Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVlEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RNISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-"BASlN ÖZETi<br />
u.S. Je~ Strike<br />
IraqMÜJsile Site<br />
After a Firing<br />
Compiled by Our Staff From Dispatches<br />
WASHINGTON - In an echo of the Gulf<br />
War, United States aircraft poun<strong>de</strong>d an Iraqi<br />
anti-aircraft site in the northern air-exclusion<br />
zone Thursday after it had fired two missiles,<br />
the Pentagon said.<br />
The Americans struck the Iraqi site first with<br />
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Iraqi comments on recent air Strikes, <strong>de</strong>scribed<br />
the raid as "a vicious aggression."<br />
The Pentagon said that it was among the<br />
most serious inci<strong>de</strong>nts since Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Bill Clinton<br />
took office in January, buf that it was not<br />
known wh<strong>et</strong>her this represented a change in<br />
policy by Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Saddam Hussein.<br />
"Wh<strong>et</strong>her this is part of a new push by<br />
.Saddam Hussein, you'll have to ask Saddam<br />
Hussein," a spokesman said. "We're treating<br />
this as an isolated inci<strong>de</strong>nt."<br />
Baghdad also issued a protest to the United<br />
Nations, saying the air-exclusion zones imposed<br />
by the Gulf War allies on northern and<br />
southern Iraq were illegal, and it warned of a<br />
right to self-<strong>de</strong>fense.<br />
"lr~q reserves its full right to legitimate self.<br />
<strong>de</strong>fense in accordance with international law<br />
AnrlUhp , TN rh~,.ti~.'~ th~ Tr!lln1C' -'1Q'~<br />
A report broadcast by the slaterun<br />
Iraqi news agency, monitored.<br />
in Nic{)sia, said Iraqi anti-aircraft<br />
guns had opened fire after the.<br />
bombing and had later prevented<br />
the U.S. planes from attacking another<br />
<strong>de</strong>fense battery.-<br />
U.S. planes patrol Iraqto enforce<br />
no-flight zones <strong>de</strong>creed by the.<br />
West after the 1991 warto protect.<br />
Kurdish rebels in the north and<br />
Shiite Muslim dissi<strong>de</strong>nts in the<br />
south. It was the 20th inci<strong>de</strong>nt in<br />
eight months in the northern and<br />
southern zones, although not all of<br />
those resulted in allied air attacks<br />
On Iraqi sites.<br />
The Pentagon ~11;..i two. Wl1VP.< nI