Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict
Musings On Iraq review Crusade, The Untold Story Of The Persian Gulf War
Musings On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 1: The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Shield 1990-1991
Musings On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 2: Operation Desert Storm and the Coalition Liberation of Kuwait 1991
Musings On Iraq review F-15C Eagle vs MiG-23/25, Iraq 1991
Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq
Musings On Iraq review In The Claws Of The Tomcat: US Navy F-14 Tomcats In Air Combat Against Iran And Iraq, 1987-2000
Musings On Iraq review Invisible War, The United States And The Iraq Sanctions
Musings On Iraq review the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Religion, Identity and Otherness in the Analysis of War and Conflict
Musings On Iraq review M1 Abrams vs T-72 Ural, Operation Desert Storm 1991
Musings On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein
Musings On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes, The Inner Workings of a Tyrant’s Regime 1978-2001
Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents
Musings On Iraq Review The Weight of a Mustard Seed, The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny
1990
Aug 2 Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait started with special forces flying into Kuwait city in
helicopters Iraq didn’t have night vision goggles or experience flying in dark Around 40 helicopters crashed as a result
Aug 2 Saddam invaded Kuwait originally claiming there was a coup and emir called on
Iraq for help Then changed story to Provisional Free Kuwait govt asked for help against ruling Sabah family
(Musings On Iraq review the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait)
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 1)
(Musings On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
(Musings On Iraq review Unholy Babylon, The Secret History of Saddam’s War)
(Musings On Iraq Review The Weight of a Mustard Seed, The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny)
Aug 2 Iraq said it would only be in Kuwait for days-weeks until Provisional
Free Kuwait Govt asked it to leave
Aug 2 Iraq accused Kuwait of being involved in foreign and Zionist plots
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq in Wartime, Soldiering, Martyrdom, and Remembrance)
Aug 2 Foreign Min Tariq Aziz called in ambassadors from US USSR UK France China Told
them talks with Kuwait failed Iraqi troops entered Kuwait at request of Kuwaitis Said would withdraw when new govt set up
Aug 2 Most of Arab world did not report on Iraq’s Kuwait invasion until 2 days
later
Aug 2 Kuwait’s ruling Sabah family tipped off about invasion U.S. flew them to Bahrain
and then Saudi Arabia Called for resistance against the Iraqis
Aug 2 Iraq could not find any credible Kuwaitis to establish a provisional govt to run
country for it
Aug 2 Iraq banned foreign travel for its nationals
Aug 2 Bush NSC meeting focused on how Iraq invasion of Kuwait would allow
Baghdad to control oil market Wondered if Iraq would invade Saudi Arabia to seize its oil Administration made no decision on what overall policy to take Did decide to go to UN gain international support impose sanctions
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
Aug 2 National Security Adviser Scowcroft talked to Bush said he wanted to address
next NSC meeting and express steadfastly that US would not allow Kuwait invasion to stand Bush agreed Discussed using force to expel Iraq from Kuwait
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Aug 2 NSC’s Near East Dir Haas drafted memo on using sanctions and military
options to deal with Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
Aug 2 Bush met Thatcher who said Kuwait invasion couldn't stand and troops had to be
sent to Middle East Bush agreed Thatcher said that if Iraq’s aggression was allowed to stand no small country could ever feel safe
Aug 2 US stopped loan guarantees to Iraq due to Kuwait invasion Froze Iraqi and
Kuwait assets in US
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Aug 2 Bush told reporters he was not thinking of using force in response to Iraq’s
invasion of Kuwait
Aug 2 Joint Chiefs chairman Gen Powell told Gen Schwarkopf he thought US would
go to war over Saudi Arabia but not Kuwait
Aug 2 UN Resolution 660 demanded Iraq’s immediate withdrawal from Kuwait Said
Iraq and Kuwait had to use talks to resolve problems
Aug 2 Joint US-USSR statement condemned Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
Aug 2 King Hussein met with Mubarak Talked about face saving means for Iraq to withdraw
from Kuwait and
Aug 2 Mubarak wanted to keep Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait an Arab only affair Called other
regional leaders
Aug 2 King Fahd tried calling Saddam 5 times When Saddam finally answered said invasion
was not a big deal and not to worry Fahd called for Iraq to withdraw and offered talks
Aug 2 US Amb Pickering argued US needed to come up with broader policy to make sure Iraq
was no longer military threat to Middle East
Aug 3 2nd NSC meeting on Kuwait invasion Bush said he agreed with Thatcher that Iraq’s
actions could not stand and regional leaders were just talking about accepting the situation even though didn’t like it National Security Adviser Scowcroft said US would not accommodate Iraq Defense Secretary Cheney said Iraq was close to Saudi oil fields and if didn't take them would threaten them in the future Deputy Secretary of State Eagleburger said US couldn’t allow seizing countries in post-Cold War world Joint Chiefs head Powell said US could bomb Iraq or deploy troops to protect Saudi Arabia CIA Dir Webster said Iraq would invade Saudi Arabia Powell didn’t believe that Agreed force would be used if necessary and sanctions would probably fail Bush ordered CIA to come up with destabilization plan against Saddam
