2月16日,美英出动50架战机空袭伊拉克首都巴格达郊区,这是自1998以来美英战机首次轰炸禁飞区以外的目标,在国际上引起轩然大波。包括美英在内的国际舆论对美新政府此举批评声不断,阿拉伯国家反美情绪再度高涨。日本舆论称,美对伊政策已步入死胡同。海湾战争十年后,美国在伊拉克问题上面临一次政策调整。 On February 16, the U.S. and Britain dispatched 50 fighter planes to the suburbs of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. This is the first time that the U.S.-British warplanes bombarded the no-fly zone since 1998 and has caused an uproar internationally. The international public opinion including the United States and Britain criticized this new move by the U.S. government, and the anti-U.S. sentiment of the Arab countries rose again. Japanese media said the U.S. policy on Iraq has come to a dead end. Ten years after the Gulf War, the United States was facing a policy adjustment on the issue of Iraq.