US, British planes attack sites and drop leaflets over southern Iraq

AFP ^ | 12-16-2002 | Lean-Michel Stoullig

[Colorado Doug]

The leaflets, both in Arabic and English, warned Iraqi forces that the coalition had targeted fiber optic cables for destruction and that repairing the facilities place Iraqi military lives at risk.

The military fiber optic cables have frequently been targeted by coalition warplanes. One of the leaflets describe them as "tools used by Saddam and his regime to suppress the Iraqi people".

"Before you engage coalition aircraft, think about the consequences," the leaflet urged. "Think about your family, do what you must to survive."

Other leaflets referred Iraqis to radio frequencies where they could hear broadcasts by coalition forces providing information.

This was the seventh leaflet drop over southern Iraq in the last three months.

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The leaflets, both in Arabic and English, warned Iraqi forces that the coalition had targeted fiber optic cables for destruction and that repairing the facilities place Iraqi military lives at risk.
The military fiber optic cables have frequently been targeted by coalition warplanes. One of the leaflets describe them as "tools used by Saddam and his regime to suppress the Iraqi people".

Let me translate:
Hold this and look up!!

Does this explain why I can't get a DSL connection?