Approximately 30 US Sailors aboard the USS Stark were killed when an Iraqi jet fired a missile at the warship during the 1st Gulf War in 1980-1988 (Iran-Iraq War).
Some 697,000 active duty service members and activated National Guard and Reserve unit members served in the Persian Gulf theater of operations.http://www.defense.gov/news/fact_sheets/f950304_gwi_fact.html
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
The Iraqi dictator fought in 3 Golf Wars; which one are you referring to?
There were three golf wars in the 20th & 21st centuries: 1. Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 2. Operation Desert Storm Jan/Feb '91 3. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-
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.
Approximately 30 US Sailors aboard the USS Stark were killed when an Iraqi jet fired a missile at the warship during the 1st Gulf War in 1980-1988 (Iran-Iraq War).
Some 697,000 active duty service members and activated National Guard and Reserve unit members served in the Persian Gulf theater of operations.http://www.defense.gov/news/fact_sheets/f950304_gwi_fact.html
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
Outrageous reports appear to be normal for "wars" in the gulf...which Gulf War is this question concerning? 1. Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 2. Operation Desert Storm Jan/Feb '91 3. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-
The Iranian 1st Armored Division or the Iraqi 1st Armored Division during the first Gulf War (1980-1988)?
The Iraqi dictator fought in 3 Golf Wars; which one are you referring to?
There were three golf wars in the 20th & 21st centuries: 1. Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 2. Operation Desert Storm Jan/Feb '91 3. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-
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THE PERSIAN GULF WAR OF 1990-1991 began after Saddam Hussein led an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
The First and the Second Gulf War. The third Iraqi conflict involving the USA is the war against the IS.
Saddam Hussein