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Operation Desert Strike
Part of the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict and the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
USS Laboon launches Tomahawk cruise missiles at Iraqi air defense targets, 3 September 1996.
Type
Cruise missile strikes
Location
Southern Iraq
Planned by
United States
Target
Air defense targets in southern Iraq
Date
3 September 1996; 27 years ago (1996-09-03)
Executed by
United States Navy United States Air Force
Outcome
United States victory
Targets damaged/destroyed
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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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Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
May 1994 clashes
Zakho
1995 offensive
1996 Iranian raid
Erbil
Erbil massacre
Desert Strike
Hammer
Dawn
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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 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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