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US launches Desert Shield, places troops Saudi Arabia
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The US led coalition of 34 nations launches operation desert storm to force Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait
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A ceasefire between the US and Iraq reaches to the end of Operation Desert Storm
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The US launches a cruise missile attack and destroys Iraq's intelligence headquarters in Baghdad in response for an attempt in assassination of president George H.W Bush 2 months before
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The US launches a cruise missile against Iraq air defense targets in the south
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Obama announces to end all combat operations in Iraq by August 31, 2010 and withdraw all troops by the end 2011
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The US completes withdrawal of all troops of Iraq