US bombing Watch 1999

U.S. Bombing Watch: Archive of U.S. Bombings, Invasions and Occupations of Iraq (Methodology History of U.S. Bombing Watch)

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United Nations Report: Airstrikes in Iraq: 28 December 1998 - 31 May 1999 -- Prepared by UN Security Section -- UNOHCI - Baghdad

Background on "No-Fly-Zone" Bombings of Iraq

3/3/03: 'Undeclared War' Against Iraq Enters New Phase -- Nicholas Watt, Richard Norton-Taylor, and Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian

2/23/03: US and Britain Pound Iraqi Defenses in Massive Escalation of Airstrikes -- Raymond Whitaker, The Independent

12/23/02: The Secret War: Iraq War already under way -- John Pilger, The Mirror

12/22/02: Casualties of an 'Undeclared War': Civilians Killed and Injured as U.S. Airstrikes Escalate in Southern Iraq -- Peter Baker, Washington Post

12/10/02: No-Fly Zones Over Iraq: Washington's Undeclared War on "Saddam's Victims" -- Jeremy Scahill, www.IraqJournal.org

12/4/02: Britain and US step up bombing in Iraq -- Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian

February, 2001: Legality of the No-Fly Zones (PDF File)-- Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies

Ten Iraqis were injured near Al-Basrah. Bombins took place at 11:05am and 11:38am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed near Bashiqah, in Northern Iraq.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

No casualties reported. Bombings took place at 9:30am and 11:10am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed Iraq in the southeast quadrant of the Northern No-Fly Zone.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British planes attacked several facilities and service installations near Mosul. No casualties reported. Bombings took place at 12:20pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed Iraq in the vacinity of Bashiqah, located northeast of Mosul.

US/British planes attacked several facilities and service installations near Mosul. No casualties reported. Bombings took place at 11:35am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed Iraq in the vacinity of Bashiqah, located northeast of Mosul.

US/British planes attacked several facilities and service installations near in Southern Iraq. Two persons were reported injured. Bombings took place at 10:35am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British planes attacked several facilities and service installations near Mosul in Northern Iraq. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 11:30am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed Iraq northwest of Bashiqah and north of Tall Afar.

US/British planes attacked several facilities and service installations north and west of Mosul, and in Basrah, Missan, Al-Muthanna and Wasit in Southern Iraq. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 12:20pm, 12:40pm and 5:30pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed Iraq northeast of Mosul near Bashiqah.

One person was reported injured. Bombings took place at 11:45pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

One person was reported injured near Mosul city. Bombings took place at 11:00am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

Two persons were reported killed and seven injured near Mosul. Bombings took place at 10:35am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed Iraq just south of Mosul.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

One person was reported killed and two injured near Al-Kut. Bombings took place at 5:21pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed in the vicinity of Mosul.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British planes attacked several facilities and service installations near Mosul; also they bombed anti-aircraft artillery sites north of the city of Mosul. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 4:38pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/Britain Attack Several Sites near Mosul (north)and Amarah and Kut (south)

US/British planes bombed areas near Mosul. No details of casualties are known. This Bombing took place at 12:15pm, local Iraq time.

In the south, US/British planes bombed areas close to Amarah and Kut According to the Iraqi News Agency, 6 persons including two girls were injured and a number of houses demolished in Al-Mezbaniyah village near Amarah. According Agence France Presse, in Abu Shateeb (near Amarah), 12 persons, including three young children, were injured and 40 sheep were killed. Also a dozen houses were destroyed. These bombings took place at 8:05am and 9:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

No details of casualties are known. This Bombing took place at 12:30pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

A Swedish journalist called Jan Arrell (Goldenbeerg Post) sustained minor injuries. According to Jan, "the bomb hit 15 to 20 meters in front of our car just on the side of the road. The windshields were broken. This Bombing took place at 1:30pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed northeast and northwest of Mosul.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed in the vicinity of Tall-Afar.

US/Britain bombed Northern and Southern Iraq, including grain warehouse; 1 killed, 13 injured

US/British Planes attacked several facilities and service installations in Missan, Basrah, Thiqar and Wasit. They also hit a grain warehouse in Al-Muthanna governorate 370 kilometers south of Baghdad.

11 people were injured in Basrah, 1 person was killed and 2 were injured in Al-Muthanna.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed north of Ba'ashiqah and Tali Kayif.

US/British Planes bombed several facilities and service installations near Mosul. 1 person was injured.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed a site "seven nautical miles north of Mosul."

US/British Planes bombed several facilities and service installations near Mosul. No casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed a radar site south of Mosul.

US/British Planes bombed several facilities and service installations near Mosul. No casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British Planes bombed several facilities and service installations near Mosul. 5 persons were injured near Mosul.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed a site south of Mosul.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed a "military ammunition and fuels depot" located ten nautical miles southwest of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several sites near Mosul. No details of casualties are known.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British planes bombed several facilities near Mosul. Also attacked were several facilities in Al-Muthanna. 2 persons were killed and 1 person was injured in Basheeka City (near Mosul).

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed a radar site south of Saddam Dam.

US/Britain attacked several cities, including outside of either 'No-Fly-Zone'; 19 people killed

US/British planes bombed several facilities and service installations outside of the 'No-Fly-Zone' (below 36 parallel). They also attacked several facilities in Missan, Basrah, Thiqar, Wasit and Al-Qadissiya. 8 persons were killed and 9 persons were injured in Mosul. 1 person was injured in Missan. 11 persons were killed and 1 injured in Jassan town in Wasit.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British planes bombed several facilities and service installations in northern no-fly-zone northern and western Mosul and southern no-fly-zone in Missan, Basrah, Al-Muthanna and Wasit. 3 persons were killed and 9 persons were injured in Missan.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed a radar site south of Saddam Dam.

US/British planes bombed several facilities and service installations in northern no-fly-zone near Mosul and southern no-fly-zone in Missan governorate. 3 persons were injured and one mosque was destroyed in Saddam Dam area near Mosul. In Missan 4 persons were killed and few houses in Al-Rabania and Al=-Huda were demolished.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed a radar site south of Saddam Dam.

US/British planes bombed several facilities and service installations in northern no-fly-zone near Mosul. No details of casualties are known. For the first time since beginning of the aerial confrontation the Iraqi side used anti-air-craft missiles.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed a site south of Mosul and a communications site north of Mosul.

