In Massive Air Raid
DEBKAfile
Friday, September 6, 2002
HEADLINES
In Massive Air Raid, 100 US-UK Fighter-Bombers and
Other Planes Wipe out Surface Missile Batteries and
Air Defense Installations at Iraqi H-3 Airfield Cluster
240 m W. of Baghdad Opposite Jordanian Border
Air Strike with Reconnaissance and Tanker Aircraft Support
Was Carried Out after Thursday Midnight from Air Bases in
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain
Loss of H-3 Leaves Iraqi Air Space up to Baghdad
Wide Open for US Special Forces Helicopter Landings
from Jordan and More Major Air Raids
US Central Command Spokesman:
Any Iraq Targets Not Destroyed Will Be Attacked Again
DEBKAfile Reported Consistently that US Will Use
Saudi Sultan Air Base to Attack Iraq – Despite Saudi Denials
In Further War Move, US Moves Huge Stores of Heavy
Armor, Ammo, Other Equipment from Qatar to Kuwait
Bush and Blair Meet Saturday at Camp David to
Review Opening Stage of War against Iraq