PERSIAN GULF WAR

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PERSIAN GULF WAR

• The Facts

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PERSIAN GULF WAR-Operation Desert Storm

• COUNTRIES Iraq vs. USA/United Nations
• (34 other allied nations) supporting Kuwait.
• LEADERS
• Saddam Hussein vs. President George H. W. Bush
  (Sr.)

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• TIME PERIOD 1990-91
• LOCATION Iraq invades Kuwait, US and other UN
  forces invade through the Persian Gulf

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• CAUSES
• Saddam Hussein claims to own oil rich land in
  Kuwait.
• Iraq invaded Kuwait and claimed land and oil.
• UN and US coalition entered to protect Kuwait.

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OUTCOME OF WAR

• UN and US force Iraqi troops to withdrawal from
  Kuwait- It took 100 hours for coalition to WIN
• Iraq must get rid of biological weapons and
  remove ALL nuclear producing facilities
• Freedom in Kuwait
• Trade embargo with Iraq

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Video Clips

• Overview 255 http//www.youtube.com/watch?vsIl
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• Desert Storm- 1991 Overview 145
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vtJGs2BDKq5gfeatur
  erelated (145)
• ABC World News Tonight- Start of the Persian Gulf
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vXOMRPia8NeMfeatur
  erelated (724)
• George H. W. Bush start at 320
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?vhA2jitVn21Q