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To: Ish who wrote (42420)	9/6/2002 7:48:57 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) of 281500

No idea - but speculation is rife. Here is a story from the Singapore Straits Times, which is usually one of the more reliable foreign sources: >>US, British planes raid Iraqi airbase Biggest operation in four years involving an estimated 100 aircraft a possible prelude to a full-scale air offensive WASHINGTON - An estimated 100 United States and British aircraft raided an Iraqi air-defence installation on Thursday in what was the biggest operation over the country in four years. The attack appeared to be a prelude to possible Special Forces operations - and the speculation is that such operations could be part of initial preparations and intelligence gathering for a full-scale air offensive against Iraq. Twelve warplanes dropped 20 precision- guided bombs in the raid, but scores of other support aircraft also took part, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper which first reported the raids. It was the first time a target in western Iraq had been attacked during air patrols of the southern 'no-fly' zone. The US military said American and British warplanes bombed 'an air-defence command-and-control facility at a military airfield 380 km west and slightly south of Baghdad' in response to 'recent Iraqi hostile acts'. One official told CNN that two to three separate targets in a military airfield known as Rutvah were pinpointed for destruction. A command centre, an air-defence radar site and a cable repeater were among those targets. At the time of the strike, the aircraft carrier George Washington was in the Persian Gulf, but a US Navy official said this was a typical placement for a carrier that is part of the Central Command region. Britain also confirmed the raid but refused to reveal its scope. More, but nothing new, at: straitstimes.asia1.com.sg

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