“Christmas bombing” Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1972
Bach Mai Hospital, the largest and finest in Northern Vietnam at the time, was destroyed by the US infamous B-52 bombers on December 19th and 22nd, 1972, claiming lives of 28 doctors, nurses and pharmacists.
Infant Formula Production Plant, Abu Ghraib, Iraq, 1991
An Infant Formula Production Plant in Abu Ghraib, a suburb of Baghdad, was bombed by US-led coalition on January 21st, 1991, after claims it was used as biological weapons facility.
Air Raid Shelter, Amiriyah, Iraq, 1991
#OnThisDay 1991 US planes bomb #Baghdad. Hit 'Human Shield' air-raid shelter. 500 dead. VIDEO @ITNSOURCE #Reuters pic.twitter.com/GPDufU6YRk
— Matt Keene (@mattk1) February 13, 2015
A purposeful strike of two guided missiles on an air raid shelter in Baghdad neighborhood Amiriyah on February 13th, 1991, killed at least 408 civilians. The US military claimed they were targeting a command-and-control structure of the Iraqi army.
Médecins Sans Frontières Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993
American and Turkish forces under the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in Somalia bombed the Digfer Hospital on July 20th, 1993, where Médecins Sans Frontières were operating, killing three patients and severely damaging the facility.
Pharmaceutical factory Al Shifa, Khartoum, Sudan, 1998
Thirteen US cruise missiles targeted the Al Shifa pharmaceutical factory on August 20th, 1998, the major production facility for medicines at the time in Sudan. The strike claimed life of one person, injuring 11 others. As the factory was producing 90% of pharmacy for Sudanese population, the facility destruction also caused an unknown number of people to die from various diseases.
Hospital and marketplace, Niš, Serbia, 1999
A US-led coalition bombarded a hospital and a marketplace with cluster bombs in the southern Serbian city of Niš on May 7th, 1999, killing 3 people in the hospital and not less than 12 at the outdoor market, dozens were injured.
Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia, 1999
NATO warplanes hit the Dr Dragiša Mišović hospital in Belgrade with two cruise missiles on May 20th, 1999, killing three patients and one employee, leaving many more wounded.
In total, there were reportedly 6 hospitals damaged in US-led air raids and missile strikes in the 1999 Serbian campaign.
Serbian sources insisted on the death toll of not less than 2,000 civilians as a result of NATO air strikes, whereas Human Right Watch estimated civilian deaths up to 528 people.
Red Cross Complex, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2001
Two attacks on the complex housing of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Kabul took place in October 2001. The Red Cross told the US-led coalition its exact locations in Kabul before the second strike took place on October 26th, only 10 days after the first one. The air raids destroyed warehouses with food and other relief goods, leaving 55,000 without necessary supplies.
Maternity Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, 2003
US warplanes bombarded a maternity hospital of the International Red Crescent on April 2nd, 2003, killing several people and injuring 27 more, including medical personnel.
