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Allies launch two attacks on Iraqi radar

US warplanes bombed air defence radars in southern Iraq twice today in an escalating conflict over Anglo-American air patrols of no fly zones in the north and the south.

Thu, 21 Nov, 2002 - 16:19

US warplanes bombed air defence radars in southern Iraq twice today in an escalating conflict over Anglo-American air patrols of no fly zones in the north and the south.

The first attack targeted a radar site near Ash Shuaybah about 245 miles south-east of Baghdad at 9.20am Irish time.

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