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B A G H D A D, Iraq, Nov. 5 -- Iraq sent domestic passenger flightscarrying 154 people into skies patrolled by U.S. and Britishwarplanes today, the first challenge of its kind to the no-flyzones ...
U.S. and British warplanes have bombed more than 80 targets in Iraq's southern "no-fly" zone over the past five months, conducting an escalating air war even as U.N. weapons inspections proceed ...
W A S H I N G TO N, May 16 -- The United States is considering a major shift in its commitment to patrolling the "no-fly" zones over northern and southern Iraq, military officials said.
The Bush administration is considering a plan to scale back enforcement of the no-fly zones over Iraq, with the internal debate centering on how, and how far, to pull back, knowledgeable defense ...
It’s 8:30 am and the daily Iraqi Airways shuttle is about to begin its journey from Saddam International Airport through the US-imposed no-fly zone in southern Iraq to its final destination ...
The city is near the northern border of the southern “no-fly” zone. “The coalition executed today’s strike after Iraqi forces moved the mobile radar and missile systems into the southern ...
In the past, Iraqi aircraft have strayed off-course into no-fly zones in both the south and north of the 36th parallel over the area of Kurdish population in northern Iraq. In Houston, President ...
For most Americans, the Persian Gulf War ended nearly 10 years ago. But not for Steve Dingee. Almost every day, Dingee climbs into an Air Force F-15 to patrol the same dangerous skies over Iraq ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Iraq has moved more surface-to-air missile batteries into the U.S.- and British-enforced "no fly" zones and is threatening allied pilots, a senior Pentagon official said Monday.
DOHA, Qatar – Allied jets patrolling the southern no-fly zone over Iraq struck five communication relay sites Sunday after Iraqi aircraft "violated" the zone, the U.S. military said. The ...
WASHINGTON — Warplanes taking part in a U.S.-British patrol over southern Iraq’s “no-fly” zone bombed an air defense site Friday and dropped leaflets urging Iraqis to listen to American ...
But experts say the White House is looking at the wrong Iraq war, especially as the U.S. reluctantly considers a no-fly zone over Syria to stop President Bashar Assad from continuing to use his ...