U.S. plane bombs Iraqi air defense site

Thursday, June 20, 2002

WASHINGTON -- An American fighter jet dropped a bomb on an anti-aircraft artillery site in northern Iraq on Wednesday after Iraqi air defense forces fired on U.S. planes patrolling a "no fly" zone, officials said.

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