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1993 cruise missile strikes on Iraq
Part of the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict
Type
Cruise missile strikes
Locations
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Planned by
United States
Target
headquarters of the Iraqi Intelligence Service in the Mansour district of Baghdad
Date
26 June 1993; 30 years ago (1993-06-26)
Executed by
USS Peterson USS Chancellorsville
Outcome
Intelligence headquarters in Baghdad destroyed
Casualties
9 civilians killed (Iraqi sources)
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Iraqi no-fly zones conflict
Provide Comfort
Southern Watch
Strikes (Jan '93)
Strikes (June '93)
Kurdish Civil War (Desert Strike)
Vigilant Warrior
Northern Watch
Desert Fox
Strikes (Feb '01)
Kurdistan Islamist insurgency
Southern Focus
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Persian Gulf Wars
Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)
Gulf War (1990–1991)
Invasion of Kuwait (1990)
Iraqi Kurdish/Shi'a uprisings (1991)
Iraq no-fly zones conflict (1991–2003)
Iraq air strikes (January 1993)
Iraq missile strikes (1993)
Iraq missile strikes (1996)
Iraq bombing (1998)
1999 Shia uprising in Iraq
Iraqi conflict (2003–present)
Iraq War (2003–2011)
Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006)
Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)
Iraqi insurgency (2008–2011)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
War in Iraq (2013–2017)
Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan
The cruise missiles strike on Iraq in June 1993 were ordered by U.S. President Bill Clinton as both a retaliation and a warning triggered by the attempted assassination by alleged Iraqi intelligence agents of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush while on a visit to Kuwait from 14–16 April 1993.[1]
On June 27, 1993, 23 Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched by two U.S. Navy warships into downtown Baghdad. These hit a building which was believed to be the headquarters of the Iraqi Intelligence Service in the Mansour district of Baghdad. Iraq claimed that nine civilians were killed in the attack and three civilian houses destroyed.
^Von Drehle, David & Smith, R. Jeffrey (27 June 1993). "U.S. Strikes Iraq for Plot to Kill Bush". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
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