Baghdad Says It Downed Another U.S. Spy Plane
From Times Wire Reports
A second unmanned U.S. spy plane has been downed by Iraq in less than a month, Baghdad said, following American reports that Iraq was beefing up its ability to strike U.S. and British aircraft patrolling “no-fly” zones over Iraq’s north and south.
Maj. Brett Morris, spokesman for a U.S.-British military task force in the region, said a plane was missing and its loss was being investigated.
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