Iraq names two victims of Allied air strikes

Iraq's state-run media has named two people as victims of the largest attack by US and British warplanes in two years.

Sat, 17 Feb, 2001 - 13:00

Iraq's state-run media has named two people as victims of the largest attack by US and British warplanes in two years.

Sirens started wailing at about 9pm (1800 Irish time) on Friday, followed soon after by explosions from anti-aircraft weaponry from the southern and western outskirts of Baghdad.

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Courts Place: Baghdad Place: United States Person: Ghayda Atshaan Abdullah Person: Khalil Hameed Alwash Person: Health Minister Person: Omed Medhat Mubarak Person: Samih Jamal Person: president Person: Saddam Hussein Event: Allied Event: strikes Organisation: Iraq Organisation: Iraqi News Agency Organisation: Revolutionary Command Council Organisation: al-Baath Party Organisation: Israel Organisation: US Defence Department

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