U-2 Spy Plane again Used in UN Weapons Inspection

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U-2 Spy Plane again Used in UN Weapons Inspection

A U2 spy plane was used again on Thursday in U.N. weapons inspections, said the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.

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A U2 spy plane was used again on Thursday in U.N. weapons inspections, said the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.

Iraq allowed surveillance flights by U2 spy planes over its territories recently under tremendous international pressure.

A Foreign Ministry statement said, "At 9:55 am (0655 GMT) a U2 surveillance plane entered Iraqi airspace and surveyed several areas of Iraq then left the airspace at 4:25 pm (1325 GMT)."

Thursday's operation, which involved the second U2 surveillanceflight since the resumption of weapons inspections in November, lasted for six hours and 20 minutes, the statement said.

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