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Israeli Flights
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Washington (JTA) —
U.S.-Israeli relations,
strained in recent weeks
over the issue of loan guar-
antees, hit a new snag this
week with reports that
Israeli air force jets had con-
ducted a surprise recon-
naissance mission over Iraq
and illegally entered the
airspace of several of the
Jewish state's Arab
neighbors.
At the United Nations,
Iraq formally protested the
flights, which it said oc-
curred last week, when four
Israeli F-15 fighter jets
entered Iraqi airspace for
about 30 minutes.
In Israel, officials would
neither confirm nor deny
Iraq's charges. Defense Min-
istry spokesman Danny
Naveh said he had "no reac-
tion" to the reports.
Iraqi Foreign Minister
Ahmad Hussein said the
planes entered Iraqi
airspace from Syria and flew
at low altitude. The F-15s
then flew out of Iraq and
entered Saudi airspace. The
Washington Post said the F-
15s apparently also flew
over Jordan and Lebanon.
The last time Israel flew
into Iraq was during its 1981
bombing of a planned Iraqi
nuclear weapons plant at
Osirak.
U.S. officials protested last
week's flights at the
"highest level," White
House spokesman Marlin
Fitzwater said. The com-
plaints were lodged both in
Washington and Jerusalem.
The Israeli action comes at
a sensitive time, as the
United States and Soviet
Union seek to put the
finishing touches on prepa-
rations for a Middle East
peace conference they want
to convene.
Pro-Israel activists here
took issue with speculation
that the flights over Iraq
were a signal of Israel's wor-
ries about the unfolding
peace process.
They said the flights were
designed to serve a military
rather than a political func-
tion and may have been car-
ried out to learn more about
recently unearthed Scud
missile sites in western Iraq.
In Israel, Defense Minister
Moshe Arens would not
comment on the flights, but
he stressed, "Israel takes
whatever action it deems fit
for its own defense and
security."
At the Israeli Embassy
here, spokeswoman Ruth
Yaron also would not con-
firm the flights.

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