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To: NickSE who wrote (29)3/1/2003 5:17:48 PM
From: NickSE   of 504
 
Iraqi Jets Repeatedly Penetrated No-Fly Zone, U.S. Military Says
ap.tbo.com

WASHINGTON (AP) - Iraqi fighter jets entered the southern no-fly zone twice last week, apparently trying to test U.S. responses or look for surveillance drones, military officials said Saturday.

The flights Tuesday and Thursday, each by a lone Iraqi MiG-25, came amid sharply escalating conflict in both the northern and southern no-fly zones. [.....]

U.S. Drops Leaflets Over Northern Iraq
abcnews.go.com

ANKARA, Turkey — The U.S. military for the first time dumped some 240,000 leaflets over northern Iraq on Saturday, warning anti-aircraft gunners not to fire on coalition aircraft.

The airdrop brings to the north a propaganda campaign that the U.S. military has been waging for months in southern Iraq ahead of a possible war. Since late last year, U.S. aircraft have dropped millions of leaflets over southern Iraq with various messages to soldiers and civilians.

The leaflets were dropped Saturday near Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery batteries about 10 miles north of the city of Mosul, the U.S. European Command said in a statement. [.....]
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