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U.S. Airstrike Destroyed Basra Radar August 31, 2001 Iraq acknowledged Friday that a U.S. airstrike completely destroyed an airport radar site near the southern city of Basra. Iraq's state media reports said the radar was registered with the International Air Transport Association and it was used for monitoring civilian air traffic at Basra airport. U.S. defense officials say four F-16 jets attacked a military radar Thursday. They say the raid was part of a concerted strategy to destroy Iraqi air defenses, which regularly fire at Western planes patrolling the no-fly zones over southern and northern Iraq. It was the second attack against Iraqi air defenses this week. Tuesday, U.S. and British planes hit targets near the Iraqi towns of Basra and Tallil. Iraq claims three people were killed in that attack. Earlier, the United States lost an un-manned surveillance plane over southern Iraq. Iraq says its anti-aircraft defenses downed the plane, but U.S. defense officials say it is not clear whether the plane crashed because of technical problems or it was shot down. U.S. and British warplanes patrol the two no-fly zones to prevent Iraqi government forces from attacking Kurdish people in the north and Shi'ite Muslims in the south. Iraq views the Western air patrols over its territory illegal and has vowed to shoot down U.S. and British planes.
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