Category: Atrocity, from Wikidata’s class “massacre”
Amiriyah shelter bombing
Part of: Gulf War
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: massacre, airstrike (all its classes: Wikidata item)
An aerial bombing attack killed at least 408 civilians on 13 February 1991 during the Gulf War, when an air-raid shelter ("Public Shelter No. 25") in the Amiriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, was destroyed by the U.S. Air Force with two GBU-27 Paveway III laser-guided bombs. Human Rights Watch characterised the bombing as a war crime.
The U.S. Department of Defense stated that it knew the facility had been used as a civil-defense shelter during the Iran–Iraq War, while the U.S. military maintained it had been converted into a command center or a military personnel bunker.
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Amiriyah shelter bombing. (2026, October 10). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amiriyah_shelter_bombing&oldid=1379573907
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“Amiriyah shelter bombing.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Oct. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amiriyah_shelter_bombing&oldid=1379573907.
Chicago (note)
Wikipedia, “Amiriyah shelter bombing,” last modified October 10, 2026, 20:19 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amiriyah_shelter_bombing&oldid=1379573907.
Chicago (shortened note)
Wikipedia, “Amiriyah shelter bombing.”
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This event on Middle East, 1900–present: https://middleeast.events/event/amiriyah-shelter-bombing
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