Cruise missile strikes on Iraq

When

1996

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

33.00° N, 43.00° E

Description

1996 military operation

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1996 military operation

The 1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq, codenamed Operation Desert Strike, were joint United States Navy–United States Air Force strikes conducted on 3 September against air defense targets in southern Iraq, in response to an Iraqi offensive in the Kurdish Civil War.

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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 “The United States launches Operation Desert Strike against Iraq in reaction to the attack on Arbil”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “США нанесли ракетный удар по Ираку (операция «Удар в пустыне»)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page