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Rockets Hit Iran, US, UK Jets Enter Airspace - IRNA
By REUTERS
Filed at 1:15 p.m. ET
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Three missiles fired by U.S. jets taking part in attacks in Iraq landed over the border in southwestern Iran, Iran's official IRNA news agency said on Saturday.
Quoting an unnamed military commander, IRNA also said that U.S. and British military jets violated the Islamic Republic's airspace several times on Friday and Saturday during operations against targets in southern Iraq.
``In two cases, rockets from American planes hit (southwestern Iran),'' the commander said. The rockets fell in the area of Maniuhi, close to the border with Iraq. The commander gave no further details and there were no reports of casualties or damage.
Another rocket hit an oil refinery depot on Friday evening in the city of Abadan, about 30 miles east of the southern Iraqi city of Basra, government officials and witnesses told Reuters. Two guards at the depot were injured in the blast.
In Washington, State Department deputy spokesman Phillip Reeker said the United States had told Iran it took the report of misfired missiles landing in Iranian territory seriously and would investigate....
full story at http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/...n-rockets.html
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hihi- this is why so many people fear war under the bush government: EVERYBODY could be bombed due to bush's lack of geographical skills
:P :P
i pray that there will be no war against australia :P