1.  British fighter jets Tuesday fired on Iraqi antiaircraft batteries after Iraq shot at the warplanes.

2.  But if U.S. warplanes on routine patrol are fired on by Iraqi antiaircraft batteries, warplanes from Kuwait are usually called in to retaliate.

3.  For the second straight night, U.S. missiles and Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries periodically lit up the sky above this battered capital.

4.  The Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries once nearby are long gone, locals said.

5.  The sites attacked controled long-range surveillance radars, which can help the accuracy of Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries.

6.  The United States said it would knock out Iraqi antiaircraft batteries if fired upon.

7.  Washington also disclosed the latest brush with an Iraqi anti-aircraft battery and portrayed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as growing more desperate, citing reports of executions.

8.  America revealed on Tuesday that one of its fighter planes had fired a missile at an Iraqi anti-aircraft battery after it detected a radar locking onto patrolling British warplanes.

9.  But Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries did not fire, and the government said this was because the plane was out of range.

10.  However, Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries did not try to stop a U.S.-piloted plane that crossed into southern Iraq from Saudi Arabia on Monday morning.