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Persian Gulf War-the Feat of the Western Countries
Title: Persian Gulf War-the Feat of the Western Countries
Category: History
Details: Words: 1867 | Pages: 7.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Persian Gulf War-the Feat of the Western Countries
Persian Gulf War-the Feat of the Western Countries
On August 2nd, 1990 Iraqi military forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. The order was given by Iraqi dictatorial president Saddam Hussein. His aim was apparently to take control Kuwait’s oil reserves (despite its small size Kuwait is a huge oil producer; it has about 10 per cent of the world’s oil reserves ). Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates, of …showed first 75 words of 1867 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1867 total…Baghdad government was frustrating their attempts to monitor Iraqi compliance, and UN sanctions against Iraq were kept in place.
The following chart shows total equipment and casualties of the Gulf War. In addition, 300,000 Iraqi soldiers were wounded, 150,000 were deserted, and 60,000 were taken prisoner (an estimate of U. S. Defense Intelligence Agency). The United States suffered 148 killed in action, 458 wounded, and 11 female combat deaths. 121 were killed in nonhostile actions; they were mostly victims of friendly fire.
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