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| Axis of Evil |
| Another whack at Iraq... |
| 2002-08-28 |
| U.S. warplanes struck targets in Iraqi "no-fly" zones yesterday, with Washington saying they attacked air defence positions but Baghdad saying a civilian airport was one of the places hit. Oh, there's nothing like waxing a bunch of civilians. Guess all those civilians in green suits were just too tempting to pass up... The U.S. military, citing repeated Iraqi attempts to shoot down U.S. and British warplanes, said its jets attacked a radar site in northern Iraq and an air defence command facility in southern Iraq, in its sixth and seventh raids within a week. That's what we thought they were, anyway. Why'd they leave them in the middle of... Oh. Never mind. But the official Iraqi News Agency said U.S. and British jets fired two bombs at Mosul civilian airport, 450 km (270 miles) north of Baghdad. "The aggression led to the destruction of windows in the passenger terminals and of the airport radar system," a Transport Ministry spokesman told the agency. An Iraqi military spokesman said Allied jets bombed civilian targets in the south of the country, but reported no casualties. Just dumped 'em somewhere in the desert so they wouldn't have to lug 'em back home... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Fired two bombs? The wording makes it sound like the newly unemployed bombs then went on to riot which "led to the destruction of windows in the passenger terminals and of the airport radar system" |
| Posted by: Brian 2002-08-28 10:29:58 |