World IN BRIEF : IRAQ : Air Cover Resumes in ‘No Fly’ Zone
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
U.S. and allied jet fighters resumed patrols over northern Iraq after a one-day halt in the wake of Thursday’s downing of two American helicopters by U.S. warplanes, the Pentagon said. The U.S. European Command ordered the protective flights resumed on a reduced schedule over a “no fly” zone north of the 36th Parallel. The zone was imposed after the 1991 Persian Gulf War by the allies to protect Kurds in northern Iraq.
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