- Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (June 1993)
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1993 Bombing of Iraq Part of Iraq disarmament crisis and Iraqi no-fly zones Date June 26, 1993 Location Persian Gulf Result Intelligence headquarters in Baghdad destroyed Belligerents 
United States
IraqCommanders and leaders Colin Powell Saddam HusseinStrength Two U.S. Navy ships, 24 cruise missiles N/A Casualties and losses None Unknown 8 civilians killed Recent wars and conflicts
in the Persian GulfIran-Iraq War – Opera – Gulf War – 1991 uprisings – Provide Comfort – Southern Watch – 1993 cruise missile strikes – Iraqi Kurdish Civil War – Desert Strike – Northern Watch – Desert Fox – Kurdistan Islamist Conflict – Southern Focus – Iraq War – 2011 Bahraini protests
The bombing of Iraq in June 1993 was ordered by U.S. President Bill Clinton in retaliation for an attempted assassination by Iraqi agents on former president of the United States George H.W. Bush while on a visit to Kuwait in April 13, 1993.
23 cruise missiles hit Baghdad between 1AM and 2AM local time on June 26/June 27, 1993.[1] These hit a building which was believed to be the headquarters of the Iraqi Intelligence Service in the Al Mansur district of Baghdad. Iraq claimed that eight civilians were killed in the attack and three houses destroyed. The missiles were fired from the USS Peterson in the Red Sea and the USS Chancellorsville in the Persian Gulf
References
- ^ "Cruise Missile Strike - June 26, 1993. Operation Southern Watch". GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/strike_930626.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
External links
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