Tuesday August 10 7:16 AM ET
U.S. Air Force Bombs Iraq Sites For Second Day
BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. planes bombed two Iraqi communication centers near the northern city of Mosul
Tuesday after being fired upon by Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery, the U.S. Air Force's European Command said.
The attacks on sites to the north and northeast of Mosul, the second U.S. strike in the region in as many days, took place between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Iraqi time, the German-based command said in a statement.
It said all aircraft charged with monitoring the no-fly zone over northern Iraq returned safely.
It added that the extent of damage caused by the F-15 and F-16 jets, which dropped laser-guided bombs on the targets, was still being assessed.
The bombings are the latest in a series of incidents involving American and British jets and Iraqi air defenses after Baghdad said in December it would not recognize Western-enforced no-fly zones set up after the 1991 Gulf War.
The monitoring of the northern no-fly zone, codenamed Operation Northern Watch, is a joint U.S., British and Turkish operation.