Osirak

Given that Osirak is supposed to be the prototypical success story of preventive attacks against a rogue state's nuclear program, this episode should give considerable pause to advocates of future preventive strikes.

Letters to the Editor 2005

Given that Osirak is supposed to be the prototypical success story of preventive attacks against a rogue state's nuclear program, this episode should give considerable pause to advocates of future preventive strikes.

Letters to the Editor 2005

The target: the French designed nuclear reactor known as Osirak situated near Baghdad.

Bennett Ramberg, Ph.D.: The Bombing of Osirak: Lessons From the 30th Anniversary of Israel's Strike on Iraq's Nuclear Reactor Ph.D. Bennett Ramberg 2011

The target: the French designed nuclear reactor known as Osirak situated near Baghdad.

Bennett Ramberg, Ph.D.: The Bombing of Osirak: Lessons From the 30th Anniversary of Israel's Strike on Iraq's Nuclear Reactor Ph.D. Bennett Ramberg 2011

Israel possessed a nuclear arsenal and there was widespread speculation that Saddam Hussein had continued his nuclear program after the Israelis attacked his reactor at Osirak in 1981.

Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

Israel possessed a nuclear arsenal and there was widespread speculation that Saddam Hussein had continued his nuclear program after the Israelis attacked his reactor at Osirak in 1981.

Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

There may be a temptation in some circles to believe that air strikes would be relatively painless, and accepted by Iran just as Iraq accepted an attack on its Osirak reactor in 1981.

Will Israel strike at Iran's nuclear program? Steven Simon 2011

Ultimately, Osirak's legacy lies in its demonstration of military means to halt proliferation if other methods fail.

Bennett Ramberg, Ph.D.: The Bombing of Osirak: Lessons From the 30th Anniversary of Israel's Strike on Iraq's Nuclear Reactor Ph.D. Bennett Ramberg 2011

If Israel decides to attack Iran, expect the Obama administration to provide it with logistical and other support, including by vetoing a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel unlike the Reagan administration which did join the Security Council's censure of the Israeli attack on the Iraq nuclear reactor in Osirak in 1981.

Leon T. Hadar: What Happens After an Iran-Israel War? Leon T. Hadar 2012

If Israel decides to attack Iran, expect the Obama administration to provide it with logistical and other support, including by vetoing a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel unlike the Reagan administration which did join the Security Council's censure of the Israeli attack on the Iraq nuclear reactor in Osirak in 1981.

Leon T. Hadar: What Happens After an Iran-Israel War? Leon T. Hadar 2012