Missile System Bombed in Iraq
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WASHINGTON — Allied aircraft bombed an Iraqi surface-to-air missile system Monday after Iraqi forces moved it into the southern restricted area known as the “no-fly” zone, U.S. Central Command said.
The action took place near Basra, about 275 miles southeast of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, officials said.
It was the 14th day this year of bombing by the U.S.-British coalition that has been monitoring the zones to keep Iraqi forces from flying there.
Iraqi forces regularly shoot at American and British fighter jets patrolling the southern and northern zones.
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