![An Israeli pilot in an American-made F-16 fighter jet cruises at low altitude over the Tigris River en route to the al- Tuwaitha nuclear facility near Baghdad.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/M-Intel-3-4CApr06-760x497.jpg)
F-4 Phantom
Operation Babylon: Israel’s Strike on al-Tuwaitha
By Kate CoochIn the late 1970s, it became clear to the international community that Iraq, under the despotic leadership of Saddam Hussein, was attempting to acquire nuclear weapons through the guise of buying nuclear reactors for power generators. Read more