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Iraqis remember US bombing of crowded air raid shelter
A US soldier in Amiriyah in western Baghdad, 24 July 2006. [PAUL SCHEMM/AFP via Getty Images] February 15, 2021 at 10:28 am
The people of Iraq have been remembering the bombing of Al-Amiriyah Air Raid Shelter in Baghdad by the US Air Force on 13 February, 1991. The Americans targeted the shelter with two laser-guided smart bombs , killing at least 408 civilians and wounding an unknown number of others.
Families were taking cover in Amiriyah Shelter from the US-led aerial campaign during Operation Desert Storm. According to the Geneva International Centre for Justice (GICJ), most of the victims of the US bombing were women, children and the elderly who were killed while they were asleep. At least 52 children and 261 women were among the 408 people killed by the US bombs.