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- The Gulf war was a war between the 16th
- January to the 28th February 1991 between
- Iraq and a coalition of 28 nations led by the
- USA. (It is also another name for the
- Iran-Iraq War). The invasion and annexation
- of Kuwait by Iraq on the 2nd August 1990
- provoked a build-up of US troops in Saudi
- Arabia, eventually totalling over 500,000.
- The UK subsequently deployed 42,000 troops,
- France 15,000, Egypt 20,000, and other
- nations smaller contingents. An air
- offensive lasting six weeks, in which `smart'
- weapons came of age, destroyed about
- one-third of Iraqi equipment and inflicted
- massive casualties.
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- Subject by: Andrew Row
-