Iraqi Crisis
*The Iraqi air defense force fired missiles to the US and British aircraft that violated its airspace in south and north Iraq on January 13, which was the eighth conflict between the Iraq and US-British airforce over the no-fly zone, the Iraqi News Agency quoted a military spokesman as saying.
*The five permanent members of the UN Security Council Tuesday evening held a closed-door meeting to discuss the UN policy toward Iraq after the United States and Britain launched military attack against the nation last December. It was France that proposed this meeting.
*The Kuwaiti army has been on the alert since Tuesday so as to tackle the possible tense situation, Kuwaiti Defense Minister announced.
WorldNews 1999-01-14 Page6
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