US/British planes attacked several civilian facilities and service installations in Ninewa. Also they attacked several civilian sites in the south no-fly-zone near Basrah, Missan, Thiqar and Muthanna. Two persons were reported injured in the north; one person was reported injured in the south.. Bombings took place at 10:00am and 10:55am, local Iraq time. Bombings took place at 10:00am and 10:55am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it bombed communication sites north and northeast of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed anti-aircraft sites north of Mosul. No details of casualties are known. Bombings took place at 10:05am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British planes bombed anti-aircraft sites north of Mosul. No details of casualties are known.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British planes bombed several facilities and service installations in Ninewa. One person was killed and 2 were injured. Bombings took place at 11:04am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-10, GBU-12 and GBU-15 guided bombs" on four sites north, northwest, south and southeast of of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several civilian facilities and service installations north and northwest of Mosul. Another airstrike took place in the southern no-fly-zone, where a civilian facility in Najaf was hit. 6 persons were killed and 21 were injured near Mosul. In the south, 3 persons were killed and 2 were injured in Najaf. Bombings took place at 10:10am and 11:00am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on sites north and northwest of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several civilian facilities at Al-Kut (170 km southeast Baghdad). Several civilian facilities near Mosul (Al-Jarrar and Al-Numanniyah) were also hit. 8 persons were killed and 25 near Al-Kut. 1 person was injured in Mosul. Bombings took place at 6:10am and 10:30am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on sites north of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several civilian facilities near Mosul. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 7:25pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-10 and GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on sites north of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several civilian facilities near Mosul. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 10:00am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on sites south of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed a radar site and civilian facilities north of Mosul. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 10:02am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-10 and GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on a communication site north of Mosul.

US/Britain bomb civilian sites in north and south Iraq, 17 Iraqis killed and 18 injured

US/British planes attacked several civilian facilities in the southern no-fly-zone in Abu Sukhayr between Najaf and Samawa (12 km south of Najaf, about 200 km from Baghdad) and Al-Khider on Samawa-Nasirriyah road (300 km south of Baghdad, about 40 km south of Samawa). Another airstrike took place in the northern no-fly-zone, several civilian facilities were hit. 17 persons were killed and 18 were injured. A number of houses were demolished in Al-Manathra area in Abu Sukhayr in Najaf governorate. 4 missiles crashes on or near a main road leading south from the city of Najaf and several cars were burnt out in Sunday's attack. A pregnant woman and her husband were killed in a pick-up trufck and 6 others in an all-terrain car. Bombings took place at 11:00am, 11:20am and 5:50pm local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on command and control sites south of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed a communication center in the south-east of Mosul. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 9:55am and 4:20pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on a communications facilitiy southeast of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several military and radar sites west of Mosul. 3 persons were injured. Bombings took place at 12:33pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on sites west of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several civilian facilities and 13 air defence targets near Mosul. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 9:30am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-10 and GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on sites southeast of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several civilian facilities in the northern no-fly-zone. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 6:07pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on sites southeast of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed a radar facilitiy near Mosul. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 12:30pm and 2:30pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on sites southeast of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several civilian facilities southwest of Mosul. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 4:41pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-10 and GBU-12 precision-guided munitions" on sites southwest of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several service facilities in Basrah, Thiqar, Nissan and Muthana. One person was killed in Al-Gharraf village near Nasiriyah and several others wounded in different places in Nasiriyah. Bombings took place at 6:59pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British planes bombed several service facilities in Basrah, Thiqar, Nissan and Muthana. Four persons were injured.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-10 and GBU-12 precision-guided munitions" on sites southwest of Mosul.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 precision-guided munitions" on sites north of Mosul, and, launched an "AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM)" at a radar site east of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several service facilities and military sites east of Mosul. One person was injured.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on a site east of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several service facilities and military sites in Thiqar, Basrah, Najaf, Missan and Qadissiyah. One person was injured. Bombings took place at 4:30pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British planes bombed several service facilities in Mosul. No casualtiese were reported. Bombings took place at 10:32am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 precision-guided amunitions" on sites southeast of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several service facilities and military sites near Mosul and in the southern no-flyzone. Details are not known. Bombings took place at 6:29pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 precision-guided munitions" on sites north of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several service facilities and military sites near Mosul. One person was killed in Bortolla village. Bombings took place at 10:30am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-12 precision-guided munitions" on sites east of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several service facilities and military camps in Muthanna and Thiqar governorate. Details are not known. Bombings took place at 12:00pm and 5:45pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British planes bombed several service facilities and military camps near to Mosul. Three civilians were injured. Bombings took place at 11:03am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-10 and GBU-12 precision-guided munitions" on sites south of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed several service facilities and military camps south of Mosul. Three civilians were injured. Bombings took place at 11:00am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-10 and GBU-12 precision-guided munitions" on sites south of Mosul.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it launched an "AGM high-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM)" in the vacinity of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed service facilities in Mosul causing some damage. At 1:00 Pm WFP observer Ashok Gupta heard a single sound of explosion from a considerable distance, probably more than 5 kms while he was present at a ration centre in Mosul. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 1:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed it dropped "GBU-10 and GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on sites north of Mosul.

US/British planes bombed civilian installations and military sites near Mosul. Two civilians were reported injured. Bombings took place at 10:20am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 10:30am and 1pm, US planes dropped "GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on sites west of Mosul.

US/British planes attacked civilian installations south to the 36 latitude and some military sites in Mosul. No casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 11:25am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 11:00am and 1:30pm, US planes dropped "AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missiles (HARM) and GBU-12 laser-guided bombs" on sites north of Mosul.

US/British war planes flew over the governorates of Thi-Qar, Muthana, Basrah and Missan. and fired at service facilities around Mosul. Two were killed and seven others wounded in the south. Air strike between 11:00hrs and 13:00 hrs in the village of Abuwini, 90 km NW of Mosul 14 shepherds/farmers were killed and 22 injured. 300 livestock also died. 1 vehicle, 1 wagon and 1 harvester were destroyed. UN team visited on 5/14/99. Bombings took place at 11:05am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed US planes dropped "AGM-88, GBU-12, GBU-15 and AGM-130 missiles on sites in the north.

