Precisely off target.(Iraq aerial bombing inaccurate)(Brief Article)

The U.S. Defense Department seems to have a very elastic idea of the meaning of "precision-guided weapon."

On February 16, British and U.S. aircraft bombed five Iraqi air defense installations. Unlike the dozens of previous coalition air strikes over the past two years, most of which had gone almost unnoticed by the U.S. press, this strike made news because many of the targets were located outside Iraq's no-fly zone. It was also the first military operation authorized by President George W. Bush.

During a Pentagon press conference a few hours after the attack, Lt. Gen. Greg Newbold, the director of operations for the Joint Chiefs, described the strike as a …