8 aircraft captured (Mirage F1s). [112], A coalition of forces opposing Iraq's aggression was formed, consisting of forces from 39 countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Kuwait, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. [226] The 101st Airborne Division had struck 249km (155mi) behind enemy lines. [citation needed], In Kuwait, the Emir was restored, and suspected Iraqi collaborators were repressed. [327], The resulting fires burned uncontrollably because of the dangers of sending in firefighting crews. So the question became "How do we stop the killing. The White House rejected the proposal. [152] The Iraqis engaged the Task Force with small arms fire, RPGs, mortar fire, and what was left of Iraqi artillery assets. They were 24 states, comprising most of the OECD countries plus some Gulf states: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait. The Bitburg contingent was based at Al Kharj Air Base, approximately an hour south east of Riyadh. [87], On 6 August, Resolution 661 placed economic sanctions on Iraq. Several times Iraqi mortars fired on Task Force 1-41 Infantry positions. [207] The British 1st Armoured Division destroyed or isolated four Iraqi infantry divisions (the 26th, 48th, 31st, and 25th) and overran the Iraqi 52nd Armored Division in several sharp engagements. Due to lack of sufficient ground cover to carry out their assignment, One Zero and Three Zero abandoned their operations, while Two Zero remained, and was later compromised, with only Sergeant Chris Ryan escaping to Syria. [196] The U.S.M.C. In the video, he asks a young British boy, Stuart Lockwood, whether he is getting his milk, and goes on to say, through his interpreter, "We hope your presence as guests here will not be for too long. [210][211] The first three of these had a strength of over 660 tanks, 660 infantry fighting vehicles, and thousands of antitank weapons, self propelled artillery, and other combat systems. [citation needed], Precision-guided munitions amounted to approximately 7.4% of all bombs dropped by the coalition. '"[263], The US Department of Defense reports that US forces suffered 148 battle-related deaths (35 to friendly fire[277]), with one pilot listed as MIA (his remains were found and identified in August 2009). [345] Both the US Army and the missile manufacturers maintained the Patriot delivered a "miracle performance" in the Gulf War. US Marines had to fight for hours before securing the airport, after which Kuwait was declared secure. British Army regiments (mainly with the 1st Armoured Division), Royal Air Force, Naval Air Squadrons and Royal Navy vessels were mobilized in the Persian Gulf. Baker, James Addison, and Thomas M. DeFrank. Your presence here, and in other places, is meant to prevent the scourge of war. They were engaged with artillery fire from 43 FA. [205] It was a powerful division consisting of 245 tanks and 195 armored fighting vehicles. Precision stand-off attacks were conducted during the night and through to the next day. However, these positions were poorly defended, and were overrun in the first few hours. The IranIraq war had been going on for five years by that time and both sides sustained significant casualties, reaching into the hundreds of thousands. The Senate supported the military actions in a 5247 vote. The Iraqi attack had two prongs, with the primary attack force driving south straight for Kuwait City down the main highway, and a supporting attack force entering Kuwait farther west, but then turning and driving east, cutting off Kuwait City from the country's southern half. The U.S. 3rd Armored Division destroyed approximately 300 enemy combat vehicles during this particular encounter with Iraqi forces. [citation needed], Both sides suffered casualties, although Iraqi forces sustained substantially more dead and captured than the allied forces. Myatt said,[194] "During the first day of combat operations 1st Platoon, D Company, 3rd Tank Battalion destroyed 15 Iraqi tanks". After the expiration of United Nations deadlines, Operation DESERT STORM, the air campaign against Iraqi forces in Iraq and Kuwait, began on 17 January 1991, at 02:00 local time, with an attack helicopter strike against an early warning radar just inside Iraq. [69] This "wholly defensive" doctrine was quickly abandoned when, on 8 August, Iraq declared Kuwait to be Iraq's 19th province and Saddam named his cousin, Ali Hassan Al-Majid, as its military-governor. A total of 48 US Air Force F-15s from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, landed in Saudi Arabia and immediately commenced round-the-clock air patrols of the SaudiKuwaitIraq border to discourage further Iraqi military advances. [citation needed], On 25 February 1991, a Scud missile hit