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Iraq Fires on Northern Watch Pilots
Monday, November 18, 2002
By Kathleen T. Rhem
American Forces Press Service

Leaflets Dropped Over Iraq.
Image Credit: U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM).

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery Nov. 17 and today at coalition airplanes enforcing the Northern No-fly Zone over Iraq.

Both attacks came from positions northeast of Mosul, defense officials said. In both instances, coalition aircraft responded by dropping precision-guided munitions on Iraqi air defense elements.

The exchanges of fire don't differ much from hundreds of others over the past 11 years. But these strikes and others in the past week are of particular interest to world leaders because they come after the signing of a new U.N. Security Council resolution that authorizes strong repercussions for such aggression.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Nov. 17 the U.N. Security Council would decide if such attacks constitute a material breach of its Resolution 1441.
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