[DOC] [TLE] Iraq/Kurd crisis; U.S. airstrikes on Iraq - CNN [PAR] September 3 -- U.S. Air Force bombers and Navy warships fire 27 cruise ... are a "
clear and present danger" to the oil-producing countries to the south. ... 
September 4 -- The United States attacks southern Iraq again, firing 17 more 
missiles. ... The Kurdish faction he backed had retained control of the territory, 
though it would... [DOC] [TLE] The Militant - 9/16/96 -- Clinton Bombs Iraq With Solid Bipartisan ... [PAR] Sep 16, 1996 ... The U.S. cruise missiles targeted sites in the Iraqi towns of Tallil, Nasiriya, Kut, 
and Iskandariya. ... Aziz condemned the military attacks and patrols over Iraqi 
territory. ... against repression by the capitalist regimes in all these countries. ... At 
a September 3 press conference, Clinton stated that Washington... [DOC] [TLE] 1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq - Wikipedia [PAR] The 1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq, codenamed Operation Desert Strike, 
were joint United States Navy-Air Force strikes conducted on 3 September 
against ... This attack stoked American fears that the Iraqi leader Saddam 
Hussein intended ... launched 27 cruise missiles against Iraqi air defense targets 
in southern Iraq. [DOC] [TLE] Iraqi Kurdish Civil War - Wikipedia [PAR] The Iraqi Kurdish Civil War was a military conflict that took place between rival 
Kurdish factions .... Although the Kurdish parliament ceased to meet on May 1996
, the fragile ... This attack stoked American fears that Saddam intended to launch 
a ... 17 more cruise missiles were launched from American ships against Iraqi air
... [DOC] [TLE] Defense Issues: Volume 11, Number 79-- The United States ... [PAR] The Iraqi leader sent his army north to attack a Kurdish safe haven. ... The United 
States responded with a hard line and dozens of cruise ... Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
Pentagon, Sept. 3, 1996. Perry. More than five years ago, after Iraq was ... 
territory to attack PUK forces. .... air-launched cruise missiles, or C-ALCMs, from B
-52Hs. . [DOC] [TLE] Clinton Orders Missile Attack on Iraq! - Daily Republican Newspaper [PAR] Updated 02:00 September 3, 1996 ... According to Clancy's account, the 
president of the United States resolutely said: "Those guilty of attack (on the 
Kurds) will face our justice. ... that the United States had launched missile strikes 
against Saddam ... of 27 cruise missiles at "selected air defense targets" in 
southern Iraq for... [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Launches Further Strike Against Iraq After Clinton Vows He Will ... [PAR] US launches second cruise missile attack against Iraq's southern air defenses, ... 
he would make Pres Saddam Hussein pay price for attacking Kurdish enclave in 
... aircraft over Iraqi territory; US draws only limited support from allies; ... By 
ALISON MITCHELL SEPT. 4, 1996. Continue reading the main story Share This 
Page. [DOC] [TLE] Kurds made pawns in US war on Iraq | Green Left Weekly [PAR] Wednesday, September 11, 1996. By Norm Dixon. On September 3 the United 
States launched the latest salvo in its five-year war against Iraq. The US military's 
cruise missile attacks on Iraq, like its mammoth six-week display of high-tech ... 
Washington's tacit endorsement of Turkey's brutal war against the Kurdish people
... [DOC] [TLE] To The Suburbs Of Baghdad: Clinton's Extension Of ... - NSUWorks [PAR] Jun 27, 1993 ... In the early morning hours of September 3, 1996, the United ... Bradley Graham, 
U.S. Launches More Cruise Missiles Against Iraq; Air Defenses Near. Baghdad ... 
response to the Iraqi intervention in the Kurdish civil disturbances in .... 3' attacks 
on the southern defense radar installations was not to "forcibly. [DOC] [TLE] Case 90-1 | PIIE - Peterson Institute for International Economics [PAR] Bill curtails US agricultural export credits to Iraq valued at $1 billion annually. ... 
August 3, 1990, Movement of Iraqi troops toward Saudi Arabian border prompts 
.... September 23, 1990, Hussein threatens to attack Saudi oil fields, other Arab 
..... into the Kurdish north; the US launches

Question: On Sept. 3, 1996 the U.S. launched cruise missiles against this country for attacking Kurd territory
Answer: Iraq