Sun, Feb 18, 2001 - Page 1 News List

Britain, US kill 2 in attack on Iraq

MIDDLE EAST Saying that Iraq had been increasingly threatening towards allied aircraft patrolling the area, the US and Britain launched a `stand-off' attack on Friday

AP , BAGHDAD, IRAQ

The allied warplanes struck their targets Friday without leaving the southern no-fly zone, using "standoff" weapons that zero in on targets from a distance, where the pilot is safer, the Pentagon said.

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