IDEA Code |
2235 |
Name |
Artillery attack |
Description |
Use of short to intermediate range tank-mounted, ship-based or field guns and cannons, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. |
Usage Notes |
Includes all "shelling," anti-aircraft fire and bombing not otherwise specified. Also includes shelling with anti-armour, depleted uranium shells. Code all bombings described as aerial bombs to Aerial bombing. |
Example |
Gunmen fired rocket propelled grenades into a United Nations office in Baghdad during the night, causing damage but no casualties, the U.N. said on Sunday. *
Source |
Association |
[none] |
Sector |
Armed civilian groups |
Target |
Association |
United Nations |
Sector |
Businesses |
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Example Notes |
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