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BREAKING NEWS ! America attacks Iraq in Southern no fly zone. 11pm GMT

JVC | 11.02.2003 23:06

America attacks Iraq in Southern no fly zone

America has attacked what they are calling a "mobile missile system" in the southern no-fly zone according to BBC reports.

Is this the start of it??

JVC

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please provide a link

12.02.2003 00:24

where? It's not on the bbc site.

where?


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12.02.2003 02:08

These attacks have been going on for years.

Mathew


us bombings/attacks 1999,2001,2002

12.02.2003 06:11

heres a list from 1999 up to the beginning of 2003 minus data for 2000.
Iraqi Kurdistan - As part of "Operation Northern Watch" -
02/04/02 US forces attacked Iraqi positions northeast of Mosul, killing four civilians.
02/28/02 US forces attacked Iraqi sites north of Mosul - three Iraqis wounded.
04/19/02 US forces attacked sites east of Mosul. No casualties reported.
05/01/02 US forces attacked positions near Saddam Dam
05/28/02 US forces attacked multiple Iraqi positions - five civilians wounded.
06/19/02 US forces attacked a position near Saddam Dam. One civilian wounded.
07/04/02 US forces attacked a series of Iraqi air defense sites. Among the notable hits was a civilian home, which effectively killed a number of enemy cows and sheep in self defense. No human casualties reported.
08/23/02 US forces attacked a radar site near Irbil. The Iraqis returned fired. No casualties reported.
08/27/02 US forces attacked a radar site near Mosul. This was at the Mosul civilian airport. The civilian radar was destroyed and the facilities were wounded. No casualties reported.
10/09/02 US forces attacked Iraqi positions west of Mosul as well as a series of air defense sites. The attacks killed four and left another ten wounded.
10/22/02 US forces attacked a number of Iraqi positions. Iraqi forces returned fire. No casualties reported.
10/30/02 US forces attacked several Iraqi positions. No casualties reported.
11/17/02 US forces attacked multiple Iraqi sites. No casualties reported.
11/18/02 US forces attacked several Iraqi positions. No casualties reported.
11/28/02 US forces attacked Iraqi positions south of Tall Afer. One civilian was killed.
12/02/02 US forces attacked multiple Iraqi positions. No casualties reported.
12/04/02 US forces attacked more Iraqi positions

