Saddam Hussein President of Iraq Hamid Raja Shalah Air Force Commander
Muzahim Sa'b Hasan Air Defence Commander
Casualties and losses
1 MQ-1 Predator destroyed
Unknown, many air defense systems destroyed
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Iraqi no-fly zones conflict
Provide Comfort
Southern Watch
Strikes (Jan '93)
Strikes (June '93)
Kurdish Civil War (Desert Strike)
Vigilant Warrior
Northern Watch
Desert Fox
Strikes (Feb '01)
Kurdistan Islamist insurgency
Southern Focus
Operation Southern Focus was a period in the months leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq (called "Operation Iraqi Freedom" in the United States) in which the military responses to violations of the southern Iraqi no-fly zones were increased, with more intensive bombing of air defense artillery installations and other military complexes. It also marked a period of increased intelligence gathering. The operation lasted from June 2002 until the beginning of the invasion in March 2003. It was intended to be a "softening up" period prior to invasion, degrading Iraq's air defense and communication abilities. Lieutenant General T. Michael Moseley revealed the operation's existence in mid-2003.[1]
^Michael R. Gordon (21 July 2003). How U.S. softened Iraq's defenses. New York Times. Accessed via the International Herald Tribune, 4 May 2004.
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