US/British warplanes bombed a military installation 80 Km. North of Basrah city. The location is 10 m. far from the main road. One civilian and three soldiers were killed and two were injured. GOU observers Mundarath Mukundan and Jafar Baraka have reported that they had passed by Missile hit military facilities on their way back from Missan to Basra only 3 hours after the incident. These locations were close to the highway at Al-Mosa, Al-Alwa, Al-Qurna and Al-Sarffe. Bombings took place at 11:30am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed US planes dropped GBU-12 missiles on sites northeast of Mosul.

US/British warplanes carried out bombing in Ninawa. Allied warplanes flew over the governorates of Basrah, Muthanaand Thi-Qar. One civilian was injured in the North. Bombings took place at 10:05am and 3:55pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed US planes dropped GBU-12 missiles on sites northwest of Mosul.

US/British warplanes carried out bombing in the governorates of Thi-Qar, Basrah. Muthanna, Al-Mosa, Al-Alwa, Al-Sarffe and Missan. At Abu-El-Khasaab one citizen was killed and two others wounded. At Qurna three civilians were killed and three wounded in a house.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed between 2pm and 3pm, US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs on sites northwest of Mosul.

US/British warplanes carried out 48 sorties over the southern governorates of Basrah. Missan and Muthana. In the northern no-fly-zone allied planes carried out 18 sorties over the governorates of Dohuk, Erbil and Mosul. Three civilians were killed.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed between 11am and 2pm, US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs and AGM-88 and AGM-130 missiles on sites north of Mosul.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed between 10:30am and Noon, US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs on sites northwest of Mosul.

US/British warplanes carried out several sorties over the areas of Ninewa Governarate. The jets fired four missiles at Bashiqa area near Mousl city. At Kuban village (30 km-Mosul) 7 civilians were killed. A shepherd and six rnembers, of his family. 101 livestock died. UN tearn visited on 2/5/99. Bombings took place at 1:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs and AGM-88 missiles on sites south and northeast of Mosul.

US/British warplanes carried out several sorties over the areas of Ninewa Governarate. The jets fired one missile at a residential area in Al-Wehdah/Mousl city. At Al-Wahda area of Mosul, 19 civilian were injured and 14 houses damaged. Bombings took place at 2:30pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed US planes dropped GBU-12 and GBU-15 bombs and AGM-88 missiles on sites south and west of Mosul.

US/British warplanes carried out 31 sorties over Ninewa Governarate. One civilian was killed. Bombings took place at 2:50pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs and AGM-88 missiles on sites northeast and south of Mosul.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs and an anti-radiation missile on sites northeast and south of Mosul.

US/British warplanes bombed some arable land in Al-Qadissiya governorate. An unspecified number of civilians were injured.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs and an anti-radiation missile (HARM) on sites east and southeast of Mosul.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs on sites west of Mosul.

US/British warplanes carried out 36 sorties over Nassiriya, Samawa, Basrah, Imara and Najaf governorates. US/British planes carried out 16 sorties over the areas of Dohuk, Erbil, Zakho, Aqrah and Mosul. They had bombed utility buildings and weapon sites near Mosul. Bombings took place at 3:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs and GBU-15 on sites in the vacinity of Mosul.

US/British warplanes carried out several sorties in the southern no- fly-zone. Another air raid took place in the northern no-fly-zone. 4 civilians were killed and one injured in the area around Mosul. Bombings took place at 11:45am and 3:45pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 1:40pm and 2:40 pm, US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs, AGM-88 and AGM-130 missiles on sites north and northwest of Mosul.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 11:45pm and 12:15pm, US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs on sites northwest of Mosul.

US/British warplanes carried out several sorties in the southern no- fly-zone. They dropped 16 bombs at utility buildings and weapons sites near Basrah. Bombings took place at 3:20pm and 4:50pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 12:15pm and 1:00 pm, US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs on sites north and northwest of Mosul.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 12:45pm and 1:20pm, US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs on sites northwest and west of Mosul.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 10:30am and Noon, US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs and an anti-radiation missile on sites north and northwest of Mosul.

US/British warplanes carried out 23 sorties in the southern no-fly-zone. The planes overflew Artawa, Al-Jaliba, Al-Salman, Samawa and Qla'at Sukkar villages, firing at utility buildings and wepons sites Two civilian were killed and nine were injured. Bombings took place at 12:40pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes carried out 33 sorties in the southern no-fly-zone. The planes overflew the areas of Artawi, Al-Salman, Samawa, Diwaniya, Al-Jaliba and Nasiriya. Bombings took place at 9:22am and 11:52am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 12:35pm and 1:00pm, US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs on sites west and south of Mosul.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 12:35pm and 1:35pm, US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs on sites around Saddam Lake.

US/British warplanes carried out 40 sorties in the southern no-fly-zone. Bombings took place at 1:25pm and 3:35pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 12:20pm and 2:20pm, US planes dropped GBU-12 bombs on sites around Saddam Lake.

US/British warplanes carried out several sorties in the southern no-fly-zone. The planes raided the village of Effach in Qadessiya governorate. Bombings took place at 2:30pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes carried out bombing in the southern and northern no- fly-zone. Warplanes bombed and destroyed a key control centre at Hamdan Station, the main pumping station used by Iraq to export oil via the southern Iraqi termianl or ina-al-Bakar. Bombings took place at 6:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 2:30pm and 3:30 pm, US planes dropped "more than thirty 2,000 pound and 500 pound laser guided bombs" near Mosul.

