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US sends warship to Gulf as Iraq vows to retaliate
WASHINGTON, Dec 28 : The United States is dispatching the aircraft carrier Kilty Hawk from Somali coastal waters to the Gulf in response to Iraqi attempts to penetrate the no-fly zone over southern Iraq, Pentagon officials said Monday, reports AP.
Iraq, meanwhile, Monday vowed to retaliate for the downing of its jet and the govt -controlled media termed US aggression as insolent aggression.
A U.S fighter plane shot down an Iraqi MIG which was flying below the 32od parallel over Iraq on Sunday, the first
incident of its kind since the no-fly zone was established last August.
The United States normally' has had a carrier stationed irt the Gulf-Arabian Sea area but none has been present since the buildup of US forces in Somalia began earlier this month.
The Kitty Hawk was sent to Somali coastal waters recently and is returning to the Gulf area, with arrival expected In the next day or two, said the officials, asking not to be identified. The carrier normally has about 70 combat aircraft abroad along with 5,500
troops, they said.
Meanwhile, President Bush and President-elect Clinton say they arc united In their determination to enforce the UN-Imposed no-fiy zone, and that it would be a mistake for Saddam Hussein to test their resolve.
"We are not threatening anybody, but we must enforce those resolutions. He (Saddam Hussein) must comply with the UN resolutions," Bush said Sunday after US F-16 jets shot down an Iraqi warplane In the restricted area.
The Pentagon said the incident was sparked when two
Iraqi planes "turned to confront" two US planes patrolling the area. The fate of the Iraqi pilot was not immediately known, but the Americans were not injured. US military officials said.
Clinton called the incident "Part of a scries of tests" of the resolve of the international community to make Iraq coftiply with the UN resolution.
"Saddam Hussein is mistaken if he believes the United States or the United Nations lacks that resolve." Clinton said In Little Rock, Ark. T support efforts to bring Iraq
into compliance."
It was the first Iraqi aircraft downed since an Aug. 27 UN resolution created a no-fiy zone for Iraqi warplanes south of the 32nd parallel to protect Iraqi Shiite Muslims from repression by Saddam. There Is a second no-fiy zone In northern Iraq to protect the Kurdish minority.
Meanwhile, Iraq vowed Monday to retaliate for the downing of one of Its military aircraft by US F-16 fighters.
Baghdad's government-controlled media denounced Sunday's Interception as "Insolent aggression."
But most Arab countries, which have been aligned against Iraq since Saddam Hussein Invaded Kuwait in August 1990, were silent.
The official Iraqi News Agency, monitored In Nicosia, quoted Baghdad s state-run Al Jumhourlya dally as saying. This Insolent aggression . was not Justifiable because our aircraft attacked nobody
The Iraqi army dally Al-Qadaaaiyah said the attack was "blatant aggression and a fla grant provocation" by the US-
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