IRAQ: DOMESTIC AIRLINE FLIGHTS RESUMED par AP Archive

(5 Nov 2000) English/Nat - XFA - Iraq has resumed domestic flights to the towns of Basra and Mosul in defiance of no-fly zones enforced by U-S and British warplanes since shortly after the 1991 Gulf War. - - Two planes took off from Baghdad at 1 p-m (1000 GMT)on Sunday on their way to penetrate the zones. - - Iraq used Russian-made military cargo planes for the flights, as its fleet of 15 Boeing - airliners was flown out to Jordan, Iran and ...