On this day, 27 years ago, December 17, 1998 (October 29, 1998, the United States and Britain began to launch Operation Desert Fox against Iraq. The photo shows the different scenes at the headquarters of the Iraq Military Intelligence Agency before (left) and after (right) the first wave of attacks. On December 17, 1998, the United States and Britain launched Operation Desert Fox against Iraq. In the early morning of December 17, 1998, the United States and the United Kingdom suddenly launched a military strike codenamed "Desert Fox" against Iraq without the approval of the United Nations Security Council, citing Butler's report, by Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq's failure to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspections. This is a strike effect photo of Operation Desert Fox provided by the Pentagon to the press that day. Comment: There are always many excuses for the shameless invasion of British and American imperialism ~~