Contemporary era · 1991
Amiriyah shelter bombing
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.
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- When
- 13 Feb 1991
- Where
- Al-A'amiriya
- Era
- Contemporary
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