24 June 1981
Bombing of Osirak
Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroy a nuclear power plant in Iraq at Osirak, Iraq, before it goes into operation, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to make nuclear weapons
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Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroy a nuclear power plant in Iraq at Osirak, Iraq, before it goes into operation, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to make nuclear weapons
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