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Coalition Aircraft Fired on Over Northern Iraq
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

Coalition aircraft patrolling the Southern No-fly Zone have responded six times this month to Iraqi provocations.

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
Coalition aircraft enforcing the Northern No-fly Zone over Iraq dropped precision-guided munitions today on elements of Saddam Hussein's air defense system.

The coalition aircraft attacked after Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery fired on them. All coalition aircraft returned to base safely.

Combined task force officials would not discuss where the incident occurred or what the aircrafts' target was.

The coalition aircraft struck immediately after the provocation. "We do not do a measured response," said Air Force Maj. Scott Covode, a spokesman at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. "We do an immediate self-defense response."
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