US/British warplanes carried out several sorties over the governorates of Thi-Qar, Muthanna, Missan, Basrah, and Najaf. They fired at utility buildings and weapon sites. One civilian was injured.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes attacked several weapon sites and utility buildings in Mosul. Bombings took place at 11:45am and 12:15pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes made several sorties in the governorates of Thi-Qar, Muthanna, Missan, Basrah, and Najaf. In the northern no-fly-zone warplanes fired eight bombs at utility buildings and military sites. WHO and WFP teams in Missan witnessed some hits and heard the sirens. One citizen was injured. Bombings took place at 9:45am, 12:15pm and 4:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes carried out bombing in the northern and southern no-fly-zones. Bombings took place at 12:45pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes bombed some utility buildings and some anti-aircraft weapon sites around Mosul. Bombings took place at 11:50am and 3:10pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes bombed utility buildings and military weapons around Mosul. Bombings took place at 11:30am and 1:30pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes carried out bombing in the southern no-fly-zone. Another air raid took place in the evening in the southern governorates of Thi-qar, Basrah, Misan and Muthana. Five bombs were fired at air defence sites. Bombings took place at 11:15am and 7:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes fired at utilities and several military sites in the southern governorates of Basrah, Missan, Thi-qar and Al-Muthana. Warplanes also bombed areas around Mosul. Several civilians were reported injured. Bombings took place between 9:50am and 2:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes attacked the southern governorates of Basrah, Thiqar, and Al-Muthana. Warplanes dropped two bombs on a private farm in Basrah. Details not known of any civilian casualties. at 2:15pm, local Iraq time, warplanes attacked an Iraqi radar site 22 kilometers south of Basrah.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes fired missiles around Mosul; at least 30 bombs dropped. Communication center targeted as well as an oil control system near Ain Zala. World Food Program observers present: Xuonege, Liu, Mezlef, Noria, Oladipo, Onayemi, C. Guiseppe, and Brown. Denise. They witnessed the bombing from the center of Mosul city. One civilian was killed and nine were injured. Bombings took place at 2:30pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes attacked sites in the northern no-fly-zone in the villages fo Rabe'ea and Al-tyniyh (near Mosul), and bombed a communication center at an oil control facility 120 kilometers south of Zakho. Four people were killed and two others injured. Bombings took place at Noon and 2:30pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 1:55pm and 2:15pm, US planes launched AGM-130 air-to-ground guided missiles and GBU-24 bombs in the northern no-fly-zone. Between 2:13 and 2:35pm US warplanes dropped more bombs on the same site. Also, "Coalition forces did not target nor was there damage to an Iraqi pipeline or an Iraqi oil pumping station."

US/British warplanes flew over Meisan, Basra, Dhiqar, Najaf and Muthana; civilian and military sites were hit in Missan (Amarah). 23 civililans were wounded in Amarah. Bombings took place at 9:40am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes attacked Al-Iskenderiya and 55 kilometers south of Baghdad. 3 civilians were killed and 5 were wounded. Bombings took place at 6:50pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes hit anti-aircraft bases in Basra city, Thiqar, Al-Muthanna and Missan. In the northern no-fly-zone the allied jets flew over Dohuk, Ninewa and Erbil and hit an anti-aircraft base. Details of casualties were not reported. Bombings took place between 3:40 and 6:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 1:45pm and 2:00pm, 3 US F-15E warplanes dropped GBU-24 guided bombs in the northern no-fly-zones.

US/British warplanes dropped 11 laser guided bombs on multiple Iraqi anti-aircraft guns and radar sites near the city of Mosul in the northern Iraqi no-fly zone. Allied warplanes hit an anti-aircraft base near Basra city. Ms. Lillian Volcano, FAO was at a distance of 1/2 km from the affected place near Mosul. WFP reported that the affected area in Basra was nearby the warehouse where they conducted their observation just one hour before the strike. Two civilians were injured in Mosul. One civilian was killed and another one was injured near Basrah. Bombings took place between 1:00 and 6:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 11:15am and 1:30pm, a flight of US F-15E warplanes dropped GBU-12 and GBU-10 bombs on sites near Mosul.

US/British warplanes hit anti-aircraft bases near Basra city, Amarah and Talil. No details of casualties were reported. Bombings took place between 4:35 and 6:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes fired at a target in the northern no-fly zone. Details of casualties were not reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 12:10pm and 12:30pm, two F-16CJ warplanes launched AGM-88 anti-radiation missiles (HARM) at a radar site near Mosul.

US/British warplanes bombed areas around Thiqar, Missan and Basra. 33 explosions were reported from three villages, previously affected by the shelling around Dohuk city. Most of the explosions took place in the air and no damage has been reported. One WFP observer in Mosul reported that the warehouse facility she was in was shaken by a hit nearby and they had to rush to a near by place fearing further attack. 5 civilians were killed and 22 were injured.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that at 11:20am, an F-15E warplane dropped a GBU-12 bomb on an anti-aircraft site north of Mosul. At 12:26pm, a Marine Corps EA-6B launched an anti-radiation (HARM) missile at a radar site.

US/British warplanes bombed a civil institution in Thiqar. Another bombing took place in Al-Fao city. A fishermen's jetty was hit and some civilians were injured. An air defence site in Al-Fao. southern Iraq. and targets near Talil, 200 km south of Baghdad were also hit. Three civilians were killed and many others were injured. Bombings took place around Noon, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes fired air-to-ground missiles at the air defenses in the northern no-fly-zone near Dohuk. No details of casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that at 1:30pm, an F-15E warplane dropped a GBU-12 bomb on an anti-aircraft site north of Mosul.

US/British warplanes fired air-to-ground missiles at the air defenses in the northern no-fly-zone. No details of casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that between 12:15 and 12:30pm, an F-15E warplane dropped GBU-12 bombs on a communications site. "Two F-15Es launched an AGM-130 and dropped GBU-12s on an Iraqi surface-to-air missile system. At 1:32 p.m. Iraqi time, a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle dropped GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on an Iraqi surface-to-air missile site west of Mosul. Two minutes later, a U.S. Air Force F-16CJ Fighting Falcon launched an AGM-88 high-speed antiradiation missile at an Iraqi radar site northwest of Mosul. Close to 1:38 p.m. Iraqi time, a U.S. Air Force F-15E dropped GBU-12s on a surface-to-air missile communications site east of Mosul."

US/British warplanes fired 14 bombs and missiles at Iraqi defences in Thaiqar and Najaf. Air defences in Basrah and northern no-fly-zone were also hit. Teams (1) GOU, (1) WFP, (1) WHO and (1) FAO were in Najaf. Mr. Jean-Michel Wuthrich, GO and Joseph Mugachia were present at the Electricity office of the governorate when the missile hit electricity sub station at Al-Hizam, killing one and injuring 8, at a distance one km. Bombings took place at Noon, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes dropped bombs in the northern and southern no-fly-zones. One missile hit the ground in Sumail village -- 12 kilometers west of Dohuk. Another missile hit the ground in Moqbal village -- 6 kilometers west of Dohuk. No details of casualties were reported. Bombings took place at around 1:00pm, Local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

US/British warplanes fired 3 air-to-ground missiles, a food supply warehouse in Al-Najaf was hit. Also, warplanes dropped 3 air-to-ground missiles near Mosul. No details of casualties were reported. Bombings took place at 4:00pm, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that "at 2:20 p.m. Iraqi time, two U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles dropped two GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on an anti-aircraft artillery battery in response to being targeted by Iraqi radar near Mosul. In a separate incident approximately 15 minutes later, two additional F-15Es, also responding after being targeted by Iraqi radar, dropped GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on the same anti-aircraft artillery site. In a third incident at approximately 3:15 p.m. Iraqi time, a U.S. Marine EA-6B launched a high-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM) at an SA-2 radar site. In a fourth incident at approximately 3:20 p.m. Iraqi time, F-15Es dropped GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on an anti-aircraft artillery site. Finally, in a fifth incident which occurred at approximately 3:30 p.m. Iraqi time, F-15Es dropped GBU-12s on another anti-aircraft artillery site."

