US plane attacks Iraqi air defence site

US warplanes bombed an air defence site in southern Iraq after coming under attack by a surface-to-air missile, US officials said today.

Mon, 20 May, 2002 - 19:20

US warplanes bombed an air defence site in southern Iraq after coming under attack by a surface-to-air missile, US officials said today.

The US attack, which happened yesterday, was in a ‘‘no fly’’ zone that American and British aircraft monitor regularly over southern Iraq, said Marine Corps Lieutenant General Gregory Newbold.

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Courts War on Terrorism Place: southern Iraq Place: Tampa, Florida Place: Iraq Person: Lieutenant General Gregory Newbold Person: Newbold Person: Iraqis Event: 1991 Gulf War Organisation: Marine Corps Organisation: US Central Command Organisation: US Organisation: Iraq

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