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                 &lt;p&gt;In 1987 the USS Stark became the first U.S. ship sunk by missile fire since World War II. The missiles were fired by Iraq, America’s ally at the time, who claim they did it by mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow If You're Listening on the &lt;a href="https://radio.abc.net.au/help/apps"&gt;ABC Listen app&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out our series on YouTube: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDTPrMoGHssAfgMMS3L5LpLNFMNp1U_Nq"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDTPrMoGHssAfgMMS3L5LpLNFMNp1U_Nq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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In 1987 the USS Stark became the first U.S. ship sunk by missile fire since World War II. The missiles were fired by Iraq, America’s ally at the time, who claim they did it by mistake.

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When Iraq accidentally bombed a U.S. warship

When Iraq accidentally bombed a U.S. warship

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