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that at 3:20pm a US F-16CJ warplane launched an anti-radiation missile (HARM) at a radar system north of Mosul.

US/British warplanes fired 7 air-to-ground missiles on Iraqi air defences in the southern no-fly-zone. In the northern no-fly-zone, US warplanes fired one missile at Iraqi air defences near Mosul. No details of casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that at "3 p.m. Iraqi time, coalition aircraft were targeted by Iraqi radars near Mosul. A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle responded in self defense by launching an AGM-130 at the radar site. A second incident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Iraqi time. A group of U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles acting in self defense after being targeted, dropped two GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on an Iraqi Skyguard surface-to-air missile site. In a third incident at about the same time, F-15Es acting in self defense dropped two GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on an anti-aircraft artillery system and its associated radar which threatened coalition aircraft. The fourth incident occurred close to 3:30 p.m. Iraqi time, when F-15Es acting in self-defense dropped GBU-12s on another anti-aircraft artillery site. In a fifth incident at approximately 4:30 p.m. Iraqi time, a U.S. Marine EA-6B Prowler fired a high-speed antiradiation missile in response to being targeted by a radar-guided anti-aircraft artillery system. Finally in the sixth incident a minute later, F-15Es responded defensively by dropping GBU-12s on a separate anti-aircraft artillery site."

US/British warplanes fired 17 missiles on Iraqi air defences in the northern no-fly-zone. No details of casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that at 3:45pm, two F-15E warplanes dropped GBU-12 bombs on an anti-aircraft site north of Mosul.

US/British warplanes hit an anti-aircraft base near Mosul. No details of casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that "between 1:25 and 1:50 p.m. Iraqi time, coalition aircraft were targeted by Iraqi surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems in three separate incidents near Mosul. An EA-6B Prowler, acting in self defense after being targeted by Iraqi radar, launched a HARM at an Iraqi radar site. An F-15E dropped a GBU-12 500-pound precision-guided munition in response to an anti-aircraft artillery system which posed a threat to coalition aircraft. In another incident, two F-15Es fired one AGM-130 each at a radar site which had targeted coalition aircraft. In another incident between 3 and 3:30 p.m. Iraqi time, coalition aircraft were again targeted by anti-aircraft artillery systems near Mosul. Three F-15Es, acting in self defense after being targeted by Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery systems, dropped GBU-12 500-pound precision-guided munitions."

US/Britain bomb northern and southern Iraq, cruise missile hits Basra neighborhoods, killing 17, 100 injured

Nor, six years old, lies partially beneath the rubble after an American AGM-130 missile hit the Al Jumhuriya neighborhood of Basra on January 25, 1999.

Pentagon spokesman, Ken Bacon, acknowledged the residential strike the next day (CNN) saying "the United States regretted any civilian casualties," but added that "U.S. officials had no 'independent confirmation' that the missile killed any Iraqis."

This picture was taken after the January raid

on Basra, by Nabil Al-Jorani, and was published

on the Internet by Voices in the Wilderness.

A cruise missile stuck Basra's Al- Jumhuriya residential area, while US/British warplanes attacked Abu Flos, Abu Kaseeb, Basra airport and Al-Rumeila oil field. 17 people died, 100 persons injured and 45 houses were damaged. Teams (GOU 7. WFP 3, WHO 1) were withdrawn to Baghdad. UN team visited on 27/1/99. Bombings took place at 9:30am and 10:10am, local Iraq time.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that "between 1:57 and 2:30 p.m. Iraqi time, coalition aircraft were again illuminated and fired upon by Iraqi surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems in several incidents. An F-15E was fired upon by an anti-aircraft artillery system. Two F-15Es then dropped one GBU-12 each on the system. In another incident, an EA-6B launched a HARM at an SA-2 SAM site that posed a threat to coalition forces in the area. An F-16CJ launched a HARM at a different SA-2 SAM site that posed a threat to coalition forces in the area."

BASRA, Iraq (AP) -- U.S. missiles slammed into residential neighborhoods in southern Iraq on Monday, demolishing sturdy, stone-walled homes. Iraqi officials reported at least 11 people killed.

U.S. officials said its Air Force and Navy jets fired at air defense systems in response to ``threats by anti-aircraft artillery fire'' and by four Iraqi warplanes flying south of the 33rd parallel in violation of the no-flight ban. Pentagon officials said it was likely that U.S. jets targeting the Iraqi air defense installations misfired and that at least one high-explosive missile may have killed civilians in and around the city of Basra.

The senior U.S. commander in the Persian Gulf, Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, told reporters at the Pentagon that ``we deeply regret any loss of civilian lives or civilian casualties or injuries.''

But Zinni said military officials had not confirmed the results of U.S. attacks. He also said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was ultimately to blame because of his ``attacks against us and his history of disregard for the welfare of his own people.''

The missiles hit five areas of southern Iraq, including the working-class al-Jumhuriya neighborhood on the outskirts of Basra, Iraqi officials said. Several homes in that neighborhood were destroyed, their roofs caved in.

Broken dishes and kitchen utensils were strewn among the rubble. Civilians worked late into the night to clean the debris from the morning strike.

Ahmed Ibrahim Hamash, the governor of Basra, said two aircraft fired five missiles that killed 11 people and injured 59.

The missiles struck in the morning and Hamash said most of the casualties were women, children or the elderly because many men had already left for work.

The missiles hit three civilian areas in or near Basra, as well as a site near the airport and another near the Rumeilah oil fields.

Iraqi officials took reporters to the al-Jumhouri hospital, one of the city's two main hospitals. Several injured children and women were at the hospital. Iraqi officials

In al-Jumhuriya, four homes were completely destroyed and six damaged, including Lufti Swadi's house. The blast ripped the front door off the 28-year-old baker's

In the village of Abu al-Khaseeb, four houses were destroyed and another four damaged. Iraqi officials were still assessing damage in the other civilian area

Hamash said there were no military installations in the areas that were hit. ``There is not even a police station there, let alone a military installation,'' he said. ``The United States claims to be a humanitarian nation but they are enemies of that concept.''

