998 -- EGYPT'S PRIME MINISTER KAMAL AL-GANZOURI IS HELD A CABINET MEETING SATURDAY TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION IN IRAQ ONE WEEK AFTER THE U-S AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS ORDERED A HALT TO
AIR STRIKES. IRAQ NEWSPAPERS VOW THAT U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO IRAQ.
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