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To: KLP who wrote (3743)	2/11/2003 7:14:55 AM
From: lorne	of 15987

US bombs country with leaflets 10feb03 COALITION aircraft dropped leaflets over southern Iraq yesterday as the United States stepped up its psychological offensive against the country, according to the US Central Command. Soldiers of the Iraqi armed forces took to the streets in a coordinated rally to support President Saddam Hussein as nearly half a million leaflets giving radio frequencies for coalition broadcasts were raining on the country. The radio broadcasts cover "information about United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, United Nations weapons inspectors in Iraq, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's reign and other topics", the statement said. Resolution 1441 mandated the current UN arms inspections in Iraq. "Another type of leaflet stated that Coalition forces do not wish to harm the noble Iraqi people or destroy their landmarks, and for the civilian populace to avoid military occupied areas," US Central Command said. Aircraft from a US-British coalition patrolling the skies over southern Iraq also bombed an Iraqi command and control centre after it was moved into a no-fly zone. "The facility's presence in the no-fly zone was a threat to coalition aircraft," the Central Command said in a statement. The centre was located near the city of Al Kut. Damage assessment was under way and it was not immediately clear whether precision-guided bombs destroyed the target. It was the first coalition strike on an Iraqi ground target since January 26, when allied aircraft hit unmanned cable repeater sites between Al Kut and An Nasiriyah. dailytelegraph.news.com.au

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