Written question asked by Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 22 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 November 2005. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 5 December 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Iraq

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many military missions over Iraq have been flown by US aircraft based on Diego Garcia since March 2003; and what types of missions have been flown.

Answer: [holding answer 28 November 2005]: I have been asked to reply. Information relating to military missions over Iraq from US aircraft based on Diego Garcia during the combat phase of Operation telic in March and April 2003 is not held centrally by the Ministry of Defence or any other Government Department and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, we can confirm that no US aircraft based at Diego Garcia has been involved in operations over Iraq since the end of April 2003.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 32332; 440 c1027-8W;440 c1027-8W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Armed conflict Deployment Iraq Peacekeeping operations Military bases Military aircraft USA Iraq conflict Diego Garcia
Contains statistics: Yes
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