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Coalition Forces Strike Iraqi Site in Response to Attack
Thursday, October 3, 2002
By Kathleen T. Rhem
American Forces Press Service

The leaflets dropped in Iraq are in Arabic. An English translation of the pamphlet released by DoD states: "The destruction experienced by your colleagues in other air defense locations is a response to your continuing aggression toward planes of the coalition forces. No tracking or firing on these aircraft will be tolerated. You could be next."

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
Coalition forces this morning struck an Iraqi air defense center after a coalition plane in the area dropping leaflets was fired upon, defense officials said.

A coalition plane in the southern no-fly zone Oct. 2 was dropping leaflets advising Iraqi air-defense artillery operators that if they track or fire on coalition planes they are placing themselves in danger, according to a DoD spokesman.

An Iraqi air defense site fired anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles on the plane. U.S. officials would not say what type of plane it was.

Coalition aircraft struck an Iraqi air defense sector headquarters and integrated operations center near Tallil, roughly 160 miles southeast of Baghdad, with precision-guided weapons at 4:30 this morning Eastern Time, 12:30 p.m. in Iraq.
(More: DoD News Source)
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