War always has consequences, the worst of them the death of civilians. In every major conflict there will always be those who will suffer a fate meant for the aggressor on the other side of the conflict.

“Christmas bombing” Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1972

© AFP 2020 / American B-52 bomber hit, shatter down and explode on December 26, 1972 in Hanoi during the Linebacker II operation, US aerial bombing campaign, called "The December Raids" and "The Christmas Bombings" on the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), from 18 to 29 December 1972, during Vietnam War

Bach Mai Hospital, the largest and finest in Northern Vietnam at the time, was destroyed by the US infamous B-52 bombers on December 19th and 22nd, 1972, claiming lives of 28 doctors, nurses and pharmacists.

Infant Formula Production Plant, Abu Ghraib, Iraq, 1991

An Infant Formula Production Plant in Abu Ghraib, a suburb of Baghdad, was bombed by US-led coalition on January 21st, 1991, after claims it was used as biological weapons facility.

Air Raid Shelter, Amiriyah, Iraq, 1991

A purposeful strike of two guided missiles on an air raid shelter in Baghdad neighborhood Amiriyah on February 13th, 1991, killed at least 408 civilians. The US military claimed they were targeting a command-and-control structure of the Iraqi army.

Médecins Sans Frontières Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993

American and Turkish forces under the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in Somalia bombed the Digfer Hospital on July 20th, 1993, where Médecins Sans Frontières were operating, killing three patients and severely damaging the facility.

Pharmaceutical factory Al Shifa, Khartoum, Sudan, 1998

© AFP 2020 / SALAH OMAR Sudanese schoolgirls pass by the ruins of al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum 19 August 1999

Thirteen US cruise missiles targeted the Al Shifa pharmaceutical factory on August 20th, 1998, the major production facility for medicines at the time in Sudan. The strike claimed life of one person, injuring 11 others. As the factory was producing 90% of pharmacy for Sudanese population, the facility destruction also caused an unknown number of people to die from various diseases.

Hospital and marketplace, Niš, Serbia, 1999

A US-led coalition bombarded a hospital and a marketplace with cluster bombs in the southern Serbian city of Niš on May 7th, 1999, killing 3 people in the hospital and not less than 12 at the outdoor market, dozens were injured.

Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia, 1999

© AP Photo / Slobodan Miljevic The dome of the Yugoslav Parliament building in downtown Belgrade is lit by moonlight after NATO jets hit power plants in Serbia during air raids early Monday May 3, 1999 plunging most of the country into darkness. Power was restored before dawn primarily to the hospitals, water supply services and bakeries

NATO warplanes hit the Dr Dragiša Mišović hospital in Belgrade with two cruise missiles on May 20th, 1999, killing three patients and one employee, leaving many more wounded.

In total, there were reportedly 6 hospitals damaged in US-led air raids and missile strikes in the 1999 Serbian campaign.

Serbian sources insisted on the death toll of not less than 2,000 civilians as a result of NATO air strikes, whereas Human Right Watch estimated civilian deaths up to 528 people.

Red Cross Complex, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2001

Two attacks on the complex housing of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Kabul took place in October 2001. The Red Cross told the US-led coalition its exact locations in Kabul before the second strike took place on October 26th, only 10 days after the first one. The air raids destroyed warehouses with food and other relief goods, leaving 55,000 without necessary supplies.

Maternity Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, 2003

© AFP 2020 / Karim SAHIB An Iraqi walks amid debris outside a maternity clinic in Baghdad after a US-British air raid 02 April 2003. The Red Crescent clinic was hit in air strikes over Baghdad this afternoon

US warplanes bombarded a maternity hospital of the International Red Crescent on April 2nd, 2003, killing several people and injuring 27 more, including medical personnel.