Amiriyah shelter bombing
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amiriyah-shelter-bombing-165-5506005
title:
Amiriyah shelter bombing
text:
The Amiriyah shelter bombing was an aerial bombing attack that killed at least 408 civilians on 13 February 1991 during the Gulf War, when an air-raid shelter in the Amiriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, was destroyed by the U.S. Air Force with two GBU-27 Paveway III laser-guided "smart bombs". Human Rights Watch characterised the bombing as a war crime. The U.S. Department of Defense stated that they "knew the [Amiriyah] facility had been used as a civil-defense shelter during the Iran–Iraq W
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description:
1991 bombing of a civilian shelter in Baghdad, Iraq by the US during the Gulf War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiriyah_shelter_bombing
date created:
2005-09-02T15:36:41Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T07:29:15Z
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