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To: Fledermaus
I thought the no-fly zones were in the ceasefire agreement.

Nope. I don't see them there. I'm looking at http://www.fas.org/news/un/iraq/sres/index.html. It's not the UN site itself, but is easier to use and I don't see differences between the docs there and the ones at http://documents.un.org/globalE.html.

Anyway, it seems that the Northern and Southern No-Fly Zones were set up in April 1991 and August 1992, respectively, to protect the Kurds and Shiites, respectively, were trying to overthrow Saddam. Nothing in the ceasefire mentions them at all.

Clinton extended the Southern one, too, and attacked targets outside it.

293 posted on 05/20/2005 6:17:50 PM PDT by Gondring (Pretend you don't know me...I'm in the WPPFF.)
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To: Gondring

That does seem to be the case. I found this on the History Guy website:

The roots of this conflict are quite simple to trace: the inconclusive and vague cease-fire agreement ending the Gulf War of 1990-1991. This agreement called on the Iraqi government to allow United Nations weapons inspectors to search for prohibited weapons in Iraq, and, perhaps more importantly, allowed the Coalition Allies (originally the U.S., the U.K. and France), to enforce what came to be called "No-Fly Zones" over northern and southern Iraq. The original intent of these zones was to protect the rebellious Iraqi minorities (Kurds and Shiite Muslims) in northern and southern Iraq, respectively. The Coalition was permitted to fly warplanes over these zones to prevent Saddam Hussein's government from using military aircraft to attack these minorities. As time progressed though, the No-Fly Zones became a means for the Allies to force Iraq to comply with UN and Coalition demands, often related to the status of the weapons inspectors.


307 posted on 05/20/2005 6:37:21 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Rats theme song: "Whatever it is...I'm AGAINST it ! - Groucho Marx")
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