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Originally Posted by nmcog
eh? There was no "nofly" zone passed by UN security council....
Thats something done by the US & UK only.
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http://www.globalpolicy.org/security...q/flyindex.htm
In April 1991, claiming a false authority under Security Council Resolution 688, the US, UK and France began to patrol the skies over northern Iraq, excluding Iraqi aircraft from this zone. The same powers started to enforce a second ?no fly? zone in southern Iraq a few months later. Announced as a means to protect Iraqi Kurds (in the north) and Iraq?s Shi?a population (in the south), the no-fly has offered dubious humanitarian protection, while engaging Iraq?s government in ceaseless military pressure. France eventually withdrew from the no-fly process. The US-UK turned no-fly into an even more aggressive operation after 1998, when ?more robust rules of engagement? have led to regular bombing of ground targets and substantial civilian casualties.