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The retreating Iraqi soldiers famously set fire to a number of major Kuwaiti Oil Fields at the close of the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991.

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How many us troops served during the Gulf war?

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How many Iraqi people died during the Iraq war?

Some analysts agree the Iraqi death toll was well below initial post-war estimates. In the immediate aftermath of the war, these estimates ranged as high as 100,000 Iraqi troops killed and 300,000 wounded. For example, a report commissioned by the U.S. Air Force; (1993-ISBN 0-16-041950-6), "Gulf War Air Power Survey" by Thomas A. Keaney and Eliot A. Cohen, estimated 10-12,000 Iraqi combat deaths in the air campaign and as many as 10,000 casualties in the ground war. This analysis is based on enemy prisoner of war reports. The Iraqi government claimed that 2,300 civilians died during the air campaign, most of them during an F-117 Stealth Fighter strike on what was believed to be an Iraqi military communications center in Baghdad (it turned out to be an air raid shelter). One infamous incident during the war highlighted the question of large-scale Iraqi combat deaths. This was the


Against which Iraqi dictator was the Gulf War fought?

The Iraqi dictator fought in 3 Golf Wars; which one are you referring to?


Song that was popular during Gulf war when troops were leaving Us?

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What turned a disagreement into the persian gulf war?

The disagreement that eventually turned into the Persian gulf war was the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. When the Iraqi troops would not leave Kuwait, the Persian gulf war began with military force under the Reagan administration.


How many un troops died in first gulf war?

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How many us troops served during the Gulf war?

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The Iranian 1st Armored Division or the Iraqi 1st Armored Division during the first Gulf War (1980-1988)?


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Song that was popular during Gulf war when troops were leaving Us?

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Who was the Iraqi dictator who invaded Kuwait beginning the gulf war?

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