A similar no-fly zone was established in the north to protect a Kurdish enclave.
The haven is guarded by US and British warplanes, but the area lies well beyond the Iraqi no-fly zone.
They were central to RAF bombing of the ' no-fly ' zones over Iraq and will be used in the current bombing campaign.
It's been more than 10 years now since the United States initiated the embargo against Iraq and started patrolling no-fly zones.
U.S. warplanes enforcing the no-fly zone in Iraq, Ali insisted, were bombing such plants " daily - daily!
