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After the United Nations staff are evacuated from Baghdad, the USA and UK launch a bombing campaign called "Operation Desert Fox" with the intent to destroy Iraq's NBC programs. |
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Allied forces liberate Kuwait from Iraq in the Gulf War. |
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Saddam Hussein orders his forces to depart Kuwait, but at this point they have been surrounded. |
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Allied forces commence a ground operation in the Gulf War against Iraq which results in the liberation of Kuwait on 27 February 1991. |
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Iraq fires 8 SCUD missiles at Israel and the first U.S. pilot (Jeffrey Zahn) is shot down in the Gulf War.
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Coalition forces commence aerial bombardment of Iraq in the U.S. led Operation Desert Storm. The Gulf War begins. |
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The deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes without compliance. |
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U.S. Congress approves use of force in Iraq. |
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Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak
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Iraq begins a military draft of 17 year olds
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The UN Security Council provides coalition members with authorization to "use all necessary means" to eject Iraq from Kuwait if Iraq does not voluntarily withdraw by January 15, 1991. |
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Iraq announces their annexation of Kuwait. |
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The United States announces that it will send forces to the Persian Gulf to defend oil producing ally Saudi Arabia from possible attack by Iraq. |
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UNSC Resolution 661 imposes an embargo on Iraq that prohibits all trade, save for medical supplies and food in certain circumstances. |
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Iraq invades Kuwait. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) issues Resolution 660 which condemns the action and calls for full withdrawal.
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