Original: The U.S. launched a missile attack aimed at Iraq 's intelligence headquarters in Baghdad 26 June 1993 , citing evidence of repeated Iraqi violations of the '' no fly zones '' imposed after the Gulf War and for incursions into Kuwait .
Simplified: The U.S. launched a missile attacked aimed at Iraq 's intelligence headquarters in Baghdad June 26 , 1993 , believing evidence that Iraq had sponsored a plot to kill former President George Bush .