DATE=3/15/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-246635
TITLE=IRAQ / U-S  MONDAY (S)
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  U-S WARPLANES HAVE ATTACKED IRAQI AIR DEFENSES AGAIN, 
STRIKING TARGETS (MONDAY) IN THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN NO-FLY 
ZONES.  V-O-A'S JIM RANDLE REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON.

TEXT:  U-S OFFICIALS SAY NAVY AND AIR FORCE PLANES HIT A RADAR 
STATION AND A FACILITY THAT RELAYS RADAR INFORMATION IN THE 
SOUTHERN PART OF IRAQ.  EARLIER, U-S PLANES BLASTED ANTI-AIRCRAFT
ARTILLERY NEAR MOSUL IN NORTHERN IRAQ.  

U-S MILITARY OFFICERS SAY THE ATTACKS FOLLOWED THREATS FROM IRAQI
RADAR IN THE NORTH AND IRAQI AIRCRAFT IN THE SOUTH.

NO ALLIED PLANES WERE DAMAGED, AND THERE IS NO WORD FROM THE U-S 
SIDE ON DAMAGE ON THE GROUND.

WESTERN POWERS BANNED IRAQI FLIGHTS FROM MORE THAN HALF THE 
NATION'S AIR SPACE AFTER THE 1991 PERSIAN GULF WAR TO PROTECT 
DISSIDENT POPULATIONS FROM IRAQI AIR ATTACK. 

IRAQ CALLS THE NO FLY ZONES ILLEGAL AND HAS BEEN CHALLENGING THEM
FREQUENTLY SINCE LAST DECEMBER.   (SIGNED).  

NEB/RAE

15-Mar-99 9:55 AM EST (1455 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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