U.S. jets Wednesday bombed an Iraqi military air defense radar that was moved into the southern no-fly zone near Al Kut and could threaten the aircraft, according to U.S. Central Command.
It was the fourth such strike in five days, and the third time in the same period Al Kut was on the target list. Al Kut is about 100 miles southeast of Baghdad. The strike occurred at approximately 4:30 a.m.
"Yawn...Honey, time to get up and fix the radar."
On Monday, jets enforcing the southern no-fly zone struck a communications site near Al Kut. On Sunday, jets bombed mobile radar and cable repeater sites. On Dec. 14, aircraft bombed at least three military air defense communications facilities, including one in Al Kut.
I don't care how many he's smuggled in, at some point Saddam has got to run out of radars. |