March 1, 1999
Web posted at: 12:41 p.m. EDT (1241 GMT)

MOSUL, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. F-15E jets dropped dozens of 2,000- and 500-pound laser-guided bombs on Iraqi communication, radio relay and anti-aircraft artillery sites in the northern no-fly zone Monday, U.S. military officials said.

The attacks were in response to "several incidents of Iraqi radar targeting coalition aircraft," said Capt. Mike Blass, spokesman for European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany.

Blass said more than 30 bombs were dropped on the targets.

Damage to the targets is still being assessed, Blass said. He said the planes returned safely and were undamaged following the attacks, which were staged between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. (1430-1540) Baghdad time (6:30-7:30 a.m. ET).

In a confrontation in the northern-no fly zone Sunday, the U.S. military spokesman said, coalition planes hit a radio relay site used by the Iraqis to pass targeting data from radar installations to anti-aircraft utility gun placements that were shooting at coalition aircraft.

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