Iraq sets up 'hornet's nest of air defences' around Baghdad

The chief of the US Air Force says the Iraqi capital is better defended against air attack now than it was during the 1991 Gulf War.

Iraq sets up 'hornet's nest of air defences' around Baghdad

The chief of the US Air Force says the Iraqi capital is better defended against air attack now than it was during the 1991 Gulf War.

Major General Dan Leaf told The New York Times Saddam Hussein "has brought back almost all his significant resources into a heavy defence of Baghdad".

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