List of attacks on civilians attributed to United States government forces
The following is a partial list of attacks on civilians attributed to armed groups under the control of the United States government, including the Army, Navy, Air Force, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces under U.S. control. The items on the list are sites widely (though not in all cases universally) considered to be of a civilian nature that were directly (though in some cases mistakenly) targeted, and do not include errant bombs or other collateral damage resulting from imprecise attacks on military targets.
Attacks in chronological order
Attack |
Location |
Date |
Dead |
Injured |
Perpetrators |
Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iran Air Flight 655 |
Iranian airspace, Persian Gulf |
1988-07-03 |
290 |
0 |
USS Vincennes (CG-49) |
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Infant formula production plant |
Abu Ghraib, Iraq |
1991-01-21 |
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Amiriyah shelter bombing |
Amiriyah, Iraq |
1991-02-13 |
408 |
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Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory |
Khartoum, Sudan |
1998-08-20 |
1 |
11 |
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Grdelica train bombing |
Grdelica, Serbia |
1999-04-12 |
14 |
F-15E fighter jet |
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Radio Television of Serbia |
Belgrade, Serbia |
1999-04-23 |
16 |
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Chinese embassy |
Belgrade, Serbia |
1999-05-07 |
3 |
20 |
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Red Cross complex |
Kabul, Afghanistan |
2001-10-16 |
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Red Cross complex |
Kabul, Afghanistan |
2001-10-26 |
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Al Jazeera office |
Kabul, Afghanistan |
2001-11-13 |
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Al Jazeera office |
Baghdad, Iraq |
2003-04-08 |
1 |
1 |
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Palestine Hotel |
Baghdad, Iraq |
2003-04-08 |
2 |
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Doctors Without Borders hospital |
Kunduz, Afghanistan |
2015-10-03 |
22 |
37 |
US AC-130 gunship |
See also
- Civilian casualties during Operation Allied Force
- Lists of killings by law enforcement officers
- Drone strikes in Yemen
- List of drone strikes in Pakistan