1. And on Sunday Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said Iraq would target British and US planes patrolling the zones. 2. Agaj was patrolling a zone east of the town on Sunday dressed in a black parka and traveling in a green Mercedes driven by a young armed driver. 3. Aircraft from the United States and its allies have been patrolling the zone since the Persian Gulf War to keep the Iraqi government from harassing minorities. 4. British United Nations soldiers patrolling the zone pedaled down a lane in Nicosia. 5. But the challenges have grown despite six confrontations with American and British jets patrolling the zones. 6. For now, the American peacekeepers say, the provocations come from a small and radical minority of Serbs in their Bosnian patrol zone. 7. Heavily-armed NATO ground forces and attack helicopters are to patrol the zone to insure compliance. 8. Instead, they will patrol the zone of separation and ensure freedom of movement between both sides. 9. Patrolling the zone are the shotgun-toting, blue-overalled officers of the Alberta Rat Control service. 10. President Saddam Hussein of Iraq began challenging British and American jets patrolling those zones in December. |