a US Army barracks of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment, out of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, stationed in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 28 soldiers and injuring over 100. British artillery was primarily American made M109 howitzers (155mm), M110 howitzers (203mm), and M270 MLRS which were compatible with American systems. Several tank battles took place, but otherwise coalition troops encountered minimal resistance, as most Iraqi troops surrendered. [citation needed], A British Challenger 1 achieved the longest range confirmed tank kill of the war, destroying an Iraqi tank with an armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot (APFSDS) round fired over 4,700 metres (2.9mi)the longest tank-on-tank kill shot recorded. [152] Other sources consider the Battle of Norfolk the largest tank battle of the war and the second largest tank battle in American history. "[260] The exact number of Iraqi combat casualties is unknown, but is believed to have been heavy. The operation began on 7 August 1990, when US troops were sent to Saudi Arabia, due also to the request of its monarch, King Fahd, who had earlier called for US military assistance. [242], Canada was one of the first countries to condemn Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, and it quickly agreed to join the US-led coalition. '"[97], On 29 November 1990, the Security Council passed Resolution 678, which gave Iraq until 15 January 1991 to withdraw from Kuwait, and empowered states to use "all necessary means" to force Iraq out of Kuwait after the deadline. These defensive positions were occupied by a brigade-sized element. Simultaneously, the US XVIII Airborne Corps launched a sweeping "left-hook" attack across southern Iraq's largely undefended desert, led by the US 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized). [98] The PLO's Yasser Arafat expressed that neither he nor Saddam insisted that solving the IsraelPalestine issues should be a precondition to solving the issues in Kuwait, though he did acknowledge a "strong link" between these problems. [183] In addition, the corps had the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States) to act as a scouting and screening force, and two further heavy divisions, the 1st Cavalry Division (United States) and the United Kingdom's 1st Armoured Division, as well as the U.S. 11th Aviation Group. The coalition flew over 100,000 sorties, dropping 88,500 tonnes of bombs,[128] which widely destroyed military and civilian infrastructure. [110], After stops in Helsinki and Moscow to smooth out Iraqi demands for a Middle-Eastern peace conference with the Soviet Union, Baker traveled to Syria to discuss its role in the crisis with its President Hafez Assad. Iraq used Scud missiles, launching them into both Saudi Arabia and Israel. [101][102][103] France dropped this proposal when it found "no tangible sign of interest" from Baghdad. The Dutch Defense Ministry later stated that the military use of the Patriot missile system was largely ineffective, but its psychological value for the affected populations was high. The result of the Jeddah talks was an Iraqi demand for $10billion[69] to cover the lost revenues from Rumaila; Kuwait offered $500million. This number was much lower than expected. [citation needed], Within 12 hours, most resistance had ended within Kuwait, and the royal family had fled, allowing Iraq to control most of Kuwait. Their air support consisted of Gazelle helicopters, used for reconnaissance, and the Lynx helicopter which was comparable to the American AH-1 Cobra. [149] The allied forces used extensive artillery fire. [137] Approximately 230 Israelis were injured. Patrice O'Shaughness. Other bombs included cluster bombs, which disperse numerous submunitions,[341] and daisy cutters, 15,000-pound bombs which can disintegrate everything within hundreds of yards. [152], A 90,000 round artillery preparation fire on Iraqi defensive positions preceded the major ground assault, lasting 2.5 hours. [173] The Task Force also captured a brigade commander, several battalion commanders, company commanders, and staff officers. [citation needed], The French force quickly overcame Iraq's 45th Infantry Division, suffering light casualties and taking a large number of prisoners, and took up blocking positions to prevent an Iraqi counterattack on the coalition's flank. Iraqi forces in Kuwait counterattacked against US troops, acting on a direct order from Saddam Hussein himself. This was the "bulldozer assault", wherein two brigades from the US 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) were faced with a large and complex trench network, as part of the heavily fortified "Saddam Hussein Line". Normally