This date in 1981, The Israeli Air Force destroyed Iraqs Osiraq - TopicsExpress



          

This date in 1981, The Israeli Air Force destroyed Iraqs Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera (Hebrew: אופרה), also known as Operation Babylon. A flight of Israeli Air Force F-16A fighter aircraft, w/ an escort of F-15As, bombed heavily damaged the Osirak reactor. Israel claimed it acted in self-defense, and that the reactor had less than a month to go before it might have become critical. Ten Iraqi soldiers & one French civilian were killed.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 17:25:43 +0000

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