Coalition troops seized airfields in western Iraq from which Scud missiles could be launched at Israel. On March 20, U.S. and British forces took “tentative” control over two airfields known as H-2 and H-3, with little Iraqi resistance, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported.
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