that would not be any of our business. [317] In 1996, bin Laden issued a fatwa, calling for US troops to leave Saudi Arabia. [192] The 1st Marine Division Task Force Ripper led the drive to the Kuwait International Airport on 27 February 1991. The Kuwaitis quickly liberated the city despite losing one soldier and having one plane shot down. [285], The US military used depleted uranium in tank kinetic energy penetrators and 2030mm (0.791.18in) cannon ordnance. The US, the UK, and the Soviet Union rejected it; US Ambassador to the UN Thomas Pickering stated that the French proposal was unacceptable, because it went beyond previous Council resolutions on the Iraqi invasion. Some of them historical in scope and size. Iraq fired 88 Scud missiles during the war's seven weeks. [216] [99], Ultimately, the US and UK stuck to their position that there would be no negotiations until Iraq withdrew from Kuwait and that they should not grant Iraq concessions, lest they give the impression that Iraq benefited from its military campaign. On 22 January 1991, a Scud missile hit the Israeli city of Ramat Gan, after two coalition Patriots failed to intercept it. When the first Iraqi missiles hit Israel, some people injected themselves with an antidote for nerve gas. [301] After the Gulf War, the Kuwaiti authorities forcibly pressured nearly 200,000 Palestinians to leave Kuwait in 1991. "OPEC pressures Kuwait to moderate quota demand", sfnp error: no target: CITEREFSimons2003 (, See Paul Lewis, "Confrontation in the Gulf: The U.N.; France and 3 Arab States Issue an Appeal to Hussein,", Michael Kranish et al., "World waits on brink of war: Late effort at diplomacy in gulf fails,", Ellen Nimmons, A.P., "Last-ditch pitches for peace; But U.S. claims Iraqis hold key,". The fires started in January and February 1991, and the last one was extinguished by November. [citation needed], Scud missiles utilize inertial guidance which operates for the duration that the engines operate. [citation needed], Within hours of the invasion, Kuwait and US delegations requested a meeting of the UN Security Council, which passed Resolution 660, condemning the invasion and demanding a withdrawal of Iraqi troops. Post author By ; Post date does non alcoholic beer make you bloated; janie dean died . [308], During the conflict, coalition aircrew shot down over Iraq were displayed as prisoners of war on TV, most with visible signs of abuse. The British 1st Armored Division had captured or destroyed about 300 Iraqi tanks[citation needed] and a very large number of armored personnel carriers, trucks, reconnaissance vehicles, etc. In San Francisco, Paper Tiger Television West produced a weekly cable television show with highlights of mass demonstrations, artists' actions, lectures, and protests against mainstream media coverage at newspaper offices and television stations. Operation Desert Storm was the codename for the US-led United Nations (UN) operation to liberate oil rich Kuwait from the invasion forces of Iraq. "[263] The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Les Aspin, estimated that "at least 65,000 Iraqi soldiers were killed". Nevertheless, some people back home wrongly chose to believe we were cruelly and unusually punishing our already whipped foes. There were certainly a lot of dead vehicles, but not so many dead Iraqis. A Palestinian exodus from Kuwait took place during and after the Gulf War. This ultimately led to civilian casualties. [158] Later that evening the Task Force received enemy artillery fire but suffered no casualties. Those visits were always conducted in the presence of officers, and were subject to both prior approval by the military and censorship afterward. [297] In the report, Cheney acknowledged that 457 enemy soldiers were buried during the ground war.[297]. Meanwhile, forces from Arab states advanced into Kuwait from the east, encountering little resistance and suffering few casualties. contact. After the conflict ended, many of the stolen banknotes made their way back into circulation. [212] The Iraqi 52nd Armored Division was also a primary participant. [284], In 1994, the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs with Respect to Export Administration published a report entitled, "U.S. Chemical and Biological Warfare-Related Dual Use Exports to Iraq and their Possible Impact on the Health Consequences of the Gulf War". [160] For the next two days the Task Force observed Iraqi wheeled vehicles and small units move in front of them. Local media outlets in cities across the USA screened similar oppositional media. When the telephones of all the other Western TV correspondents went dead during the bombing, CNN was the only service able to provide live reporting. [citation needed], A United