Today in history：January 13

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　　January 13
        　　American bombers led the raids on southern Iraq
        　　1993: Allies bomb Iraq
        　　England have
        　　American, British and French fighter jets have carried out a series of
bombing raids over southern Iraq.
        　　The Gulf War Allies targeted missile sites and aircraft command and control
bases.
        　　The air raids took place early this evening, (1700 GMT) led by American
stealth fighter bombers, based in Saudi Arabia.
        　　Planes were also deployed from a US aircraft carrier in the Gulf, and
British tornado bombers and French mirage jets joined the attack.
        　　Initial reports suggest the mission was successful and there were no allied
casualties.
        　　US President George Bush ordered the attacks to "teach Saddam Hussein a
short, sharp lesson".
        　　The Iraqis have repeatedly breached the "no-fly zone" set up after the Gulf
War and made a number of military raids over the border into Kuwait.
        　　The Iraqi ambassador to the UN, Nizar Hamdoon, has said the raids into
Kuwait will stop.
        　　White House spokesman, Marlin Fitzwater, said: "The government of Iraq
should understand that continued defiance of UN security council resolutions
will not be tolerated."
        　　He said if the cross-border raids continued, there would further attacks
without warning.
        　　The UK Prime Minister, John Major, called the action "limited and
proportionate".
        　　He said it would mean British planes could once again operate in safety in
the no-fly zone.
        　　The BBC"s correspondent in Baghdad, Michael Macmillan, says the air raids
are likely to strengthen support for Saddam Hussein.
        　　Sanctions imposed since the Gulf War are biting hard and the Iraqi people
support his defiance against the West.
        　　The search for survivors continued into the night
        　　2001: Earthquake devastates Salvador
        　　Artificially 1969:
        　　The More than 1,000 people are feared to have died after an earthquake
struck the Central American city of San Salvador.
        　　250 bodies have so far been recovered by rescuers.
        　　The quake was felt as 40 seconds of violent movement, followed by a string
of powerful aftershocks.
        　　Most deaths occurred in the suburb of Las Colinas, east of San Salvador,
where the impact sent thousands of tons of mud crashing down the hillside into
the newly-built neighbourhood below.
        　　Many ended up being buried alive and the numbers of deaths was increased by
the timing of the quake - a Saturday afternoon, when many people were in their
homes.
        　　Bulldozers began the epic task of attempting to clear the rubble but
rescuers were overwhelmed by the size of the devastation.
        　　Some were reduced to digging for bodies with their hands.
        　　The rescue effort continued into the night.
        　　American priest Peter Danaher survived the quake.
        　　He said: "Never having experienced an earthquake before. It was a strange
feeling to see the earth not moving, but yet throwing us from side to side and
almost falling down."
        　　Another man, Reynaldo Maradiaga, described how he started to run when the
earthquake began rocking his home.
        　　"I heard a big roar, and I saw the mountain come tumbling down over the
houses," he said.
        　　Thousands in El Salvador are now homeless without shelter.
        　　Impromptu services for the dead have already started.
        　　Vocabulary:
        　　breach : act in disregard of laws and rules(打破，违背)