US: Iraqi skies quiet

Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said yesterday that Iraq has not violated the no-fly zones recently, saying, "There have been no violations of the no-fly zone by the Iraqi forces for the last five days or so." He added, "There have not been the provocations that we had seen up until the last week or so. I think it's one of the longest quiet periods we've had since Desert Fox."

Bacon said the US continues to patrol the zones, especially the southern zone, though there have been "down days because of weather and other reasons" recently.