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SCONRES 53 102th Congress Senate

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the 1981 Israeli preemptive strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate and justifiable exercise of self-defense,…

Official title: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the 1981 Israeli preemptive strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the 1981 Israeli preemptive strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate and justifiable exercise of self-defense, and that the United States should seek the repeal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 487 which condemned that 1981 Israeli preemptive strike.

Introduced: July 16, 1991 See on congress.gov
International Affairs Aerial bombingIraqIsraelNuclear reactors
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the 1981 Israeli preemptive strike against the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate and justifiable exercise of self-defense which also reduced the threat of Iraqi nuclear aggression against countries bordering Iraq; and (2) the United States should seek the repeal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 487 which condemned the strike.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Con. Res. 53: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the 1981 Israeli preemptive strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate and justifiable exercise of self-defense, and that the United States should seek the repeal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 487 which condemned that 1981 Israeli preemptive strike.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-SCONRES-53/
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"S. Con. Res. 53: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the 1981 Israeli preemptive strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate and justifiable exercise of self-defense, and that the United States should seek the repeal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 487 which condemned that 1981 Israeli preemptive strike.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-SCONRES-53/.
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S. Con. Res. 53, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-SCONRES-53/.
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[S. Con. Res. 53: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the 1981 Israeli preemptive strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate and justifiable exercise of self-defense, and that the United States should seek the repeal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 487 which condemned that 1981 Israeli preemptive strike.](https://openamerica.io/bill/102-SCONRES-53/)
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