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