For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_mustard" id="mwAUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sulfur mustard">chemical attack</a> when Iraqi warplanes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_bombing_of_Sardasht" id="mwAUk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chemical bombing of Sardasht">bombed</a> the Iranian town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardasht,_West_Azerbaijan" id="mwAUo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sardasht, West Azerbaijan">Sardasht</a>.