European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 51, no. 270 350 thursday january 14,1993 b d 8693 allies bomb Iraq Iraq conflict chronology aug. 21 Iraq rejects Western plan for no Fly zone below the 32nd parallel to protect shiite Muslim rebels from air attacks. Aug 26 president Bush gives Iraq 24 hours to halt air strikes 12? a against shiites citing . Resolution 688 of april 5,1991. Aug. 27 no Fly zone takes effect . And British warplanes begin patrols. A aug. 30 Saddam Hussein vows to resist but does no to say How. Sept. 1 France sends Mirage 2000 fighter planes to join allies in the Gulf. Sept. 2 iraqi officials say their forces have been ordered not to fire on Allied aircraft. A. A a a a a. Sept. 9 . Warplanes drop leaflets warning iraqi pilots to. Jack Quot. A v a it i a Vii if iwo i up of nil Iii a v Whf Eitts that if they Fly into the zone they Quot wont come i a a sept. 10 Navy says Allied patrols have halted. Iraqi airstrikes on shiites., but rebels claim army is still shelling them. Nov. 26 . Pilots on patrol report that Saddam has it a a / / a shown no test our t so. A pc 27 after ignoring radio signals to leave the a a a zone one of four iraqi Mig-25s is shot Down by a . F-16 Jan. 4 Saddam moves surface to air missiles into Southern no Fly zone. Jan. 6 . And allies give Baghdad 48 hours to remove missiles or face military actions. Jan. 8 Baghdad rejects the Allied ultimatum but intelligence reports indicate that the missiles were moved. \7 Jan. 10 200 armed iraqis Cross kuwaiti Border and remove four silkworm missiles left by their retreating forces in the Gulf War. Jan. 12 iraqis Cross kuwaiti Border two More times to remove abandoned equipment and materials. Baghdad Maneu vers anti aircraft batteries into both the Southern and Northern no Fly zones. Ap�13 a fourth incursion Cross the kuwaiti Borden Saddam gel rest habit a vial take Kuwa to Allied m air Washington a dozens of american and Allied aircraft bombed missile Sites in Iraq on wednesday in retaliation for weeks of provocations by president Saddam Hussein. Officials said the provocations violated the cease fire agreements ending the 1991 persian Gulf War. A preliminary information indicates the Mission was accomplished a White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said. However he warned the iraqi Leader that a additional actions were possible if the cease fire violations did not Stop. Officials said the raids targeted missile batteries in Southern Iraq. Fitzwater said president Bush in the Twilight of his tenure also was deploying a battalion of ground troops to Kuwait to guard against iraqi incursions of the Type that have been launched in the past few Days. A battalion is generally 600 to 800 troops. The spokesman acknowledged it was All of our planes have returned to their Marlin Fitzwater White House spokesman a a unique for a president to initiate military actions a in the waning Days of an but Fitzwater added a the president simply Felt he wait a and had spoken by Telephone earlier in the Day with president elect Clinton. Bush will be handing Over the presidency to Clinton on Jan. 20. Shortly after Fitzpat cry a remarks see allies on Page 2 35 Hawk planes a we. J. Gastello Ross Toro Virginia g. Noble aboard the Kitty Hawk apr thirty five .,. Navy warplanes bombed four military targets in Southern Iraq on wednesday night and were returning safely to this . Aircraft Carrier. Anti aircraft fire was seen but none of it reached any of the planes the pilots said As they returned. Rear adm. Philip j. Coady jr., commander of the 10-ship Navy task Force in the persian Gulf said All planes were returning safely. The combat aircraft that left at 6 45 . Were the Lead Clement in a Force of More than 100 warplanes attacking com Mand and control centers and missile Sites below or near the no Fly zone Stab fished Over Southern Iraq last August Coady said. . Air Force planes based in saudi Arabia also took part in the raids with six French Mirage 2000 jets four British Tornado or ground attack planes and a British Tanker Coady said. The attack was originally planned for tuesday but the aircraft were recalled and the Mission cancelled because of bad weather Over the targets Coady said. Coady said the goal of wednesdays at Seo planes on Pago 2iraq criticizes attack denies violations United nations apr Iraq on wednesday condemned a .-led Aerial attack on its missile batteries As a very uncivilized Quot and offered new concessions to the United nations. Iraqis . Ambassador Nizar Hardoon said his government rejected president Bush a charge that Baghdad had been violating . Security Council resolutions. A i think its really sad that people Are resorting to military action. Its very uncivilized a Hardoon said at iraqis . Mission. Ham Doon a comments were the iraqi government s first official reaction to the raids in which dozens of american and Allied aircraft targeted surface to air missiles in Southern Iraq. The attack finally put into action words of warnings from the Security Council that Iraq must Stop violating persian Gulf War cease fire terms or face a serious Baghdad has contended it was cooperating with the Security Council and in a letter delivered tuesday had offered a dialogue with the Council and with All who so desire to solve problems. Earlier wednesday an Arab source said the Baghdad government offered to Slop raiding a former iraqi Navy base in Kuwait. The source speaking on condition of anonymity said Hardoon had made the offer in a Telephone Call to the president of the Security Council ambassador Yoshio Hatano of Japan. A a it was not immediately Clear if the offer was made to try to stave off the .-led military attack on Iraq. . Sources said the Deputy american . Amassa Don Edward Walker jr., delivered a letter wednesday to Hatano reporting that an Allied attack was under Way. Earlier wednesday iraqi forces raided their former naval base Camp Khor for a fourth straight Day. They have been retrieving silkworm anti ship missiles other military equipment and building materials such As electrical wires. The Allied airstrike was in part to punish those raids As Well As iraqis repeated Defiance of Security Council resolutions. A
