Israel Destroys Iraqi Nuclear Reactor
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Military History, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Nuclear Weapons, Power, Radiation, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, Baghdad
- Date: June 7, 1981
Article abstract: Israeli warplanes bombed and destroyed the Osirak nuclear reactor, claiming that Iraq was secretly planning to produce nuclear weapons.
Summary of Event
According to Prime Minister Menachem Begin, the destruction of Iraq’s nuclear reactor by Israeli warplanes in 1981 was necessary to prevent the Arabs from producing nuclear weapons. The Arab oil embargo of 1973 had produced an energy crisis in the industrialized countries of the world. Transportation and industrial production were disrupted, and the cost of fuel rose to unprecedented...
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