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Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War took place from August 2, 1990 to February 28, 1991 and is often referred to as the Gulf War or Desert Storm.
1,048 Questions
Who is responsible for the war in Iraq?
well.......sadam Hussein (currently dead) was apparently building weapond of mass destructions in Iraq (cia has admitted they have not been building any wmd's) so the united states of America was provoked into attack in fear of terrorist stealing these weapons and bombing the US. therefor,both Saddam and the Americans are responsible for the war.
Why did the US go to War with Iraq in 1991?
Because Iraq invaded Kuwait and Kuwait is an ally of the US. Iraq's invasion also was a major threat to Saudi Arabia and under no condition could the Western world allow such a concentration of the world oil reserves to be controlled by Saddam Hussein.
What year did the Afghanistan war end?
The Iraq War ended on December 16, 2011. However, a domestic Iraqi Insurgency has continued to the preseny.
How much is the 10000 dinar bill with Saddams picture worth?
The 2002 10,000 Iraqi Dinar note in mint uncirculated condition is worth $7 to a collector. In normal used condition it is worthless.
How many American soldiers served in Desert Storm?
Approximately 146 US Servicepeople died during Operation Desert Storm (Jan-Feb 1991).
What is the role of the attack helicopters in the first gulf war?
The role of the attack helicopters in the first gulf war was to destabilize the foot soldiers of the Iraqis with a view to providing a leeway for the advancement of the Allied Forces foot soldiers
Why were the countries in the Persian gulf war involved?
Strength in numbers. If only one country attacked another, it would be easy to point fingers (blaming). If a coalition was formed, then the "majority rules", so it must be right; and no one starts pointing fingers (blaming).
How did the Cold War begin in Europe?
Read about the Berlin Wall.
It divided the west and east of Germany, east was controlled by Soviet Union and west was getting help from Britain and United Sates. The Soviet union was spreading communism and the Americans wanted to spread capitalism.
What are all types of army ranks?
1=Worst 13= Best
1 Privat
2 Corpril
3 Sargent
4 Lutenit
5 Capten
6 Major
7 Brigader
8 One star Genaral
9 Two star Genaral
10 Three sar genral
11 four star genral
12 five star genral
13 Commander
What are the similarities between the Vietnam war and the Persian gulf war?
There aren't many similarities between the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War but what I can say is that they both started in a different country and that country asked for the United States help. The United States plays a huge part in both wars. See in the Vietnam War the United States gets involved because our president didn't want Communism to spread across the world which would soon also end up in the United States. In the Persian Gulf War Kuwait was invaded by Iraqi and Kuwait called for help and the Unites States stepped in to help Kuwait drive out Iraqi from their country.
How many veterans died after the Persian Gulf War?
by Persian gulf war you mean Iran-Iraq war? if its that war Iraq got help from 44 other country at the end Iran won and there was around 1milion death in both side
What was the year of gulf war?
1. A Gulf War occurred in 1980 and lasted until 1988 (Iran-Iraq War). 2. A Gulf War occurred in January and lasted until the next month in 1991; called Operation Desert Storm. The whole military campaign was over within 45 days. 3. A Gulf War occurred in the year 2003 in Iraq...and is currently undergoing law, order, and stability operations; this military campaign was code named Operation Iraqi Freedom.
How many Canadian solidiers died in desert storm?
To date, research indicates no Canadian fatalities occurred to hostile fire during DS.
What was the major political consequence of the Cold War?
Basically its just a "contest" between America and Soviet Union.... they started a race to see who made the most weapons... but its crazy because a war never actually broke out!! Funny, huh?
^^That didn't really answer the question... war DID break out, in Vietnam, Korea, and Afghanistan, all "proxy wars" of the cold war between the USSR and the USA. But the political impact was that it lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was communist, and became democratic post-cold war.
Did the US and a coalition of nations join to fight the gulf war?
There were three gulf wars in the 20th and 21st centuries:
1. Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988
2. Operation Desert Storm Jan/Feb '91
3. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-
Assuming that you are talking about #2, the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991, the US led the UN coalition in order to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.
Are there any statistics on Friendly Fire in Iraq War?
This site --->
http://members.aol.com/amerwar/ff/ff.htm
lists American ff casualties at 18%
If 406,000 Americans were killed, that places the friendly fire death toll at roughly 78,000.
And sixty years later the problem still happens with a lack of proper fire control by US troops.
