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| Britain: Iraq ’most likely’ to blame for stray missiles in Iran |
| 2003-03-23 |
| LONDON (AFP) - Iraq was probably responsible for stray missiles which landed in Iranian territory during the weekend, Britain's defence ministry revealed. "Given the disposition of forces it's most likely that this incident was the result of Iraqi action, that's currently the situation," a ministry of defence spokeswoman told AFP on Sunday. This is kinda like smacking your little sister in the arm and blaming it on the kid standing next to you. "We are aware of the claims being made that missiles have landed in Iranian territory and we are taking the claims very seriously," she said, without specifying whether or not the missiles themselves were Iraqi. The targeting of coalition missiles was "very carefully planned to avoid civilian areas", the spokeswoman said. Translation: if we wanted to hit you, you'd get hit. On Saturday an Iranian commander told the country's official IRNA news agency that two rockets had landed in Iran, also complaining that British and US warplanes had violated Iranian air space. The missiles hit the Meniouhi region, on the shores of the Shatt al-Arab, the waterway which separates Iraq from Iran, the news agency quoted the unidentified commander as saying. Later Saturday that United States told Iran that an investigation was underway into reports that two Tomahawk cruise missiles aimed at Iraq had veered off course and were to blame. |
| Posted by:Frank Martin |
#1 Iran is now saying that it came from Iraq. CNN Story, posted at 0732aes:Iran believes a missile that landed inside its border last week came from Iraq and not the United States, as first suspected, the country's official IRNA news agency said Sunday. |
| Posted by: Old Grouch 2003-03-23 14:35:49 |