Nations report in March 1991 described the effect on Iraq of the US-led bombing campaign as "near apocalyptic," bringing back Iraq to the "pre-industrial age. Baker then moved to enter talks with Egypt, whose leadership he considered "the moderate voice of the Middle East". The young woman who had testified was found to be a member of Kuwait's royal family and the daughter of Kuwait's ambassador to the US. [342], Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) and satellite communication systems were also important. [citation needed] On 27 February, Saddam ordered a retreat from Kuwait,[citation needed] and President Bush declared it liberated. [41], Throughout the Cold War, Iraq had been an ally of the Soviet Union, and there was a history of friction between Iraq and the United States. Operation Desert Storm began 31 years ago on Jan. 16, 1991 five months after Iraqi forces invaded and annexed Kuwait. However, Baker believed that Saudi Arabia should assume some of the cost of the military efforts to defend it. [66], I know you need funds. "[132][133], Five hours after the first attacks, Iraq's state radio broadcast declared that "The dawn of victory nears as this great showdown begins." The missiles were fired at both military and civilian targets. Two examples of this are the US Navy's Grumman E-2 Hawkeye and the US Air Force's Boeing E-3 Sentry. [241], Argentina was later classified by the US as a major non-NATO ally due to her contributions during the war. Specific buildings in downtown Baghdad could be bombed while journalists in their hotels watched cruise missiles fly by. 850+ other armored vehicles destroyed/captured This policy was heavily influenced by the military's experience with the Vietnam War, in which public opposition within the US grew throughout the war's course. Iraqi ground forces consolidated their control of Kuwait City, then headed south and redeployed along the Saudi border. [182] Its Task Force 1-41 Infantry would be the spearhead of VII Corps. [186] By the end of combat operations on 28 February 1991, U.S. VII Corps had driven 260 kilometres (160mi), captured 22,000 Iraqi soldiers, and destroyed 1,350 Iraqi tanks, 1,224 armored personnel carriers, 285 artillery pieces, 105 air defense systems, and 1,229 trucks. [171], Task Force 1-41 Infantry was given the task of breaching Iraq's initial defensive positions along the IraqSaudi Arabia border. [159] That same evening the Task Force identified an Iraqi mortar position and engaged it with both direct and indirect fires. For other conflicts with the same name, see, "Desert Storm" redirects here. Home; About; Subsidiaries. Rather, after the report was finished, announced unconfirmed reports of flashes in Baghdad and heavy air traffic at bases in Saudi Arabia. [174], The 1st Infantry Division's Task Force 2-16 Infantry cleared four lanes simultaneously through an enemy fortified trench system while inflicting heavy casualties on Iraqi forces. [226] The 101st had lost 16 soldiers in action during the 100-hour war and captured thousands of enemy prisoners of war. There have also been numerous depictions in film including Jarhead (2005), which is based on US Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003 memoir of the same name.[346]. [69] The Iraqi response was to immediately order an invasion,[70] which started on 2 August 1990 with the bombing of Kuwait's capital, Kuwait City. [43], The US remained officially neutral after Iraq's invasion of Iran in 1980, which became the IranIraq War, although it provided resources, political support, and some "non-military" aircraft to Iraq. [51], Iraq also accused Kuwait of exceeding its OPEC quotas for oil production. [160] The Iraqis continued probing operations against the Task Force for approximately two hours. [228] The 101st Airborne Division travelled a further 80 to 100km (50 to 60mi) into Iraq. US and British special operations forces had been covertly inserted into western Iraq to aid in the search for and destruction of Scuds. Iraqi forces in Khafji had 60300 dead and 400 captured. [255][256][257] In 2002, Daponte estimated the total number of Iraqi deaths caused directly and indirectly by the Gulf War to be between 142,500 and 206,000, including 100,000120,000 military deaths, 20,00035,000 civilian deaths in civil war and 15,00030,000 refugee deaths. "Without electricity, hospitals cannot function, perishable medicines spoil, water cannot be purified and raw sewage cannot be processed,". From 1991 until 2003, the effects of government policy and sanctions regime led to hyperinflation, widespread poverty and malnutrition. [citation needed], Two BBC journalists, John Simpson and Bob Simpson (no relation), defied their editors and remained in Baghdad to report on the