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The Persian Gulf War
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Operation Desert Storm.
When Saddam Husein siezed
control of Kuwait in August,
1990, the U.S. led a worldwide
coalition to drive the Iraqis
out . On January 16, 1991,
Allied forces began bombing
Iraqi infrastructure. Sadam
retaliated by launching SCUDS at
Israel and Saudia Arabia.
Continuous Allied bombing
paralyzed Iraq and cut off
supplies to the occupation
forces in Kuwait. Iraqi soldiers
surrendered by the thousands.
The rest were chased back to
Iraq by the armies of General
Colin Powel. Forty two days
after the U.S. led sorties
began, President George H.W.
Bush ordered a cease fire.
After fighting Iran, Saddam’s
second attempt at foreign
conquest ended badly. Despite
the crushing defeat Hussein’s
government held its grip on
power for the next twelve years.
148 Americans were killed in
action.
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