IRAQ-CONFLICT: US pilot injured by Iraqi fire

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

WASHINGTON, Mar 31 2003 (IPS) - A pilot of US Apache helicopter gunship was injured when the Iraqi forces shot at him during operations now raging on in northern An-Najaf, said the military spokesman of the US Command.

The spokesman gave no further information about the fate of the Apache.

The US and British forces are launching air strikes since early this morning on several Iraqi towns, namely An-Nasiriyah, An-Najaf, Basra, Al Hela, Abul-Khasib and Shattra.