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Gulf War

Volume 199: debated on Tuesday 19 November 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has on the total number of civilian deaths caused by bombing during the Gulf war in Iraq, Kuwait and Israel, respectively.

We have no authoritative information on civilian casualties sustained in Iraq or Kuwait during the coalition bombing campaign. In the middle of February, an Israeli Minister said that 13 people had died during Iraqi Scud missile attacks and 1,305 were injured.