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U.S. Bombs Iraqi Defense System
published 02:56 PM - JULY 04, 2002 Eastern Time
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) _ American warplanes bombed an Iraqi air defense system Thursday after coming under attack from Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery, the U.S. military said.
The aircraft were making routine patrols when Iraqi forces fired artillery at them near the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. European Command said in a statement.
"Coalition aircraft responded to the continued Iraqi attacks by dropping precision ordnance on elements of the Iraqi integrated air defense system," the Germany-based command said. "All coalition aircraft departed the area safely."
In Iraq, the official news agency said U.S. and British warplanes damaged a house and killed several cows and sheep in the airstrikes, but the report did not cite any human casualties.
An unidentified military official told the Iraqi News Agency that the allied warplanes "bombed our civil and service installations in Mosul."
U.S. and British warplanes based in southern Turkey patrol a no-fly zone established in northern Iraq in 1991 to protect the Kurdish population from Iraqi forces.
Iraq does not recognize the zone and has been challenging allied aircraft since 1998. A similar zone was set up over southern Iraq to protect Shiite Muslims.
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