At the al-Jumhouri hospital in Basra, Marwa Ali, 6, lay on a hospital bed swathed in a pink blanket. Dried blood was caked on her nostrils. She was about to go to

school to take an exam when the missile struck, her sister Zeinab, 25, said. ``It began with a big bang,'' said Zeinab Ali, who was slightly injured with cuts and bruises. ``I could see my house coming down on us. There was dust all over.'' Marwa suffered multiple wounds to the scalp and a deep knee injury.

Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz condemned the attack and said the United States and its allies would be held responsible. His remarks were reported by the official Iraqi News Agency.

Basra, 350 miles south of Baghdad, is within the southern ``no-fly'' zone that the United States and its allies set up after the 1991 Gulf War to protect Shiite

Muslims who rose up against Saddam's government. In the northern no-fly zone Monday, U.S. aircraft attacked three separate Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries, U.S.

officials said. They said the aircraft fired missiles and dropped bombs after Iraq targeted or fired on the warplanes.

The Vatican condemned the bombing raids, saying Monday in a statement from Mexico City that the military action ``confirms once again'' Pope John Paul II's belief that ``military measures don't resolve problems in themselves, rather they aggravate them.''

Hamash, meanwhile, vowed defiance after the attacks. ``We will continue to oppose any over-flying of our territory by enemy aircraft,'' he said. Iraq has been challenging the no-fly zones with increasing regularity since Dec. 16-19 airstrikes by the United States and Britain. Those attacks were aimed at punishing Iraq after U.N. weapons inspectors released a report saying that Baghdad was obstructing their work.

The British Defense Ministry said its warplanes were not involved in the latest attacks.

On Sunday, U.S. aircraft fired on two surface-to-air missile sites in separate incidents in the northern no-fly zone, U.S. officials said. It was a second consecutive

day that U.S. warplanes patrolling the no-fly zones opened fire after being targeted.

The latest attack comes one day after Arab foreign ministers met in Egypt and refused to condemn last month's airstrikes. Information Minister Humam Abdel-Khaliq claimed that the Arab foreign ministers had given the United States and Britain ``an Arab green card'' to attack Iraq.

NEW YORK - January 26 - Was the 2,000-pound bomb that U.S. warplanes dropped on a residential neighborhood in Iraq's second largest city on January 25 an "accident" or did the Pentagon deliberately target civilians?

"The U.S. has deliberately targeted Iraqi civilians in the past," stated Brian Becker, co-director of the International Action Center (IAC). "During the Gulf war, for instance, the U.S. used two precision or `smart' bombs to destroy the Al-Amariyah bomb shelter in downtown Baghdad. As many as 1,100 Iraqi children were killed. The Pentagon spokesman went on TV in Feb. 1991 to announce that the attack on Al-Amariyah was not an accident. The U.S. was trying to terrorize the population.

"Of course, economic sanctions that have lasted eight years target civilians. More than 1.7 million civilians have died from hunger and disease according to UNICEF, the UN agency that evaluates children's health. It is not known if this attack was intentional or an accident proving that the Pentagon's `smart' missiles aren't always so smart.

"But the fact that at least one and possibly two of these huge bombs crashed into residential housing is not in dispute. It was the middle of the day on Monday, a quiet afternoon, when Iraqi families in al-Jumuhuriya had their homes and their worlds literally blown apart by U.S. missiles," Becker said.

CNN reported eleven killed and 59 wounded, some of them suffering serious burns. Many of the dead were children and some of their mothers.

One of Nor's sisters, also killed in the bombing.

This picture was taken after the January raid

on Basra, by Nabil Al-Jorani, and was published

on the Internet by Voices in the Wilderness.

Why did the attack happen? Here lies the deepest irony, according to the IAC spokesperson. Because Iraqi planes dared to fly into the No-Fly Zone, says the Pentagon spokesperson, Frank Leyhew. "Iraqi actions pose serious threats to our air crews and our actions today are an appropriate response to these threats," Leyhew told the Associated Press following the reports of the strike on the residential neighborhood.

"The Pentagon won't find any Arab people who believe the U.S. bombing was an `appropriate response,'" Becker said. The United States and Britain declared all of southern Iraq a No-Fly Zone on the pretext that the "people of southern Iraq would then be safe from Saddam Hussein's air force."

"Remember in Vietnam the famous interview with an U.S. army colonel who, surveying a peasant village that had been set aflame by napalm bombs, said `we had to burn their village to save them from the communists.' That remark was made famous for its absurdity. It became a symbol of the ludicrous character of the U.S. war propaganda," Becker asserted.

He continued, "For the last month U.S. warplanes have lobbed missile after missile into southern Iraq on the pretext that the No-Fly Zones, one in northern Iraq and the other in the south, must be enforced. Who and what gives the United States and Britain the right to declare that Iraq can't fly its own planes in its own air space? Not the United Nations! These two imperialist powers just proclaimed that they would shoot down any Iraqi aircraft that fly in these two zones.

"The U.S. says it is `concerned' about the Kurds in northern Iraq and the Shiite population in the south. That's hogwash. Those are the people who are being killed and maimed by U.S. bombs and missiles. The real reason is that the U.S. wants control over these two regions because that is where Iraq's oil reserves are located. This oil constitutes 10% of the worlds known reserves."

US officials admit missiles hit Iraqi residential areas

World Socialist Website

By David Walsh
26 January 1999

US military officials acknowledged Monday that missiles fired by American warplanes may have struck residential neighborhoods in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, resulting in the death and wounding of dozens of civilians. Pentagon officials privately told journalists, according to the Associated Press, that the planes misfired and at least two missiles might have caused the deaths. Publicly, US officials refused to admit responsibility. A military spokesman, Navy Capt. Michael Doubleday, told reporters, "We're still assessing the site damage," and could not say whether civilians were hit because "we don't have any details."

The Iraqi News Agency (INA) said one US missile hit the al-Jumhuriya neighborhood of Basra around 9:30 a.m. Monday (1:30 am ET). The Iraqis reported that a second air strike targeted the village of Abu al-Khaseeb near Basra, the Basra airport and Rumeila oilfield.

