Operation Desert Fox
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Operation Desert Fox was a four-day U.S.- and U.K.-led bombing campaign against Iraq in December 1998 aimed at pressuring Saddam Hussein’s regime over weapons inspections and compliance with UN resolutions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerial bombing campaign
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| authorizedBy |
Bill Clinton
ⓘ
surface form:
United States President Bill Clinton
|
| belligerent |
Royal Air Force
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
General Anthony Zinni
ⓘ
U.S. Central Command ⓘ |
| conductedBy |
British Armed Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom armed forces
U.S. Central Command ⓘ
surface form:
United States Central Command
|
| conflict |
Iraq disarmament crisis
ⓘ
Iraq–United States relations ⓘ |
| duration | 4 days ⓘ |
| endDate | 1998-12-19 ⓘ |
| followedBy | continued no-fly zone enforcement over Iraq ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Desert Fox ⓘ |
| hasCasualties |
Iraqi civilians
ⓘ
Iraqi military personnel ⓘ |
| hasObjective |
to enforce Iraqi compliance with UN Security Council resolutions
ⓘ
to pressure Saddam Hussein over weapons inspections ⓘ |
| hasOpponent |
Iraq
ⓘ
Saddam Hussein regime ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasPrimaryObjective | to degrade Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capability ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ |
| justifiedBy |
Iraqi non-compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1154
ⓘ
Iraqi non-compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 687 ⓘ |
| locationCountry | Iraq ⓘ |
| partOf | Iraq sanctions and containment policy of the 1990s ⓘ |
| precededBy | UN weapons inspections in Iraq ⓘ |
| result |
continued rule of Saddam Hussein in Iraq
ⓘ
short-term degradation of selected Iraqi military and security targets ⓘ |
| startDate | 1998-12-16 ⓘ |
| targeted |
Iraqi air defense systems
ⓘ
Iraqi command and control facilities ⓘ Iraqi military infrastructure ⓘ Iraqi security forces linked to WMD programs ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
Iraq
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | Iraqi obstruction of UN weapons inspections ⓘ |
| usedWarfareType |
airstrike
ⓘ
cruise missile strike ⓘ |
| usedWeapon |
Tomahawk cruise missile
ⓘ
air-dropped precision-guided munitions ⓘ |
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