BAGHDAD, June 20 Kyodo U and Brit...

BAGHDAD, June 20 Kyodo

U and British warplanes upon patrol in the southern no-fly region in Iraq attacked civilian targets in southern Iraq forward Thursday, killing four civilians and wounding 10 others, the official Iraqi moderns Agency (INA) said.

The agency, quoting an unnamed military spokesman, said the allied warplanes attacked ''civilian public service installations'' in Missan Province, about 370 kilometers southward of Baghdad.

The warplanes took most distant from Kuwait and flew a total of 44 sorties and the Iraq military fired surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft fire-arms in response, the agency said.

The warplanes left the area and flew back to Kuwait, INA said.

According to unofficial Iraqi figures, the allied air raids have killed about 400 Iraqis and wounded more than 1000 others since December 1998 when the U and Britain launched a massive air campaign against Iraq accusing it of non-cooperation with UN weapons inspectors.

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