Talk:Iraqi no-fly zones conflict
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have there been any other no-fly zones in history? this article should be named simply No-fly zones. Kingturtle 17:31, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)
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And what is a no-fly zone??? The article is very vague. NO! The article doesn't explain this at all! —Cantus…☎ 08:13, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
- Heh. One might actually construe that actual flies (insects) were banned from zones in Iraq. Ross 03:49, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)
- Thank goodness. There are a lot of flies there.
- Seriously though this needs work. There should be some background on the Iraqi attacks on the Kurds/Shiites -- indication that the U.S., after urging those groups to rebel, stood back and did nothing for a while before the world community pressured the Bush Administration to do something about it, which finally resulted in the no-fly zones.--csloat 23:22, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
There should also be a notation that the UN simply requested member states to aid in the humanitarian effort to help the Kurds.. not kill more people to aid them.
The issue I have with this article is the presumption that the aim of the NZF was to protect the kurds, when two of the largest Kurdish cities where below the NFZ. Rather it seems to have been about relieving the political pressure caused by freezing refugees on the Turkish border, then becoming on occupied stronghold for the US and UK. Isiod