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Saddam Hussein accuses Kuwait of overproducing oil and stealing oil from the Romailia Oil Field.
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April Glaspie, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, tells Saddam Hussien that the Iraq/Kuwait dispute is an Arab matter and does not affect the U.S.
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Iraq Invades Kuwait. President George H. W. Bush freezes the Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets. The UN calls for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait.
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UN imposes trade restrictions on Iraq.
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Saudi Arabia requests U.S. troops to defend a possible Iraqi attack.
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First U.S airforce fighter planes arive in Saudi Arabia.
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U.S. is concerned about an Iraqi attack on Israel if the war begins.
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President Bush desides to double the U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia.
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The UN Security Council athorizes forces Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait by midnight EST January 15, 1991.
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U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz meet Bush in Geneva. The meeting came to no resolution.
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U.S. Congress grants President Bush authority to use U.S. troops in offensive operations.
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The UN deadline for the Iraqi withdraw.
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Allied attack begins at 6:38pm, EST time.
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First Iraqi SCUD missiels strike Israel.
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President Bush gives a day warning, that Iraq must withdraw from Kuwait to avoid a ground war.
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The ground battle begins becuase Iraq did not listen to the U.S.
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Iraqis leave Kuwait City.
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Cease-fire takes effect.
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The Iraqi leaders accept the cease-fire order.
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35 POWs were released.