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U.S. Jets Attack Northern, Southern Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. warplanes on Tuesday attacked air defense targets in "no-fly" zones of northern and southern Iraq a day after Vice President Dick Cheney said it was time to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The U.S. military, citing repeated Iraqi attempts to shoot down U.S. and British warplanes, said American jets attacked a radar site in northern Iraq and an air defense command facility in southern Iraq. Hundreds of such tit-for-tat exchanges have occurred since the 1991 Gulf War, but they have increased sharply in recent months as speculation has grown that President Bush will order the U.S. military to invade Iraq and remove Saddam, who Washington accuses of developing weapons of mass destruction.

posted by West 11:57 AM