Tension Mounts in the Gulf Region
����* US jets fired on a missile site in Iraq's northern no-fly zone Monday after three US planes were being targeted by Iraqi radar, the Pentagon said.
����*Iraqi President Saddam Hussein called on the Iraqi people to prepare against any possible military attack by the United States and Britain after the holy month of Ramadan.
����*Iraq will neither believe nor accept the so-called suggestion of lifting the sanctions against Iraq, proposed by Saudi Arabia, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz said in a statement Monday.
����*Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Said Al-Sahaf said January 10 that the military aggression against Iraq carried out by the United States and Britain, both permanent members of the UN Security Council, defamed the United Nations.
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WorldNews 1999-01-12 Page6
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