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WHAT HAPPENED ON 11th September 1996?
10th September 1996
IRAN DEMANDS AID AS KURDS FLEE FIGHTING
Iran has appealed for international aid to cope with tens of thousands of Kurdish refugees heading for its border after further fighting in northern Iraq Iran's mission to the UN said help was needed to prevent a "human catastrophe" following the the fall of the key town of Sulaimaniyah to Iraqi-backed Kurds. Meanwhile Iraq says it will lift its economic embargo on the Kurd area. It also says it is granting a general amnesty to the Kurdish people.
11th September 1996
The missiles
fired by Iraq at American F16 fighters: According to the Pentagon one or more likely two Iraqi surface-to-air missiles were fired at the F16s in the late morning local time. Both missiles missed the planes which were on a routine patrol of the Northern no-fly zone. The Pentagon official said the missiles were so far off target that the pilots did not even realise they were being fired at.
11th September 1996
The missiles
fired by Iraq at American F16 fighters: The attack ` which was not spotted by the pilots ` was detected by electronic means presumably by an air- borne radar system. However the incident will raise tensions still further at a time when America is already considering renewed strikes against Iraqi defence systems. The Pentagon also says an Iraqi MIG 25 fighter & a helicopter have violated the southern no-fly zone.
10th September 1996
IRAN DEMANDS AID AS KURDS FLEE FIGHTING
Iran has appealed for international aid to cope with tens of thousands of Kurdish refugees heading for its border after further fighting in northern Iraq Iran's mission to the UN said help was needed to prevent a "human catastrophe" following the the fall of the key town of Sulaimaniyah to Iraqi-backed Kurds. Meanwhile Iraq says it will lift its economic embargo on the Kurd area. It also says it is granting a general amnesty to the Kurdish people.
11th September 1996
The missiles
fired by Iraq at American F16 fighters: According to the Pentagon one or more likely two Iraqi surface-to-air missiles were fired at the F16s in the late morning local time. Both missiles missed the planes which were on a routine patrol of the Northern no-fly zone. The Pentagon official said the missiles were so far off target that the pilots did not even realise they were being fired at.
11th September 1996
The missiles
fired by Iraq at American F16 fighters: The attack ` which was not spotted by the pilots ` was detected by electronic means presumably by an air- borne radar system. However the incident will raise tensions still further at a time when America is already considering renewed strikes against Iraqi defence systems. The Pentagon also says an Iraqi MIG 25 fighter & a helicopter have violated the southern no-fly zone.
