U.S.-British Airstrike Hits Iraq Military Facility in No-Fly Zone "Allied aircraft have struck Iraqi air defense facilities again, defense officials said. The latest strike by precision-guided weapons was on facilities near Al Amarah about 170 miles southeast of Baghdad at approximately 2:15 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, according to Central Command in Florida. It brought to at least 38 the number of strikes reported this year by the United States and the United Kingdom coalition put together to patrol zones in the north and south of Iraq following the 1991 Gulf War."