25 Years ago – 16th January 1991 – Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait
Twenty-five years ago, former President George H.W. Bush took to the airwaves to announce the launch of what is now known as Operation Desert Storm.
US-led military operation to drive Saddam Hussein’s forces out of Kuwait. “Just two hours ago, allied air forces began an attack on military targets in Iraq and Kuwait,” Bush said on the evening of January 16, 1991. “These attacks continue as I speak.” For five weeks, coalition forces bombarded Iraqi positions from the air and sea. When a ground invasion followed in February, it took only 100 hours to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
Operation Desert Storm marked a shift in how Americans experience combat when the US military deploys in far-flung countries.
For the first time, the beginning of a conflict played out on live TV, and viewers could “watch the war” from the comfort of home as it unfolded.
It was billed as a smashing success: an “accurate” bombing campaign, followed up by a swift, four-day ground assault that led to Iraq’s expulsion from Kuwait and a ceasefire.
Then again, how does one define success in Iraq? Coalition losses reached the hundreds, while Iraqi troop deaths reached into the tens of thousands, and another 2,000-plus civilians were killed.
The anniversary of Operation Desert Storm is a reminder of the unfinished history of the United States at war in Iraq. After all, here we are 25 years later, still dropping bombs there.
Kuwait News
- Events in Kuwait
- LITEX (LXT) : All set to revolutionize micro-payments
- Kuwait launched “E-Driving licence system”
- Kuwait fights highly contagious virus – 77 affected in US Army at Camps
- ONTology Network ($ONT) – Building Trust among the trustless system
- First time in Kuwait, Jazeera Airways announced new Ride & Fly Shuttle service in Kuwait
- Huobi Token (HT) – A value added token with many faces
- Smart ‘driving licences’ to be issued in September
- Bulls will be back
- Tortured and sexually assaulted the Indian domestic
- Fine upto KD 6,000 to be imposed for incorrect or fake news
- Expat crossed the border by hiding himself in truck
- Expats above 65 yrs issuance, renewal and transfer of work permit to be barred
- Death to jail in minor rape
- Kuwait and Filipino in domestic helpers agreement
- Houbi Talk : Gain insights with rewards
- Kuwait provides jobs for illegal residents
- “Salem Al-Mubarak Street” going to be “Barayeh Salem”
- 17 years old arrested in Kuwait
- Deaf (woman) and dumb (man) arrested in Kuwait
- Banknotes printing machine , Kuwait
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