Southern Iraq - As part of "Operation Southern Watch" (1992-present), enforcing the illegal "Southern No Fly Zone" -
01/24/02 US forces attacked an air defense site. No casualties reported.
05/20/02 US forces attacked a radar site in Muthanna province. Four Iraqis wounded.
05/22/02 US forces attacked at least two Iraqi positions
05/30/02 US forces attacked Iraqi radar stations
06/14/02 US forces attacked an Iraqi military position. No casualties reported.
06/20/02 US forces attacked another Iraqi military position. Four people killed and ten wounded.
06/28/02 US forces attacked several Iraqi sites. One Iraqi was wounded in this attack.
07/13/02 US forces attacked multiple air defense positions. Iraqi forces returned fire on the US planes in self defense. Four Iraqis were wounded.
07/15/02 US forces attacked a radar station according to the Pentagon, meaning, of course, a civilian residence - one civilian was killed and six others were wounded.
07/18/02 US forces attacked a cable repeater station
07/23/02 US forces attacked multiple communications sites. By "communications sites" the Pentagon meant civilian residential areas in Wasit and Qadissiya provinces, killing one civilian and wounding 22 others. Iraq TV aired live footage of the US "communication sites" - the neighborhoods bombed.
07/28/02 US forces attacked a military site. No casualties reported.
08/05/02 US forces attacked an air defense site. No casualties reported.
08/14/02 US forces attacked two air defense sites
08/17/02 US forces attacked a radar station. No casualties reported.
08/20/02 US forces attacked an air defense site near Al Amarah. By "air defense sites" the Pentagon meant residential neighborhoods. Three civilians wounded.
08/25/02 US forces attacked a radar site near Al Basrah. Eight civilians were killed and nine others wounded.
08/27/02 US forces attacked a radar station near An Nukhayb
08/29/02 US forces attacked a radar site near Al Kut. No casualties reported.
08/30/02 US forces attacked another radar site near An Kut. No casualties reported.
09/05/02 Over 100 US and British planes attacked an Iraqi airfield 240 miles west of Baghdad, the largest air operation since 1996 (Desert Fox). No casualties reported.
09/06/02 US forces attacked a missile site near Al Basrah. No casualties reported.
09/07/02 US forces attacked a communications center near Al Kut
09/09/02 US forces attacked an air defense site near Al Amarah. No casualties reported.
09/15/02 US forces attacked an air defense site near Tallil. No casualties reported.
09/24/02 US forces attacked several sites near Al Amarah and Tallil
09/25/02 US forces attacked positions near Al Kufa and Al Basrah. One civilian was wounded.
09/26/02 US forces attacked sites near Qalat Sikur and Tallil. The civilian airport at Basra was hit, as were civilian homes in Al Kufa. No casualties reported.
09/27/02 US forces attacked air defense sites near Tallil and Al Amarah. One civilian was wounded in the Al Rifa'i district.
09/28/02 US forces attacked radar sites near Al Basrah and Qalat Sikur
10/01/02 US forces attacked a radar site near Al Kut
10/03/02 US forces attacked air defense sites near Tallil. By "air defense sites" the Pentagon meant the city of Nassiriya, killing five civilians and wounding 11 others.
10/10/02 US forces attacked positions near Al Basrah and Tallil. This was the third US attack on Basra's civilian airport. No casualties reported.
10/11/02 US forces attacked a site near Tallil. No casualties reported.
10/15/02 US forces attacked a position near Al Kut. Two civilian homes were destroyed and one civilian was wounded.
10/22/02 US forces attacked sites near Al Jurrah and Tallil
11/06/02 US forces attacked several air defense sites. No casualties reported.
11/07/02 US forces attacked positions near Al Kut. Four civilians wounded.
11/10/02 US forces attacked two sites near Tallil
11/15/02 US forces attacked a communications center near An Najaf
11/18/02 US forces attacked three air defense sites
11/20/02 US forces attacked three communication sites. No casualties reported.
11/21/02 US forces attacked a radar site near Ash Shuaybah. No casualties reported.
11/22/02 US forces attacked communications sites near Al Amarah. No casualties reported.
11/23/02 US forces attacked a radar site near Al Amarah
12/01/02 US forces attacked multiple air defense sites. By "air defense sites" the Pentagon meant the offices of the Southern Oil Comapny in Basra, killing four oil workers and wounding 27 others.
12/10/02 US forces attacked a missile site south of Al Amarah
12/14/02 US forces attacked multiple sites all over the south
12/15/02 US forces attacked multiple radar and communications sites
12/16/02 US forces attacked a communications center near Al Kut
12/18/02 US forces attacked a radar center near Al Kut. This air raid also involved dropping some 500,000 propaganda leaflets on Iraq.
12/20/02 US forces attacked two communications sites near An Nasiriyah and Al Basrah
12/26/02 US forces attacked communications sites near Tallil. Three civilians were killed and sixteen others were wounded.
12/27/02 US forces attacked an air defense near Al Kut
12/29/02 US forces attacked two radar sites near Ad Diwaniyah
12/30/02 US forces attacked several air defense sites
Iraqi Kurdistan - As part of "Operation Northern Watch" (1996-present) over Iraqi Kurdistan -
02/12/01 US forces attacked several Iraqi air defense sites. No casualties reported.
02/22/01 US forces attacked more Iraqi air defense sites
04/06/01 US forces attacked more Iraqi sites
04/30/01 US forces attack more Iraqi sites. No casualties reported.
05/23/01 US forces attack more Iraqi air defense sites. The attacks damaged some farm land, but no casualties reported.
06/14/01 US forces attacked more Iraqi sites
08/07/01 US forces attacked Iraqi sites north of Mosul. No casualties reported.
08/17/01 US forces attacked more Iraqi positions north of Mosul. Iraq reported that it may have hit one of the attacking Anglo-American planes.
08/27/01 More US attacks on Iraqi positions north of Mosul. Iraq also sucessfully shot down an US unmanned spy plane.
09/04/01 US forces attack more Iraqi positions

