1993 cruise missile strikes on Iraq

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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)

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.