HC Deb 14 January 1999 vol 323 c269W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason the Baghdad Museum of Natural History was hit by US and UK forces; and what is his assessment of the damage done. [65681]

Mr. George Robertson

The Baghdad Museum of Natural History was not targeted by US or UK forces during Operation Desert Fox. At most, it may have sustained light superficial damage from an attack on an Iraqi command and control facility located approximately half a mile away.