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Scud Missile Attacks

Iraq · Warfare / Gulf War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1991Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1991

Saddam Hussein25 February 1991

Warfare / Gulf War, 1st

Iraqi forces fired a Scud missile at an American barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The missile attack killed 28 US military personnel

Names involved

Saddam Hussein

Provenance

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