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Persian Gulf Start of War
Sudan Huessem accuses Kuwait of stealing oil from Iraq and threatens military action -
Iraq Invasion Kuwait
Iraq invades Kuwait and takes over oil fields, Kuwaite’s emir leaves. Iraq puts mass numbers of soldiers on Saudi Arabian border. UN demands Iraq to leave Kuwait -
Saudi Arabia calls for help
Saudi Arabia requests US soldiers to help defend possible Iraq attack -
US arrives
First US troops arrive in Saudi Arabia -
Holy War
Suddam Hussein declares a jihad/ holy war against US and Israel -
Blockade of Oil
US blockades Iraq's oil exports -
Foreign Help
Britain and France announce that they will send 10,000 troops to the Persian Gulf Coast -
Desert Storm
United States launches Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait -
First Attack on Israel
First missile strile on Isreal by Iraq -
Peak of War
500,000 US soldiers are in the Persian Gulf Coast -
Final Warning
President George HW Bush gives Iraq a 24 hour deal to leave Kuwait before ground forces will be used to take it back -
Iraq attacks US forces
Iraq launches missile at a US barrack in Saudi Arabia killing 25 -
Iraq withdrawls
Sudam Hussain declares that Iraq is withdrawling from Kuwait -
End of Desert Storm
President George HW Bush declares Kuwait liberated
