or is this the first move in Gulf War III?
Pentagon Confirms Missiles May Have Struck Iran Iranian Lawmaker Says Missile Fell In Western Iran Posted: 7:46 a.m. EST March 22, 2003 Updated: 8:35 a.m. EST March 22, 2003 http://www.clickondetroit.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-205760120030322-060307.html
TEHRAN, Iran -- Two Pentagon officials now confirm that three U.S. cruise missiles may have gone astray in Iran.
The officials say U.S. and Iranian officials are discussing the matter and that Iran realizes that any hit was unintentional.
There are unconfirmed reports of casualties.
Iran also said coalition aircraft have been violating its airspace near the southern Iraqi port of Basra. Iran has closed its airspace to coalition and Iraqi warplanes.
An Iranian lawmaker claims a government building just across the Iraqi border in Iran was hit. The legislator said two people were injured in the missile strike, which he calls "unacceptable."
He said it wasn't clear where the missile came from, but he said it landed on the Oil Ministry building in the city of Abadan -- about 30 miles east of Basra, Iraq's second largest city. Basra, in southern Iraq, has been under attack by U.S.-led forces.
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