US and British planes have attacked an oil installation in the southern Iraqi town of Basra, killing at least four people, local residents say. Western news agencies were told by local people that the raid hit the Southern Oil Company - which supervises Iraq's oil exports under an oil-for-food deal with the United Nations. The US Central Command said its aircraft had attacked a communications facility after planes patrolling the northern no-fly zone had come under attack. Coalition raids never targeted civilians, it said.
Unless they happen to live in military communications centers... |