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a b c Paul W. Westermeyer (28 January – 1 February 1991). "The Battle of al-Khafji" (PDF). U.S. Marines in Battle.

Role of Kuwaiti Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf War". Country-data.com. 24 February 1991 . Retrieved 1 February 2011. Most GLA servicemen are young militiamen that haven't seen much action. Some servicemen are battle-hardened Huron veterans. Most Sergeants have seen action in Huron as well. GLA soldiers are part-time militiamen, most work other jobs on top of being a militiaman.

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Friedman, Thomas L. (11 January 1991). "CONFRONTATION IN THE GULF; As U.S. Officials See It, Hands of Aziz Were Tied". The New York Times. pp.A10 . Retrieved 30 September 2010. On 15 September, Dominic Raab released his statement. In it he advocated for a foreign policy that would shed the United Kingdom's "utopian idealism in favour of a more rugged internationalism". He argued for a deal that would target reducing carbon dioxide emissions within the top 20 carbon-emitting countries, for Britain to refocus its priorities in foreign conflicts to reflect its "interests and capabilities", for the strengthening of relations with the Commonwealth, for the United Kingdom to pursue a more relaxed relationship with the United States, and for it to seek a two-speed European Union. [5] Critical reception [ edit ] The role of Iraq's Scud missiles featured prominently in the war. Scud is a tactical ballistic missile that the Soviet Union developed and deployed among the forward deployed Soviet Army divisions in East Germany. [ citation needed]

After Saddam launched an invasion of his oil-rich neighbour, Kuwait, in 1990, US President George HW Bush, the younger Bush’s father, declared his intention to impose “liberal democracy” in Iraq, opening a floodgate for US neoconservative politicians who pushed for Saddam to be deposed. The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Kuwait War, First Iraq War, or Iraq War [24] [25] [26] [a] before the term "Iraq War" became identified instead with the 2003 Iraq War (also referred to in the U.S. as " Operation Iraqi Freedom"). [27] The war was named Umm al-Ma'arik ("mother of all battles") by Iraqi officials. [28] United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Refworld | Human Rights Watch World Report 1992 – Iraq and Occupied Kuwait". UNHCR . Retrieved 14 August 2013. The Use of Terror during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait". The Jewish Agency for Israel. Archived from the original on 24 January 2005 . Retrieved 22 June 2010.Many of the targets were chosen only secondarily to contribute to the military defeat of Iraq... Military planners hoped the bombing would amplify the economic and psychological impact of international sanctions on Iraqi society... They deliberately did great harm to Iraq's ability to support itself as an industrial society... [309] Kuwaiti aircraft scrambled to meet the invading force, but approximately 20% were lost or captured. A few combat sorties were flown against Iraqi ground forces. [68] Lion of Babylon main battle tanks, common Iraqi battle tank used in the Gulf War by the Iraqi Army. Two BBC journalists, John Simpson and Bob Simpson (no relation), defied their editors and remained in Baghdad to report on the war's progress. They were responsible for a report which included an "infamous cruise missile that travelled down a street and turned left at a traffic light." [340] Hindin R.; etal. (2005). "Teratogenicity of depleted uranium aerosols: A review from an epidemiological perspective". Environmental Health. 4 (1): 17. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-4-17. PMC 1242351. PMID 16124873.