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1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq

1996 · Iraq

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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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1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq. (2026, August 8). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1996_cruise_missile_strikes_on_Iraq&oldid=1368281312

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