400 People in Iri Were Killed by U.S. Bombings in Korean War.

From: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) | Date: July 20, 2000 | Copyright information

IKSAN, Cholla-pukto (Yonhap) -- At least 400 people were killed and over 400 were injured in bombings by U.S. military aircraft on Iri in the early stages of the Korean War (1950-53), a civic group claimed yesterday.

The casualties were found accounted in a 184-page report compiled by a committee promoting the erection of a cenotaph for Iri victims of the bombing during the war.

The report, made on the basis of witness testimonies and related data, contradict...

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