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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 12:08:07 -0400
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- From: The Integral Differential <DEMON@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU>
- Subject: Re: back to iraq
- Comments: To: POLITICS@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU
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- >I heard a report on the news this morning that US planes have shot down
- >an Iraqi fighter in the designated no fly zone. Can someone enlighten
- >me on how the no-fly zone came about? Was it a UN resolution or a
- >condition imposed by the coalition at the end of the war? I think it
- >makes a difference when considering your legal position in such a
- >matter.
-
- A total of four planes violated the airspace of the no-fly zone that
- day. Of one of the pairs, one was shot down. That pair had turned towards the
- US fighters (universally accepted as a hostile move). After repeated warnings
- to get out of the no fly zone, no less. After the first one was shot down, the
- second turned tail and exited the no-fly zone.
- The no-fly zones are UN actions, I believe. Also the coalition and UN
- are essentially the same body of power. The coalition has always acted under
- UN auspices.
-
- >The Iraqi's have vowed to retaliate. Will we see US troops in action
- >in two spots soon? It seems that the only possible avenue for the Iraqi's
- >to take would be terrorist attack. I wonder if they have purchased any
-
- Iraq is merely testing the waters to see what it can get away with.
-
- >submarines from the former soviet union? Subs would go a long way toward
- >reducing the air superiority edge but we could still launch long range
- >attacks.
-
- Subs would be quite ineffective for the Iraqis. And virtually no
- threat to the US. They could be easily tracked in the gulf and taken out with
- little effort. Don't forget that the planes fly out of Turkey and the Gulf
- states as well as from carriers. I don't think carrier planes make up any of
- the current CAP (combat air patrol) over Iraq.
-
- Brett'
-