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u.S. Je~ Strike
IraqMÜJsile Site
After a Firing
Compiled by Our Staff From Dispatches
WASHINGTON - In an echo of the Gulf
War, United States aircraft pounded an Iraqi
anti-aircraft site in the northern air-exclusion
zone Thursday after it had fired two missiles,
the Pentagon said.
The Americans struck the Iraqi site first with
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Iraqi comments on recent air Strikes, described
the raid as "a vicious aggression."
The Pentagon said that it was among the
most serious incidents since President Bill Clinton
took office in January, buf that it was not
known whether this represented a change in
policy by President Saddam Hussein.
"Whether this is part of a new push by
.Saddam Hussein, you'll have to ask Saddam
Hussein," a spokesman said. "We're treating
this as an isolated incident."
Baghdad also issued a protest to the United
Nations, saying the air-exclusion zones imposed
by the Gulf War allies on northern and
southern Iraq were illegal, and it warned of a
right to self-defense.
"lr~q reserves its full right to legitimate self.
defense in accordance with international law
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A report broadcast by the slaterun
Iraqi news agency, monitored.
in Nic{)sia, said Iraqi anti-aircraft
guns had opened fire after the.
bombing and had later prevented
the U.S. planes from attacking another
defense battery.-
U.S. planes patrol Iraqto enforce
no-flight zones decreed by the.
West after the 1991 warto protect.
Kurdish rebels in the north and
Shiite Muslim dissidents in the
south. It was the 20th incident in
eight months in the northern and
southern zones, although not all of
those resulted in allied air attacks
On Iraqi sites.
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