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To: Gary Burton who wrote (36361)	1/31/1999 11:38:00 AM
From: Dragon 1	Respond to of 95453

Things are turning worse on the Northern front? January 31, 1999 U.S. Warplane Fires at Iraqi Site A.P. INDEXES: TOP STORIES \| NEWS \| SPORTS \| BUSINESS \| TECHNOLOGY \| ENTERTAINMENT Filed at 9:57 a.m. EST By The Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A U.S. warplane enforcing the northern ''no-fly'' zone over Iraq fired a high-speed missile at an Iraqi air defense installation Sunday for the second consecutive day of confrontations, U.S. officials said. ''At approximately 3:20 p.m. Iraqi time today, a U.S. Air Force F-16CJ Fighting Falcon acting in self-defense launched a high-speed antiradiation missile (HARM) at a radar system north of Mosul,'' said a statement from Operation Northern Watch in the southern Turkish air base of Incirlik. The statement said the Iraqi radar system posed a threat to the F-16 and coalition forces conducting routine enforcement of the no-fly zone above the 36th parallel. On Saturday, U.S. jet fighters fired missiles on Iraqi defense sites in six incidents around the city of Mosul. It was the single largest number of confrontations in a single day since Iraq began to challenge the jets in the no-fly zone last month. Tension has been running high since Iraqi President Saddam Hussein vowed recently to fight allied planes entering Iraqi airspace, saying the ''no-fly'' zones in northern and southern Iraq violate international law. The zones were set up after the 1991 Gulf War to protect the Kurdish and Shiite minorities in Iraq. Meantime, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit repeated his concern about the escalating tension. ''We are heading toward somewhere with mutual provocations,'' said Ecevit, hinting at both U.S. and Iraqi responsibility in the incidents. ''The pressure, needed to be imposed on the Iraqi administration to solve the problem, should be political rather than military.'' Two small leftist parties claimed in a demonstration in Istanbul Sunday that the United States was trying to drag Turkey in a war with Iraq. The protesters, who called on immediate closure of Incirlik, were prevented by police from reaching the U.S. consulate in the city. They later dispersed peacefully. Home \| Site Index \| Site Search \| Forums \| Archives \| Marketplace Quick News \| Page One Plus \| International \| National/N.Y. \| Business \| Technology \| Science \| Sports \| Weather \| Editorial \| Op-Ed \| Arts \| Automobiles \| Books \| Diversions \| Job Market \| Real Estate \| Travel Help/Feedback \| Classifieds \| Services \| New York Today Copyright 1999 The New York Times Company The information contained in this AP Online news report may not be republished or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.