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US hits ballistic missile system in southern Iraq
Jerusalem Post ^
| 2-11-03
| AP via jpost
Posted on 02/11/2003 2:37:27 PM PST by cookcounty
Feb. 11, 2003
US hits ballistic missile system in southern Iraq
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
US planes attaked a ballistic missile system in southern Iraq Tuesday, the Pentagon announced, marking the first attack on Iraqi missiles meant to attack ground targets instead of aircraft or ships at sea.
The American pilots attacked the Iraqi missile system near the southern city of Basra at about 1700GMT Tuesday, according to a statement from the US Central Command.
The statement said the Iraqis had moved the missile system into the southern no-fly zone.
US warplanes also attacked a mobile surface-to-air missile system near Basra on Monday.
Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, is in the southern no-fly zone set up by the United States to protect Iraq's Shiite Muslims
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Iraq considers the no-fly zones set up over northern and southern Iraq to be violations of its sovereignty and repeatedly tries to shoot down the US and British warplanes patrolling them. Iraq has not succeeded in downing a piloted plane over either no-fly zone.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iraq; missles; scuds; warlist
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Good,
To: cookcounty
Let's Roll ! ! !
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posted on
02/11/2003 2:38:21 PM PST
by
RobFromGa
(It's Time to Bomb Saddam! (any day now))
To: cookcounty
bttt
3
posted on
02/11/2003 2:39:01 PM PST
by
firewalk
To: cookcounty
If ya can see it, kill it.
To: cookcounty
Who was the reporter they called the "scud stud" during the Gulf War?
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posted on
02/11/2003 2:39:29 PM PST
by
colorado tanker
(Osama is still spelunkering)
To: cookcounty
OK France and Germany, eat my Florida!!
To: RobFromGa
This will be like taking candy from Germany and France...oops...I mean a child...
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posted on
02/11/2003 2:40:21 PM PST
by
Hotdog
To: cookcounty
I hope I didn't over-state this by calling them "Scuds," I'm not sure anything else the Iraqis have in their arsenal would be considered "ballistic missles."
To: colorado tanker
Arthur Kent
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posted on
02/11/2003 2:40:37 PM PST
by
Dog
To: cookcounty
Bump .... and here we go .... how long until the cruis missile barrage from hell ?
10
posted on
02/11/2003 2:40:41 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Chance favors the prepared mind.)
To: colorado tanker
Arthur Kent
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posted on
02/11/2003 2:41:01 PM PST
by
brooklin
To: cookcounty
Don't worry..they are all scuds!
12
posted on
02/11/2003 2:41:10 PM PST
by
Hotdog
To: colorado tanker
We would be lucky to get 429 visitors in a day. Previous polls also reflect much lower traffic with total votes over a week being less than 100 people. LOL... I can't remember either. I guess HIS 15 minutes of fame were up a long time ago.
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posted on
02/11/2003 2:41:39 PM PST
by
Sloth
To: cookcounty
Okay, bomb the Scuds wherever they are seen. It's not necessary to wait.
To: colorado tanker
Who was the reporter they called the "scud stud" during the Gulf War?
Thats What the Ladies Call Me!
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posted on
02/11/2003 2:42:07 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( Arby's says no more Horsey Sauce for Scott Ritter !!!!)
To: cookcounty
"We've only just begun,
To bomb....."
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posted on
02/11/2003 2:42:28 PM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Liberate Iraq!)
To: cookcounty
Huh? Where does it say we bombed "Scuds"?
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posted on
02/11/2003 2:42:39 PM PST
by
VaBthang4
(Jeremiah 51;24 "..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
To: cookcounty
HOLY CRAP!
Hmm, I thought Saddam is not supposed to have these SCUDS.
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posted on
02/11/2003 2:42:44 PM PST
by
finnman69
(!)
To: Centurion2000
I'd love it if the war started like this...
"The Coalition planes have hit another ballistic missle site today... and... it appears they aren't stopping there..."
To: cmsgop
Wasn't very lady-like now was it?
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posted on
02/11/2003 2:43:15 PM PST
by
Hotdog
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