war's progress. The Soviet Union condemned Baghdad's aggression against Kuwait, but did not support the United States and allied intervention in Iraq and tried to avert it. The movement's right flank was protected by the United Kingdom's 1st Armoured Division. [29] The invasion of Kuwait was immediately met with international condemnation, including by the United Nations Security Council, which unanimously imposed economic sanctions against Iraq. American, British, and French forces continued to pursue retreating Iraqi forces over the border and back into Iraq, eventually moving to within 240km (150mi) of Baghdad, before withdrawing back to Iraq's border with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Three of the battles at Norfolk, Medina Ridge, and 73 Easting are considered among the largest tank battles in history. [32][33][34] It has also earned the nickname Video Game War, after the daily broadcast of images from cameras onboard American bombers during Operation Desert Storm. [206][207] After 48 hours of combat the British 1st Armoured Division destroyed or isolated four Iraqi . Among the American combat dead were four female soldiers. At the conference, Iraq was authorized to fly armed helicopters on their side of the temporary border, ostensibly for government transit due to the damage done to civilian infrastructure. [73] According to Michael Knights, a high estimate shows the Iraqi Army capable of fielding one million troops and 850,000 reservists, 5,500 tanks, 3,000 artillery pieces, 700 combat aircraft and helicopters; it held 53 divisions, 20 special-forces brigades, and several regional militias, and had a strong air defense. The US military claimed a high effectiveness against Scuds at the time, but later analysis gives figures as low as 9%, with 45% of the 158 Patriot launches being against debris or false targets. Retrieved 28 October 2017. Both were used in command and control area of operations. Some felt that the war was an internal Arab affair or did not want to increase US influence in the Middle East. [citation needed], In the United Kingdom, the BBC devoted the FM broadcast portion of its national talk radio station BBC Radio 4 to an 18-hour rolling news format called Radio 4 News FM. [citation needed], The air campaign's third and largest phase targeted military targets throughout Iraq and Kuwait: Scud missile launchers, weapons research facilities, and naval forces. On 24 February, British and American armored forces crossed the IraqKuwait border and entered Iraq in large numbers, taking hundreds of prisoners. MSN Encarta. We know that you can harm us although we do not threaten you. [citation needed], Since Saudi Arabia houses Mecca and Medina, Islam's holiest sites, many Muslims were upset at the permanent military presence. The Iraqi government claimed that 2,300 civilians died during the air campaign. The Iraqis attacked the Dasman Palace, the Royal Residence of Kuwait's Emir, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, which was defended by the Emiri Guard supported with M-84 tanks. [citation needed] On 17 January 1991 the 101st Airborne Division Aviation Regiment fired the first shots of the war when eight AH-64 helicopters successfully destroyed two Iraqi early warning radar sites. We place it where we want our friends to be and we try to be friends. Aerial and ground combat was confined to Iraq, Kuwait, and areas straddling the IraqSaudi Arabia border. The real reason was to help them succeed in the war against Iran. [243], The second largest European contingent was from France, which committed 18,000 troops. Prior to the war's start, in the aftermath of the failed USIraq peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, a reporter asked Iraq's English-speaking Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz: "Mr. Foreign Minister, if war starts will you attack?" However, if allowed to enter the body, depleted uranium, like natural uranium, has the potential for both chemical and radiological toxicity with the two important target organs being the kidneys and the lungs. But repeated American statements last year made it apparent that America did not regard us as friends. [citation needed], Many returning coalition soldiers reported illnesses following their action in the war, a phenomenon known as Gulf War syndrome (GWS) or Gulf War illness (GWI). The British had their full contingent of engineer, logistics, and medical units. Following the war's end, Australia deployed a medical unit on Operation Habitat to northern Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort. This came after the Kuwaiti government formally forgave the group. Common symptoms reported are chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and gastrointestinal