Gulf War re-cap

Since the war the Kurds have established a government in a northern area of Iraq and have been clashing with Saddam ever since. This allowed the Coalition to move up the coast and take over Kuwait City; the Coalition forces advanced deftly quick, thus forcing Thousands of Iraqi troops to surrender or desert (Leyden). ” (Johnson, Weigal 1991) Stated then Gen. Countries which contributed ships, air forces and medical units included Canada, Italy, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Czechoslovakia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Poland, and South Korea. In doing so, not only could we bring together the Coalition that would commit forces, but major powers such as China be committed. Iraq also threatened to use chemical and biological warfare (Thompson 1996). two distinct characteristics: one, the determination to be remembered in history, two, a certain vision of the future, Saddam wanted to have a unified Arab world with Baghdad as its center. The Iraqis suffered many more casualties. The second and third phase was combat and raiding strategies that would use standoff air power, close-in power, ground artillery and naval artillery. Using the following plans of attack:

1. Raiding Strategy – Hit-and-Run attacks” (Johnson, Weigal 1991). The Kuwaiti country was covered in spilled oil pools, 730 burning oil wells, and thousands of land mines (Bin, Hill, Jones, 1998). population opposed military action, many were concerned the military forces would suffer large amounts of casualties and said that the only reason for the invasion was a cheap oil supply. The only source of money would be to sell Iraq’s oil at high prices or to secure oil from another source, Kuwait.