Posted on 03/20/2003 2:25:41 AM PST by HAL9000
Iraqi Scud intercepted by US Patriot in the north of Kuwait
Iraqi Scud was intercepted Thursday afternoon by an anti-missile missile Patriot of the American army in the north of Kuwait, announced the official agency Kuna.Une source of safety, quoted by the agency, specified that the shooting of the Iraqi missile was at the origin of the alarm given a little earlier to Koweit.Deux other ground-to-ground missiles Iraqi of average carried had fallen down before in the desert of the north of Kuwait without making victim, according to the ministry koweitien of Defense, pushing the soldiers koweitiens and American to put their helmets at gas.
Iraq Scud Fired at Troops Intercepted
IN THE KUWAITI DESERT - Iraq fired a Scud missile toward U.S. troops Thursday, but it was intercepted by Patriot missiles, the American military said.
U.S. Army troops at Camp New Jersey in the Kuwaiti desert donned gas masks in response to an alert caused by the missile but were given the all-clear a few minutes later.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!
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