What the records say
- When
- 16 Dec 1998 – 19 Dec 1998
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 33.00° N, 43.00° E
- Description
- bombardment of Iraq by the USA and the UK in December 1998
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
1998 bombing of Iraq
U.S. and U.K. bombardment of Iraq in December 1998
The 1998 bombing of Iraq was a major bombing campaign against Iraqi targets, from 16 to 19 December 1998, by the United States and the United Kingdom. On 16 December 1998, U.S. President Bill Clinton announced that he had ordered strikes against Iraq.
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- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. President Bill Clinton orders airstrikes on Iraq”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “amerikanisch-britische Luftangriffe gegen den Irak („Operation Desert Fox“)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “عملية ثعلب الصحراء: الرئيس الأمريكي بيل كلينتون يأمر بضرب العراق لأجل عدم استجابته لعمليات تفتيش أسلحة الدمار الشمال”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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