1.   Last year Iraqi air defenders frequently challenged allied air patrols by targeting them with radars or firing anti-aircraft artillery guns or surface-to-air missiles.

2.   Last year, Iraqi air defenders frequently challenged allied air patrols by targeting them with radars or firing anti-aircraft artillery guns or surface-to-air missiles.

3.   Serb air defenders near Pale, the Bosnian Serb stronghold east of Sarajevo, brought down the plane.

4.   The French plane was hit by Serb air defenders near Pale, the Bosnian Serb stronghold east of Sarajevo, the official said.