Example the 4 dead and 8 wounded Canadian soldiers who were bombed by the USAF in 2001, in Afghanistan. Two F16 pilots attacked the Canadians as they were conducting a live fire range exercise. The pilots claimed that they were "under fire" from the ground. The aircraft were flying at 20,000 feet, and the ground fire was at ground targets, with small arms weapons, not anti-aircraft missiles. No infantry weapon can reach 20,000 feet of altitude.
The AWACS controller told the F16's to "hold your fire" but they didn't listen, and four young Canadians died as a result.
Just one modern example of how dangerous it is to be near U.S. army troops when you are a "friendly force".
Hey Joey look I can edit this so that its factual information
There was a saying in WW2
When the Germans shoot, The British duck
When the British shoot, the Germans duck
When the Americans shoot, everybody ducks.
How many died in the Scud attacks on Israel in 1991?
Answer 1
The figures seem to indicate that 50 Scuds were fired at Israel. Patriot missiles engaged 47 of them, and 45 of those were intercepted. That means that two got through, plus the three that were not engaged for various reason for a total of five actual hits on Israel.
Answer 2
158 patriots were launched at Saudi Arabia and Israel.... It is currently thought that no Patriots intercepted any Scud...The success of the Patriot missile defence system was greatly exaggerated. G W bush senior was aware of this and blatantly lied to the U.S public and the world in general.... For more information see below.
Who helped the US in the gulf war?
The US, Israel, and North Korea supported Iran during the Iran-Iraq War in 1980-1988, in the Persian Gulf.
How many people were injured in the gulf war?
Which golf war? 1. Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988 2. Operation Desert Storm that lasted from January of 1991 thru parts of February of the same year...1991. 3. Operation Iraqi Freedom which started in 2003...
Why did the US give Saddam Hussein WMDs?
At the time, Iran was a bigger threat to the US, and giving Iran another strong enemy to worry about would help US in it's machinations against Iran.
Why didn't the US take Saddam out of power at desert storm?
First, that wasn't the mission. The UN only sanctioned a mission to dislodge Iraqi forces from Kuwait, not charging onto Baghdad and overthrow Saddam Hussein from power. The mission was a success and once the routed Iraqi forces crossed back to the Iraqi border from Kuwait after being expelled by U.S. and UN forces in February 1991, the mission was declared complete and a ceasefire agreement was signed between UN forces and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Since the 1991 Gulf War ceasefire agreement, the U.S. maintained presence in the Persian Gulf since to keep an eye out of Saddam Hussein's aggression. This include the Iraqi no-fly zones enforced by U.S. and British(along with France until they withdrew from the no-fly zone patrol in 1998) aircraft patrols to protect the Kurds in northern Iraq and Shia Muslims in the south from attacks by the Iraqi Air Force, the continuing UN economic sanctions against Iraq, ongoing UN inspections of Saddam's WMDs program, and so on.
Second, most of the U.S.-led Coalition agreed to a UN mission to rid Iraqi forces from Kuwait, not going onto Baghdad and remove Saddam from power. If George Bush Senior unilaterally exceeding the UN mandate to spread the war onto Baghdad and topple Saddam Hussein's regime, the coalition that he put up would have collapsed and the U.S. can be seen in the eyes of the international community as the aggressors. I don't think Bush Senior want to with that.
Third, George Bush Senior also said the reason why he didn't charge onto Baghdad and take out Saddam Hussein in 1991 because of geopolitical interests in Turkey, Syria, and Iran. As he mentioned in his 1998 book, "The Worlds Transformed", if he actually take Saddam Hussein out of power in Baghdad, Iraq would have plunged into a never ending tribal civil war between warring factions, destablized the region, stregetening Iran's influence, possibly leading to a pro-Iranian Shiite government, possibly cause Iraqi Kurdistan to be destabilized, make the Kurds in Turkey demand independence and start a war there with the help of Iraqi Kurdistan, and U.S. forces would be stuck in Iraq for years in an unwinnable guerrilla warfare with thousands of lives lost and trillions were sucked out from the U.S. of rebuilding the whole country of Iraq. So Bush Senior decide to let Saddam stay in power and keep in eyes of check of factions as well as watching out of Iran. Which i think it was the best political decision ever made by the first Bush administration.
Unlike George Bush Junior, he pretty much did in 2003 that meaning no coalition and went onto Iraq desipte the consequences Bush Senior made and cause the world to turn against the USA.
What was the reaction of the citizens of Kuwait to US involvement during the Persian gulf war?
they were happy to get some help in the conflict to fight of iraw. but there were alot of causlites both sides so they were also kind of sad about that. but i mean Iraq illigellay started a war and the international community (including Kuwait) assumed the UN/US would get involved in the conflict.
