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Iraq: U.S. Bombing Kills 14 Civilians (Associated Press) U.S. and British warplanes carried out bombing raids in southern Iraq on Thursday, and the Iraqi military said 14 civilians had been killed and 19 injured, the highest casualty claim made by Iraq in months. For the full story, go to: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000406/wl/iraq_us_1.html --- BBC Story below BBC News Online Thursday, 6 April, 2000, 18:25 GMT 19:25 UK Iraq raids 'kill civilians' Bombing raids have been continuing since December 1998 Fourteen Iraqis have been killed and 19 wounded in US-British raids on the south of the country, according to Iraqi officials. A military spokesman in the Iraqi capital Baghdad said it was the highest casualty figure for any raid since August. The Iraqi News Agency, quoting an unidentified Air Defence spokesman, said warplanes bombed residential areas and civilian installations. The report did not specify the nature of the targets in Thursday's attack but said planes flew over six provinces in the southern no-fly zone. US and British air force officials have denied firing at civilian targets. In August, Iraq said 19 civilians were killed and 11 injured during attacks in the north and south of the country. Thursday's attack brings to 162 the number of people who have been killed in the US-British bombings since they started in December 1998, according to the French news agency Agence France Presse. The no-fly zones were set up after the Gulf War in 1991 to provide aerial protection for the Shia Muslims in the south and Kurds in the north. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi