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The United Nations Security Council passes resolution 660, which condemned Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
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Iraq claimed that Kuwait was violating oil quota.The president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein invades
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King Fahd of Saudi Arabia meets with US secretary of defense, Richard Cheney, to request US military assistance.
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Just 2 days after Cheney and Fahd met, US troops started to arrive in Saudi Arabia.
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President Bush announces his decision to send an additional 200,000 US troops to the Persian Gulf.
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The UN security counsel passes Resolution 678.Resolution 678 established the deadline of January 15th, 1991, for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait.If Iraq failed to meet the deadline, members of the coalition army were authorized to use force.
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The US secretary of state, James Baker, meets with the Iraqi foreign minister Tarq Aziz in Geneva to try and reach an agreement to avoid war, but fail.
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Congress authorized president Bush to use force in order to liberate Kuwait
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The deadline set by the United Nations for Iraq to withdraw troops from Kuwait, but Iraq does not withdraw
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President Bush gives a planned and televised speech to the American people announcing the start of the war.
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Operation Desert Storm, a US led coalition air war against Iraq, begins.
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Iraq quickly realized there was very little hope of them winning the war so they began firing Scud Missiles, their last form of defense. The Scud Missiles were fired but failed to an significant damage, resulting in an even further weakened Iraqi army.
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President Bush sets a new deadline for Iraqi troops to withdraw. He states that if they fail to withdraw then they will face a ground war
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New deadline that Bush set for Iraq to withdraw, but Iraq refuses
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As Bush promised, on account of Iraq failing to withdraw, the US-led coalition army launched the ground war against Iraq.
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Coalition forces successfully liberated Kuwait City
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President Bush declares victory after only 43 days of fight.He then orders a cease-fire.