US planes strike Iraq

The US planes positioned at the Turkish Incirlik base have struck an Iraqi position 460 km north of the capital, Baghdad. A statement by the US European Command stationed in Germany said that US F-15 planes dropped laser-guided bombs against the Iraqi position to the north of Baghdad.

Meanwhile, the European Command said that US jets struck "a radar site south of Saddam Dam" today after being fired on by Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery.