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6. Good point but it wasn't over the whole country, just over the northern and southern parts

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 08:18 AM

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that Saddam had been attacking.

Also it was a continuation of our war on Iraq started in 1991 and I think the international community was largely on board with it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_no-fly_zones_conflict

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We Have Descended into Utter Madness [View all] douglas9 Sunday OP

Excellent essay (as are the readers' comments). sop Sunday #1

We enforced a "no-fly zone" over Iraq for a number of years, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sunday #3

True KS Toronado Sunday #12

So the question is still... debsy Sunday #7

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