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US Warplanes Bomb Iraqi Communications Sites

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US warplanes bombed military communications sites in southern Iraq Saturday after the Iraqis fired anti-aircraft artillery at US warplanes patrolling the no-fly zone over southern Iraq, the US military said.

The US warplanes bombed six cable relay sites between Al Kut, about 152 kilometers southeast of Baghdad, and Basra, about 392 kilometers southeast of Baghdad, US Central Command said in a statement.

The no-fly zones, designed to protect Kurds in northern Iraq and Shiites in the southern part of the country, have been a bone of contention between the US-British coalition and Iraq since they were established after the Persian Gulf War in 1991 -- without a specific UN resolution.

Iraqi officials insist the zones violate the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and they refuse to recognize them.

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