1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq

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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	See Aftermath section

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.