disorder. A few combat sorties were flown against Iraqi ground forces. [107] In a press conference, General Schwarzkopf stated that these exercises were intended to deceive the Iraqi forces, forcing them to continue their defense of the Kuwaiti coastline. [119], Other justifications for foreign involvement included Iraq's history of human rights abuses under Saddam. Within President Ronald Reagan's National Security Council concern was growing that the war could spread beyond the boundaries of the two belligerents. NBC's Tom Aspell, ABC's Bill Blakemore, and CBS News' Betsy Aaron filed reports, subject to acknowledged Iraqi censorship. [61] On 15 July 1990, Saddam's government laid out its combined objections to the Arab League, including that policy moves were costing Iraq $1billion a year, that Kuwait was still using the Rumaila oil field, and that loans made by the UAE and Kuwait could not be considered debts to its "Arab brothers". [108], A series of UN Security Council resolutions and Arab League resolutions were passed regarding Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. In the 25 years since the First Gulf War, it's clear that the lessons learned in that conflict are plentiful and have had implications for strategy, technology, training and how a superpower uses force. The Gulf War began with an extensive aerial bombing campaign on 16 January 1991. [citation needed], The draining of the Qurna Marshes also called The Draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes occurred in Iraq and to a smaller degree in Iran between the 1950s and 1990s to clear large areas of the marshes in the Tigris-Euphrates river system. Today, the stolen banknotes are a collectible for numismatists. [citation needed] As part of a scorched earth policy, they set fire to nearly 700 oil wells and placed land mines around the wells to make extinguishing the fires more difficult. The Iraqis resisted fiercely from dug-in positions and stationary vehicles, and even mounted armored charges. About a third of the coalition's air power was devoted to attacking Scuds, some of which were on trucks and therefore difficult to locate. These systems provided essential communications links between air, ground, and naval forces. Australian forces experienced a number of incidents in the first number of weeks of the Desert Storm Campaign including the detection of significant air threats from Iraq as a part of the outer perimeter of Battle Force Zulu; the detection of free sea floating mines and assistance to the aircraft carrier USS Midway. On the 25th, Saddam met with April Glaspie, the US Ambassador to Iraq, in Baghdad. [294], On the night of 2627 February 1991, some Iraqi forces began leaving Kuwait on the main highway north of Al Jahra in a column of some 1,400 vehicles. The Iraqis suffered massive losses and lost dozens of tanks and vehicles, while US casualties were comparatively low, with a single Bradley knocked out. [citation needed], It was CNN whose coverage gained the most popularity and its wartime coverage is often cited as one of the landmark events in the network's history, ultimately leading to the establishment of CNN International. [152] The Task Force found itself engaged in six hours of combat in order to clear the extensive bunker complex. [59] A UN mission to the Israeli-occupied territories, where riots had resulted in Palestinian deaths, was vetoed by the US, making Iraq deeply skeptical of US foreign policy aims in the region, combined with the reliance of the US on Middle Eastern energy reserves. [76], The main Iraqi thrust into Kuwait City was conducted by commandos deployed by helicopters and boats to attack the city from the sea, while other divisions seized the airports and two airbases. [89][84][90] Resolution 665[85] followed soon after, which authorized a naval blockade to enforce the sanctions. [170] The 1st Infantry Division cleared a zone between Phase Line Vermont and Phase Line Kansas. [153] 141 Infantry was assisted by the 1st Squadron, 4th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Saudi and Qatari forces had a total of 18 dead. External exposure to radiation from depleted uranium is generally not a major concern because the alpha particles emitted by its isotopes travel only a few centimeters in air or can be stopped by a sheet of paper. '"[298] However, after the war, the Iraqi government said that only 44 bodies were found. By the time the ceasefire with Iran was signed in August 1988, Iraq was heavily debt-ridden and tensions within society were rising. By contrast, GWS was inversely associated with higher levels of the type Q isozyme, which is more efficient at breaking down sarin than its type R counterpart. 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