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Seven allied raids in three days destroy Iraqi air defense sites

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Wednesday, August 28, 2002

Iraqi opposition sources said U.S. and British fighter-jets destroyed a vital Iraqi army intelligence headquarters in the southern region.

The facility struck on Sunday was located in Ashar south of Basra and contained advanced radar and surveillance equipment that monitored air and ground traffic in neighboring Iraq.

The sources said the Iraqi facility was struck by four air-to-ground missiles.

The allied attack was said to have been the most significant since February, when U.S. and British warplanes attacked Iraqi air defense network near Baghdad. Sunday's attack was followed by another U.S. attack on Tuesday that targeted an Iraqi radar site in the north. In all, the allies conducted seven raids over the last three days, Middle East Newsline reported.

A U.S. military statement identified the radar site as being located near Mosul. U.S. military sources said the nearly daily U.S. and British air patrols of northern and southern Iraq have provided military planners with updated information of Iraqi military assets in the regions. They said allied forces are intimately familiar with the operations of Iraqi air defense assets and what triggers their systems.

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