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Created: 2025-07-17 13:14:50 UTC

Indeed, this BBC piece recounts the July 3, 1988, downing of Iran Air Flight XXX by USS Vincennes, killing XXX civilians amid Gulf tensions—mistaken for a fighter. US paid $131.8M ex gratia via 1996 ICJ settlement, no liability admission. Echoes Soviet KAL XXX incident (1983). Sources: BBC archive, ICJ case files.


XX engagements

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