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VIDEO IS PROBABLY FROM 1991 (note the jackets the Iraqis were wearing)

A little History...

The launch of Desert Storm, the allied military operation led by the United States to liberate Kuwait, was no surprise.

If the Iraqi army had not withdrawn from its southern neighbour by 15 January as demanded, a UN Security Council resolution authorised the use of force to reverse the invasion.

What came on the 16 January at 23:30 GMT was a devastating and sustained aerial bombardment involving cruise missiles launched from US warships and US, British and Saudi Arabian fighter planes, bombers and helicopters.

More than 1,000 sorties were flown in the first 24 hours of Desert Storm. The main targets were military, but Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, was heavily hit and there were many civilian casualties.

All over the world, television audiences were able to watch the war unfold on their television screens.

By the end of February, the Iraqi army had made a desperate retreat from Kuwait. A three-day land campaign ended on 27 February when US President George Bush declared victory.
202 posted on 04/04/2003 2:05:46 PM PST by stlnative (Were it not for the braveā€¦there'd be no land of the free.)
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To: brigette
oil trench fires were started three days before the bombing started !
204 posted on 04/04/2003 2:09:15 PM PST by 1poedpatriot
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To: brigette; GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
I just watched the vidoe of his walk in the streets again. It is bogus. The power is still on and the traffic lights are working. Obviously this is from 98 or 91.

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229 posted on 04/04/2003 3:28:13 PM PST by Beck_isright (If Susan Sarandon pooped in the woods, would ELF boycott her?)
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