Transcript Persian Gulf War/ Operation Desert Storm

Persian Gulf War/
War in Iraq
Who is Saddam Hussein?
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Name means “one who confronts”
5th President of Iraq
Hated Kuwait for their wealth and oil rights
Revered by Iraqi’s
Captured and hanged
Persian Gulf War: Causes
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Iraq claims Kuwait is stealing oil from
Iraqi land: threatens war (July 1990)
Iraq invades Kuwait (August 2, 1990)
Iraq “annexes” Kuwait (August 8,
1990)
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International Response
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United Nations: Embargo placed on
Iraq (August 6, 1990)
Great Britain and France send 10,000
troops (September 1990)
UN sets deadline for Iraq to be out of
Kuwait by January 15, 1991
(December 1990)
Coalition Forces vs. Iraq
Number of
troops sent in
by country
United States Involvement
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Congress gives President Bush okay
to attack (January 12, 1991)
Operation Desert Storm Begins at 3am
(January 17, 1991)
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Around the clock air bombing of major
Iraqi cities
Ground Combat
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February 22, 1991: President Bush tells
Iraq if they don’t withdraw in 24 hrs,
ground combat will begin
Saddam’s response: “this will be the
mother of all battles”
February 24: Ground combat begin
Fighting lasts 100
hours!!!!! Booyah!
February 26, 1991
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Hussein withdraws troops from Kuwait,
burning as they go
UN troops chase them out with bombs
Iraq bombs Kuwait oil fields
Iraq dumps oil into Gulf
Kuwait Liberated: Feb. 27, 1991
Gulf War’s Major Impact
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Iraq under restriction by the UN to
have “weapons inspections”
Iraq starts refusing these inspections
in 1998
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Cause: War IN Iraq in 2003
War in Iraq - Reason for war:
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US and Great Britain believe Iraq had
weapons of mass destruction
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Poison gas, biological weapons,
yellowcake uranium, anthrax
Weapons never found
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Officially begins on March 20, 2003
Goals of Invasion:
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End Saddam’s regime and war crimes
Destroy weapons of mass destruction
Eliminate Islamist militants
Distribute humanitarian aid
Assist in creating new government
Coalition forces take Baghdad
Joint Occupation Zones
Saddam Capture
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Saddam captured Dec 13, 2003 on a farm
by US troops
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Operation Red Dawn
2005 Iraq has first new government
elections
Saddam hanged on Dec 30, 2006 after
trial
Exit Strategy
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Iraqi’s want coalition forces out and
take total control
Obama promised troops would be out
by Aug 31, 2010