Southern Iraq - As part of "Operation Southern Watch" (1992-present), enforcing the illegal "Southern No Fly Zone" -
01/01/01 US forces attacked an Iraqi radar site. No casualties reported.
01/15/01 US forces attacked a number of Iraqi air defense sites
01/20/01 US forces attacked several Iraqi radar and air defense sites. A residential house was destroyed in Salman and a farm was burned in Samawa. Six civilians were killed and others were wounded and missing. The Iraqi government escorted foreign journalists to the site to witness the carnage. Iraq also claimed to have hit one of the Anglo-American planes over Iraqi airspace.
01/28/01 US forces attacked several Iraqi positions in southern Iraq
02/11/01 US forces attacked multiple air defense sites. Seventeen residential buildings were hit in Nahran Omar (in Basra) and the entire local power grid was wiped out. Sixteen civilians were wounded.
02/13/01 US forces attacked an Iraqi missile site
02/16/01 US forces attacked multiple Iraqi positions in the south. This attack included strikes on Baghdad where at least eight civilians were wounded - including women and children, graphically shown on Iraqi TV at Al Yarmouk Hospital. At least two civilians were killed. Graphic footage of the remains of the residential houses and small shops that were hit provoked demonstrations in Baghdad and condemnation from France and other countries.
03/30/01 US forces attacked an air defense site. No casualties reported.
04/12/01 US forces attacked another air defense site. No casualties reported.
04/20/01 US forces attacked Iraqi radar positions
05/18/01 US forces attacked an Iraqi missile site. No casualties reported.
06/05/01 US forces attacked an Iraqi air defense site
06/06/01 US forces attacked a radar site. No casualties reported.
06/14/01 US forces attacked another radar site. One Iraqi civilian, Muhei Ja'far Alwan, was wounded.
06/25/01 US forces attacked an Iraqi air defense site. Three Iraqi civilians were killed.
06/26/01 US forces attacked another air defense site. One Iraqi civilian was wounded and Iraq claimed to have hit one of the attacking planes.
07/07/01 US forces attacked another air defense site. No casualties reported.
07/17/01 US forces attacked another air defense site
08/10/01 US forces attacked multiple Iraqi positions. One civilian was killed and another eleven wounded.
08/14/01 US forces attacked an Iraqi missile site. The attacks were actually focused on infrastructure targets in Missan province.
08/25/01 US forces attacked a radar position. One civilian was wounded.
08/28/01 US forces attacked several Iraqi positions
08/30/01 US forces attacked an Iraqi radar station
09/04/01 US forces attacked multiple Iraqi positions. Four civilians were wounded.
09/09/01 US forces attacked several Iraqi air defense sites. The attack actually hit several Iraqi farms in the Al Salihiya area of Wasit province, killing eight civilians and wounding three others.
09/18/01 US forces attacked an air defense site
09/20/01 US forces attacked several air defense sites
09/21/01 US forces attacked Iraqi land vehicles
09/27/01 US forces attack both Iraqi positions and land vehicles. One civilian was wounded.
10/02/01 US forces attacked an air defense site
10/03/01 US forces attacked two air defense sites. Two civilians were killed.
10/13/01 US forces attacked an Iraqi military position
11/27/01 US forces attacked another Iraqi military site
Iraqi Kurdistan - As part of "Operation Northern Watch" (1996-present) -
01/07/99 US forces attacked an Iraqi missile site near Mosul.
01/11/99 US forces attacked three separate Iraqi air defense sites.
01/12/99 US forces attacked another Iraqi air defense site.
01/13/99 US forces attacked several Iraqi air defense sites. A civilian house was hit, but no casualties were reported.
01/14/99 US forces attacked two Iraqi missile sites.
01/24/99 US forces attacked two Iraqi air defense sites.
01/25/99 US forces attacked three different Iraqi radar sites. By "radar sites" the Pentagon meant residential neighborhoods, the working class neighborhood of Al Jumhuriya in Basra. Originally 11 (later revised to 18 on 01/28/99) civilians were killed and at least 59 others were wounded. At least 12 civilian houses were completely destroyed, footage of which was aired on Iraqi TV. While attacking defenseless Iraqi civilians, one US missile entered Iran, near Abadan, but there were no casualties.
01/26/99 US forces attacked four Iraqi radar and air defense sites.
01/28/99 US forces attacked an Iraqi artillery site.
01/30/99 US forces attacked six different sites in northern Iraq.
01/31/99 US forces attacked an Iraqi radar installation.
02/02/99 US forces attacked five different Iraqi sites.
02/11/99 US forces attacked another five Iraqi sites. Two civilians were killed and several others wounded.
02/12/99 US forces attacked an Iraqi air defense site. One civilian killed and another wounded.
02/15/99 US forces attacked two Iraqi positions. Five Iraqis were killed.
02/19/02 US forces attacked an Iraqi radar installation. No casualties reported.
02/22/99 US forces attacked several Iraqi positions near Mosul. One Iraqi killed and several wounded.
02/23/99 US forces attacked an Iraqi command center. Although the attacks resulted in lots of property damage, only one Iraqi was wounded.
02/28/99 US forces attacked three Iraqi positions near Mosul. This included the Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline, which was severed. The pipeline runs from the northern Iraqi field of Kirkut to the south Turkish port of Ceyhan. An attack on a related oil pumping station killed one worker and wounded two others. In other attacks, fatalities included Mohsin Thiab Ibrahim, a three year old boy, and Mohammad Khamis Hussein, a shepherd.
03/01/99 US forces dropped more than thirty 2,000 pound bombs on targets near Mosul. Attacks were focused on parts of the oil pipeline control system and a residential area in Ain Zahla. Hans von Sponeck, coordinator of UN humanitarian operations in Iraq reported that American airstrikes were impeding the distribution of relief.
03/06/99 US forces attacked five Iraqi positions. Iraqi sources "several" citizens wounded.
03/08/99 US forces attacked several Iraqi positions. One Iraqi wounded.
03/09/99 US forces attacked a number of Iraqi positions. No casualties reported.
03/12/99 US forces attacked several sites north and northwest of Mosul. No casualties reported.
03/14/99 US forces attacked more sites west of Mosul. No casualties reported.
03/15/99 US forces attacked a number of sites west of Mosul. One Iraqi wounded.
03/16/99 US forces attacked more sites near Mosul.

Southern Iraq - As part of "Operation Southern Watch" (1992-present), enforcing the illegal "Southern No Fly Zone" -
01/05/99 US forces attacked four Iraqi MiG-25 fighters

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