Iraq's information minister said several people were killed and dozens wounded, primarily women and children. CNN reported 11 killed. The INA denounced the US and Britain for continuing "their savage raids against a number of residential areas and economic targets in the province of Basra." The Iraqi government called the two powers "criminals" for carrying out the attacks. The British government denied any role in the raids.

The INA reported that civil defense teams in Basra ferried the wounded to local hospitals and tried to recover bodies from the rubble of buildings. A Western reporter in the southern Iraqi city told the Associated Press that he saw a house that was completely destroyed and three others that were damaged. He was taken to a hospital where he saw severely wounded children. Greg Palkot of Fox News, a US cable television network, said he saw civil defense teams searching for people believed to be buried in the ruined buildings. Palkot reported that Iraqi officials said three people were killed and 42 injured in the first attack. A CNN producer in Basra confirmed that at least 10 houses were destroyed or damaged. Iraqi officials offered to take Western reporters from Baghdad to Basra to see the damage.

The missile attack on Basra was the latest of several carried out by US forces in the so-called "no-fly zones" in the north and south of Iraq over the past few days. On Saturday two American F-14 Tomcats and two F/A-18 Hornets dropped laser-guided bombs on a surface-to-air missile site in southern Iraq after Iraqi MiGs allegedly violated the no-fly zone. The US reported that an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter attacked a surface-to-air missile system on Sunday in northern Iraq. According to the Pentagon, on Monday afternoon two F-15Es dropped one laser-guided bomb each on an air defense system in northern Iraq near the city of Mosul after encountering anti-aircraft artillery fire. In a separate incident near Mosul a Marine Corps EA-6B electronic warfare plane fired a missile at an Iraqi surface-to-air missile installation that "posed a threat" to US aircraft. An Air Force F-16CJ later attacked a different missile site.

The raids on Basra airport and the Rumeila oilfield near the Kuwaiti border were the most sustained since the US-British air war conducted against Iraq in December.

The renewed aggression by the US against Iraq comes in the midst of new efforts by some of the other major powers to work out a deal with the Saddam Hussein regime. The Russian government presented proposals to the United Nations Security Council last week calling for the replacement of the UNSCOM weapons inspection team by a new arms control body. Once in place the UN oil embargo against Iraq would be lifted. The US immediately rejected the suggested plan. On January 13 the French government proposed revamping UNSCOM, lifting the embargo on oil exports and the introduction of new surveillance measures to prevent the building of "weapons of mass destruction."

Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz told visiting journalists Saturday that there could be no going back to the situation regarding UN arms inspectors that prevailed before the US-British air strikes. "There will be no return to the past," he told a visiting Spanish delegation, reiterating the Hussein regime's refusal to accept the presence of the UNSCOM inspectors. Accepting their return would mean Iraq had given in to aggression, according to Aziz. He expressed support for the French plan, but said it was unlikely to become a reality because of American and British opposition.

United Nations report: US killed 17 Iraqi women and children in January raid

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By David Walsh
6 February 1999

A United Nations report, obtained by the Associated Press Thursday, reveals that US missiles killed 17 people, all women and children, in two communities in southern Iraq during an air attack January 25. Forty-five houses were destroyed or damaged by the missiles that struck the al-Jumhuriya neighborhood in Basra and the village of Abu Khasib, 16 miles further south. The UN findings confirm the claims made by the Iraqi government following the attack.

The report was filed by Hans von Sponeck, UN humanitarian coordinator in Baghdad, after an on-the-spot investigation. Von Sponeck spoke to local government officials and relief agencies. According to the investigating team, despite some demonstrations against the US during its visit, "The human climate was one of sadness rather than aggressiveness."

Al-Jumhuriya is a poor neighborhood, with garbage-strewn streets. When the missile struck, most of the men were away. The US missile killed one woman and five children. Iraqi officials told von Sponeck that 64 people were injured and 30 still hospitalized. The UN report noted, "The UN team visiting the area verified that seven houses had been completely destroyed and a further 27 houses sustained damage. The damage was caused by both direct impact and the blast effect of the missile." In Abu Khasib, a village of some 400 houses, five women and five children died and 30 people were injured.

US air crews began using the missile that killed the Iraqis, the AGM-130, only in January. The weapon carries 2,000 pounds of explosives and is directed to its target after launch by a pilot watching the missile's path on a video screen.

The Pentagon acknowledged January 26 that a missile exploded in a residential area. The spokesman who made the announcement blamed Saddam Hussein's forces for the civilian deaths. "We regret any civilian casualties but this [the firing of US missiles] was done in response to a provocative attack against our planes by Saddam Hussein." The spokesman neglected to mention that the planes targeted in this "provocative attack" were flying in Iraqi air space, in the so-called no-fly zones established by the US after the Persian Gulf war.

The January 25 air attack was part of an escalating campaign of aggression by US and British forces against Iraq. Since December's bombing campaign, US and British planes have carried out 40 hits on Iraqi air defense sites, a greater number than were hit during the four-day assault. The US military is apparently expanding the scope of its attacks beyond what it terms self-defense. On Tuesday it struck three Iraqi anti-ship missile launchers near the gulf.

It was Monday morning, January 25, and 6-year-old Marwa Ali was home in the al-Jumhuriya neighborhood in the city of Basra in southern Iraq. Suddenly, there was an incredible noise--and it seemed like the world was collapsing in on Marwa. Her sister, Zeinab, later said, "It began with a big bang. I could see my house coming down on us. There was dust all over."

Marwa and Zeinab's house was not destroyed by an earthquake or broken gas lines. The damage was caused by missiles, filled with 2,000 pounds of explosives, fired from U.S. war planes. The bombing killed 11 people in al-Jumhuriya and injured dozens. Marwa ended up in the hospital with multiple injuries to her scalp and legs. Zeinab suffered cuts and bruises. Several homes were completely destroyed, and others were damaged. Many of the men in the neighborhood were already at work when the bombs hit. Most of those killed and injured were children, women and the elderly.

The U.S. spokesmen claimed the bombing of al-Jumhuriya was an "accident" and shed a few crocodile tears for the victims--and then they blamed Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi government for "provoking" the missile attack! Basra is located in the area of southern Iraq that has been declared a "no flight" zone by the U.S. and its ally Britain. These zones are patrolled by U.S. and British war planes with orders to fire their missiles at any act of self-defense by the Iraqi forces. There is a similar zone in northern Iraq. These "no flight" zones cover two-thirds of Iraq's territory.

