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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 09:41:58 PST
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- From: Jonathan Fisher <jfisher@NETXWEST.COM>
- Subject: Re: back to iraq
- Comments: To: POLITICS@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.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.
- Actually, I believe that the no-fly zone that was violated was created by
- the US, the British, and the French. I don't think that the UN was involved.
- >
- > >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.
- I agree.
- >
- > >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.
- Not only would subs be useless for the Iraqis - they don't have a port- but
- they are pretty useless to the Iranians who have bought 3 from the ex-Soviet
- Union. The subs that were purchased are diesel-powered and can be heard
- by our subs long before our subs -who have been playing this game for a
- long time- could even be remotely be noticed.
- >
- > Brett'
- >
- Jonathan
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