Hw. 31 the Al-Amriyah shelter bombing

The event that I choose to do more research on that Riverbend mentioned in Baghdad Burning was the Al-Amriyah shelter bombing. Riverbend mentions that the bombing of the shelter occurred on February 13, 1991. The shelter was a populated residential area in Baghdad are. She explains how the first bomb drilled through the heart of the shelter and the second exploded inside killing many women and children. Many family members frantically went from dead body to dead body looking for their loved ones. (Baghdad Burning, 46) I think this is so sad that these people trusted the shelter to live in during these hard times. These people were yearning for safety. They certainly did not get it here. When I researched more on the bombing of Al- Amriyah I found out that it killed more than 408 civilians and that the U.S. government claims that the attack was based on signals and human intelligence reports suggesting the bunker was a military command site. I also found out the United States was responsible for this bombing and their failure to warn them that this bombing was coming was a huge broken law of war. At 4:30 am the morning of Febuary13,1991 two F-117 stealth bombers each dropped a 2,000 pound, laser-guided, GBU-27 munition on the shelter. The shelter still stands today as a memorial to those who died. Umm Greyda,is a woman who lost eight children in the bombing who has now moved into the shelter to help create a memorial. She now serves as its primary guide.