Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1998 — Page 2
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THE INPtANAPOUS RECORDER
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25,1998
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IRAQ Continued from A1 lies in the region “appreciate us being there providing a counter and a deterrence to that threat.” Offering his first overview of the operation, Zinni said U.S. and British forces hit 85 percent of their 102 planned targets, 74 percent of them successfully. “Operation Desert Fox was a highly successful operation,” echoed Defense Secretary William Cohen. The operation delayed Iraq’s development of ballistic missiles by at least a year, Cohen said. It also made it harder for Baghdad to use chemical or biological weapons against its neighbors; “severely damaged” the Iraqi military’s communications systems, and diminished Iraq’s ability to safeguard its weapons of mass destruction program. Should Iraq again threaten its neighbors, “We’re prepared to act,” Cohen said. Iraq’s refusal to cooperate fully with the U.S. inspectors searching for weapons of mass destruction prompted the United States and Britain to attack last week. President Clinton declared a halt to the effort Saturday evening. Zinni said that overall. Operation Desert Fox involved more than 30,000 troops directly, and 10,000 more who provided support from bases around the
world.
In addition, forces flew over 600 sorties in four days. More
- than 300 aircraft jiyere involved * - in the operation, dropping 90 air-
launched cruise missiles and
; some 600 other bombs. He also
said some 40 ships participated,
: with 10 launching more than 300
Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Zinni showed pictures of
: damage inflicted to Iraq’s | ministry of defense in Baghdad, • the Baath Party headquarters and ■ |a jamming station in Tiktik. ' I Pointing to the sacred building, ^ he quipped: “I guarantee you, i nobody V working in the Baath
Party headquarters.”
Queried about defiant statements out of Baghdad that Iraq was victorious, Zinni said, “I think our friends in the region and others clearly look at what happened to Iraq and realize that Saddam... suffered a defeat.” He scoffed at charges by Iraqi officials that the campaign had targeted civilians, as well as <
schools and hospitals.
“We absolutely do not target those types of things,” he said. Iraqi officials said Monday that the airstrikes killed 62 soldiers. They claimed the civilian causalities were “much, much higher” but refused to give details. Zinni, however, said he had no idea how many Iraqis
may have been killed.
“We are not in the business of
body counting,” he said.
Asked if he had ordered a halt to any of the troops being dispatched to the region, Zinni said he was completing a report
on the matter for Cohen.
The force in the Gulf region remains some 20,000 strong. Zinni did not say how long he’d keep two aircraft carriers there to
keep watch over Iraq.
The Legend off the Affrican Drummer Boy
By CAROLE JOY GELLINEAU As news of Christ spread through the land and wise men came to bring, Gold and Myrrh and Frankincense to the little King, A drummer boy who saw the gifts not knowing what to do, wished for something special he could give the infant too. And so that night, the story goes, the boy went to the stable, and softly beat upon his drum as best as he was able. The Baby touched the drummer’s
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hand and smiled at him in peace, then snuggled in the new, fresh hay and gently fell asleep. And so the legend tells us if we pause a while and pray, remembering it’s Jesus that we celebrate today, when we close our eyes on Christmas night the drummer boy will come, to put God’s children sound asleep, with a soft rutn-pa-tum-tum. i ; ,v . j | Wishing you a Christmas blessed with
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