U-2 flights threatened over Iraq

[wovenwonder]

U.S. Officials: U-2 flights threatened over Iraq
Surveillance planes abort U.N. inspection mission

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A pair of U.S. U-2 surveillance planes on a U.N. inspection mission over central Iraq were recalled to their base Tuesday after an Iraqi threat, U.S. officials said.

Pentagon officials said that Iraq sent aircraft to investigate the flight, contending that only one of the two planes was authorized to enter its airspace.

Air controllers withdrew the U-2s into the southern "no-fly" zone over Iraq, where coalition warplanes could more easily protect them. The surveillance planes returned to their base without incident.

A senior Bush administration official said that Iraq threatened the aircraft

 

[jamsmom]

I missed this today!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Don't worry though, he is not hiding anything.

 

[damo]

When I watched this on CNN yesterday, it was said that the UN had only notified Iraq that one plane would be flying. Instead they sent two and that was what got Iraq miffed. The UN had admitted to making a mistake.