NEWS
December 22, 1998 | By JOHN DANISZEWSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A senior Iraqi official said Monday that a four-day air offensive by the United States and Britain destroyed two factories making parts for Iraq's short-range missile program and killed 62 military personnel, plus a "much, much higher" number of civilians. Deputy Prime Minister Tarik Aziz gave his government's first detailed account of military losses at an evening news conference, ridiculing U.S.