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To: Lucretius who wrote (103245)	5/18/2001 2:20:54 PM
From: Mark Adams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Sure is a pretty chart, at the moment... DJ US, British Planes Attack Iraqi Air Defense Site WASHINGTON (AP)--U.S. and British warplanes attacked an air defense installation in southern Iraq on Friday in response to recent "threatening actions" from Iraqi, the U.S. Central Command said. Few details were provided in a brief announcement by Central Command's headquarters at McDill Air Force Base, Fla., but spokesman Lt. Col. Rick Thomas said the target was a surface-to-air missile complex, including radars and launchers. He said there was no preliminary assessment of bomb damage. The attack was carried out at 3:45 a.m EDT (745 GMT) near Al-Amarah, along the Tigris River about 180 miles southeast of Baghdad. U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles, U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets and British Royal Air Force Tornado GR-1s conducted the attack, Thomas said. It was the first allied attack in southern Iraq since April 19, Central Command said. It provided no details on what triggered the attack. Thomas said it was planned in advance to counter recent Iraqi firings of surface-to-air missiles and antiaircraft artillery in the "no fly" zone in southern Iraq. "We choose the time and the place at which we'll conduct strikes," he said. The Central Command announcement called Friday's attack an act of self-defense. It said Iraqi air defenses have fired on U.S. and British planes more than 220 times since the start of the year. "If Iraq were to cease its threatening actions, coalition strikes would cease as well," it said. Iraq doesn't recognize the legitimacy of the "no fly" zones and considers the U.S. and British patrols a violation of Iraqi sovereignty. U.S. and British planes have been patrolling "no fly" zones in northern and southern Iraq since shortly after the 1991 Gulf War to protect minority Kurds in the North and Shiites in the South. The Bush administration, in reviewing its Iraq policy, may change the way the "no fly" zone patrols are conducted. Some in the Pentagon believe the patrols in the south are more important because they provide timely intelligence on possible Iraqi military moves against Kuwait. (END) DOW JONES NEWS 05-18-01 02:18 PM- - 02 18 PM EDT 05-18-01 May-18-2001 18:19 GMT Source DJ Dow Jones