The attempt by the U.S. to justify the latest murder from the air in Iraq is outrageous and shameful--and it's another example of imperialist logic. The U.S.--the world's top dog superpower with a huge arsenal of high-tech weapons of mass destruction--claims to be "threatened" when Iraqi ground troops in the "no flight" zones simply turn on their air-defense radar. The U.S. rulers accuse the Iraqi government of "aggression"--but claim for themselves the right to reach halfway around the world to bully and stomp on a small country. The U.S. said that the "no flight" zones were set up to "protect" the people in those areas from Saddam Hussein. But the people in those areas now must live through the continuous threat of death raining down from the skies.

The ragged lies and justifications from the White House and the Pentagon can't cover up the ugly reality. The U.S. policy-makers care nothing about the ordinary people of Iraq. They are motivated by a drive to protect the U.S. strategic position in this region, which is the oil jugular of the world. And in order to maintain this position, the U.S. rulers feel they must pound Iraq into total submission and extinguish any assertion of national sovereignty from this oppressed country.

Clinton and the U.S. ruling class say their target is Saddam Hussein, not the people of Iraq. But in their drive to overthrow Hussein and bring a more obedient regime to power, the U.S. imperialists have not hesitated in causing great suffering for the Iraqi people.

The sustained bombing campaign in the 1991 Gulf war killed hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq. Among the victims were hundreds of people in the Amariyah neighborhood of Baghdad--killed when two U.S. "smart" bombs scored a direct hit on the civilian air-raid shelter where they were sleeping.

For eight years, the U.S. has used its military force to enforce an economic sanction on Iraq--leading to more than a million and a half more Iraqi deaths. United Nations organizations report that about 5,000 children are dying in Iraq every month from malnutrition and diseases because of the shortage of food, medicine and other vital materials caused by the sanction.

In December 1998, the U.S. and British forces fired over 400 cruise missiles into Iraq--the largest military action against Iraq since 1991. The U.S. and Britain said they were aiming at military sites. But among the so-called "collateral damage" of the bombing were: several hospitals and health clinics in Baghdad, a large storehouse filled with rice in Tikrit, and ten schools in Basra. One missile destroyed the main water system in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood, cutting off water supplies to 300,000 people.

The U.S. is now preparing the groundwork for more attacks on Iraq. According to recent media reports, U.S. intelligence officials are claiming that Abu Nidal is now in Baghdad under the protection of Saddam Hussein. The U.S. government alleges that Abu Nidal heads an organization that has carried out various attacks against U.S. interests around the world. Last year, the U.S. launched cruise missiles at Afghanistan and Sudan in the name of punishing Osama bin-Laden, who is also accused of actions against the U.S. (In Sudan, the missiles destroyed a desperately needed medicine factory.) Will Abu Nidal now become an excuse for a new round of U.S. missiles?

And the Clinton administration gave a green light for U.S. war planes in the "no flight" zones to take even more aggressive actions. The U.S. pilots don't have to limit themselves to specific artillery batteries and anti-aircraft missiles that are targeting them--the troops now have authorization to attack any part of the Iraqi air-defense system that they consider a "threat."

The U.S. imperialists have carried out massive war crimes in Iraq. And they may be getting ready to commit more mass murder and other cold-blooded crimes against the Iraqi people.

"The missile attack was on January 25, 1999 on the Al-Jamhuriyah district of Basra in southern Iraq. The missile used was an AGM-130 guided cruise missile. The missile uses global positioning satellites [GPS] and preprogrammed ground coordinates to reach within 10 feet of the proscribed target. When the missile is closing in on the target the pilot can take control of the missile (seeing what is about to be hit with either infra-red or normal video cameras) and choose 'the window pane or doorknob he wishes to hit' (quote is from a Pentagon spokesperson I have interviewed on several occasions.). The bomb killed 6 and injured 64 people. Thirty-four houses were damaged or destroyed. Another missile killed 11 and injured 36 that same day in another neighborhood [Khadasiyah] in [sic: 25 kilometers outside] Basra. On Feb 15, 1999, 5 people were killed and 22 injured in another bombing in Basra."

US/British warplanes hit an anti-aircraft base near Mosul. No details of casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that "between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Iraqi time, coalition aircraft were again targeted by Iraqi surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems near Mosul. An EA-6B Prowler and two F-16CJs fired HARMs in self defense. The aircraft responded to being targeted by Iraqi radars used to guide anti-aircraft artillery. Another F-16CJ fired a HARM at an Iraqi surface-to-air missile system. Earlier in the day, an F-15E Strike Eagle scored a direct hit on an Iraqi SA-3 SAM site with an AGM-130, which posed a threat to coalition forces in the region."

US/British warplanes struck two air defence missile batteries in southern Iraq. No details of casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that at an F-16C/J warplane fired a HARM missile and an F-15E warplane launched an AGM-130 missile against Iraqi air defences in northern Iraq.

US/British warplanes hit anti-aircraft bases near Basrah and Mosul. No details of casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that an F-16 warplane fired a HARM missile at a radar site, and two F-15E warplanes claimed direct hits on SAM sites by two AGM-130 missiles. An EA-6B also launched a HARM missile against a SAM radar.

US/British warplanes hit an anti-aircraft base near Mosul. No details of casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that an F-16 warplane fired a HARM missile at a radar site east of Mosul.

US/British warplanes hit an anti-aircraft base near Mosul. No details of casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that two F-15E warplanes dropped bombs on an SA-6 site near Mosul. Also, an F-16C/J warplane fired a HARM missile at an Iraqi radar site "a short while later."

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that at an F-16C/J warplane fired a HARM missile at a Roland surface-to-missile site 15 miles northwest of Mosul.

US/British warplanes had clashes with Iraqi aircrafts in the southern no-fly-zone. No details of casualties were reported.

Source: Hans Von Sponeck, Former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and the official responsible for Security of UN staff in Iraq.

United States European Command, Operation Northern Watch claimed that two F-15 and two F-14s warplanes fired a total of six missiles at four Iraqi MiG-25s over the southern no-fly-zone. None of the missiles, they claimed, found its target.

US officials admit missiles hit Iraqi residential areas

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By David Walsh 26 January 1999

United Nations report: US killed 17 Iraqi women and children in January raid

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By David Walsh 6 February 1999

By David Walsh
26 January 1999

By David Walsh
6 February 1999