The U.S and British warplanes launch a new aggression over Iraqi civil areas

Iraq News Agency ^ | 19 September 2002 | Iraq News Agency

[Imal]

The U.S and British warplanes launch a new aggression over Iraqi civil areas
Baghdad, Sept. 19, INA

The U.S. and British warplanes violated Iraq’s airspace in a desperate bid to impair solid will of Iraqis and undermine their sovereignty and territorial integrity.

A spokesman for the air defence command told INA that on Wednesday the U.S. and British warplanes violated Iraq‘s airspace coming from their bases in Kuwait backed by an AWACS inside their bases in Saudi Arabia.

He added that the enemy ravens carried out 41 armed sorties and patrolled civil areas in Artawi, Al- Jiliba, As-Selman, Al- Nasiriya, Kalat Suker, Al- Diwaniya, Al- Simawa, Najaf, Al-Hashimiya, Al- Akheider, Al- Imara and Ali Al-Gharbi.

Iraq’s defence units repulsed the enemy planes and forced them to retreat to their bases in Kuwait, he further added.

He went on to say that on the same day other formations violated Iraq’s airspace coming from their bases in Turkey and these formations were supported by an AWACS inside the Turkish airspace.

The formations carried out 14 sorties over areas of Zakho, Al-Umadiya, Duhok, Akra, Mosul, Erbil, and Rawandoz, the spokesman added.

‘’Iraq’s defence units repulsed the enemy planes and forced them to retreat to their bases of evil inside the Turkish lands’’ he said.

The total number of the armed sorties launched by the U.S and British warplanes against Iraq coming from bases in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey since dec. 17, 1998 till now reached 42680, the spokesman concluded.

[Imal]

Part of my ongoing effort to post some articles from "the other side". Know thy enemy.

[LasVegasMac]

The U.S. and British warplanes violated Iraq’s airspace..

Pssstt - Iraq, I'm going to go way out on a limb here and say, "I bet more than just your airspace gets violated soon."

They really are trying every trick in the book, aren't they?

LVM

[scab4faa]

‘’Iraq’s defence units repulsed the enemy planes and forced them to retreat to their bases of evil inside the Turkish lands’’ he said.

Hey Dumbsh!t where I come from that's called going home after the mission is finished.

I'm guessing they hit civilian buildings killing thousands of innocent civilians trying to make baby milk too.

doesn't this stupid regime ever give up?

[Imal]

I said the same thing about the Clinton Regime, which had as much credibility as Saddam's.

Fun to see how they "spin" things, isn't it?

[Higgymonster]

‘’Iraq’s defence units repulsed the enemy planes and forced them to retreat to their bases of evil inside the Turkish lands’’ he said.

The total number of the armed sorties launched by the U.S and British warplanes against Iraq coming from bases in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey since dec. 17, 1998 till now reached 42680, the spokesman concluded.

The way they repulsed us is, it's hard to fly a plane when you're laughing so hard that your opponent is 0 for 42,680 in trying to shoot you down.

[MedicalMess]

Iraq’s defence units repulsed the enemy planes and forced them to retreat to their bases in Kuwait, he further added.

In other words what they did was wait till the jets were long gone and then fired antiaircraft and surface-to-air missles in the direction of the departed aircraft.