DATE=2/1/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244933
TITLE=IRAQ / ATTACKS MONDAY (S ONLY) 
BYLINE=SCOTT BOBB
DATELINE=CAIRO
CONTENT=
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INTRO:   IRAQ'S PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN REPORTEDLY HAS OFFERED A
LARGE REWARD TO AIR DEFENSE TROOPS WHO SHOOT DOWN A WESTERN PLANE
OVER IRAQ OR ARREST A FOREIGN MILITARY PILOT IN IRAQI TERRITORY. 
VOA MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT SCOTT BOBB REPORTS THAT THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT BY AN IRAQI NEWSPAPER FOLLOWS TWO DAYS OF 
INTENSIFIED CLASHES BETWEEN IRAQI FORCES AND WESTERN PLANES.

TEXT:  THE WEEKLY "NABD AL-SHABAB" (PULSE OF YOUTH) NEWSPAPER 
QUOTES THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AS SAYING IT WILL PAY THE 
EQUIVALENT OF 13-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THOSE WHO SHOOT DOWN AN 
ENEMY PLANE.

THE ARTICLE SAYS A REWARD OF ONE-HALF THAT AMOUNT WILL BE PAID 
FOR SHOOTING DOWN AN ENEMY MISSILE AND A LESSER AMOUNT (EDS: THE 
EQUIVALENT OF 25-HUNDRED DOLLARS) WILL BE PAID TO ANYONE WHO 
ARRESTS WHAT WAS CALLED "AN ENEMY PILOT" WHO FALLS INTO IRAQ.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS TWO DAYS OF HEAVY CLASHES BETWEEN IRAQI 
AIR DEFENSES AND WESTERN AIR PATROLS. U-S AND BRITISH WARPLANES 
ATTACKED IRAQI DEFENSES EIGHT TIMES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTER 
BEING TARGETED IN THE "NO-FLY" ZONES OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN 
IRAQ. (SIGNED) 

NEB/FSB/PCF

01-Feb-99 8:27 AM EST (1327 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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