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Aug 3 Bush met Saudi Ambassador to US Bandar and convinced him to support US
troops being sent to his country
Aug 4 Bush met Kuwait emir Sabah and said US would free Kuwait and return emir
to power
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Aug 4 Joint statement by US and Soviet Union condemned Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
and called for withdrawal
Aug 4 White House went over military plans in response to Kuwait invasion Included
200,000-250,000 troops deploying to Saudi Arabia Preparations for offensive operations would take 8-12 months Bush said focus of the initial deployment was to protect Saudi Arabia
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
Aug 4 Bush said goal of deploying US forces to Persian Gulf was to protect Saudi Arabia
Aug 5 NSC meeting Sec State Baker said goal was to make Saddam pariah and topple him
from power through sanctions and covert action
Aug 5 Pres Bush said Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait would not stand
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Aug 5 Bush called King Fahd Sent Sec Def Cheney to convince king to allow U.S. troops to
deploy to Saudi Arabia
Aug 5 Saudi King asked for briefing on US military plans to respond to Kuwait
invasion Secretary of Defense Cheney went to get basing rights
Aug 5 NSC meeting Bush said that Kuwait problem wouldn’t be solved until Saddam
removed and defending Saudis and invading Kuwait two different things
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
Aug 5 Bush ordered CIA to come up with covert plan to overthrow Saddam
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
Aug 6 Bush said things would not be stable in world until Saddam was gone
Aug 6 US delegation convinced King Fahd to invite US troops to Saudi Arabia after
Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
Aug 6 Bush authorized Def Sec Cheney to start deploying troops to Saudi Arabia
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Aug 6 Bush met Thatcher Both agreed to confront Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
Aug 7 Bush announced Operation Desert Shield to deploy US troops to Saudi Arabia
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Aug 8 Iraq announced annexation of Kuwait Ali Hassan al-Majid made PM of Kuwait
Aug 8 Pres Bush said a line had been drawn in the sand at the Saudi-Kuwait border to
stop anymore Iraqi advances
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Aug 8 Gen Schwarzkopf ordered US Air Force to begin planning air operations against Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review Crusade, The Untold Story Of The Persian Gulf War)
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 2: Operation Desert Storm and the Coalition Liberation of Kuwait 1991)
Aug 9 US forces arrived in Saudi Arabia to protect it from Iraq after invasion of Kuwait
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 1)
Aug 9 Bush talked with Saudi King Fahed who said Saddam was crazy and conceited and
needed to be taught a lesson
Aug 10 Saddam speech called on Arabs and Muslims to rise up against the US in jihad
(Musings On Iraq review Saddam’s Word, Political Discourse In Iraq)
Aug 10 Gen Schwarzkopf approved US Air Force Instant Thunder that targeted Iraq’s oil
electricity communications along with Iraqi forces and defenses Air Force planners thought strategic bombing alone could defeat Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review Crusade, The Untold Story Of The Persian Gulf War)
Aug 18 Saddam’s son in law Hussein Kamel met with nuclear scientist Jafar Told him with war
pending with US Iraq needed crash program to enrich uranium and make nuclear bomb Wanted it finished by Feby 91
Aug 20 NSD 45 signed saying U.S. would get withdrawal of Iraq from Kuwait restore
Kuwaiti govt restore security of Gulf protect U.S. citizens in Kuwait and Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
Sep 3 Defense Secretary Cheney told Senate Armed Services Committee White House
didn’t need anymore congressional authorization to take action vs Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
Sep 9 Joint US-Soviet statement said that Iraq’s aggression in Kuwait would not stand
Sep 21 Revolutionary Command Council said it would not retreat from Kuwait and was
ready for mother of all battles
Sep 24 Joint Chiefs head Powell briefed Bush arguing for sanctions over war with Iraq
Bush said he had to take action
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Oct 6 CENTCOM cmdr Gen Schwarzkopf given first draft of Kuwait war plan He was
unhappy with it and asked for more options
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 2: Operation Desert Storm and the Coalition Liberation of Kuwait 1991)
Oct 10 CENTCOM presented war plans at Pentagon to expel Iraq from Kuwait
Oct 11 CENTCOM presented war plan to White House to expel Iraq from Kuwait Natl Sec Adv
Scowcroft asked why US planned frontal assault on Kuwait instead of flank attack After briefing Pentagon began planning for flank attack on Kuwait
Oct 11 Pres Bush decided to give up on sanctions and use force to expel Iraq from
Kuwait
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Oct 18 Bush told PM Thatcher US was talking about containing Iraq
Oct 29 Bush said US wouldn’t rule out use of force against Iraq for Kuwait invasion
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Oct 30 Meeting of Bush advisers on Kuwait National Security Adviser Scowcroft said US
policy at fork in road Could continue defense or go on offense against Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait Joint Chiefs head Gen Powell said Gen Schwarzkopf asked for troops for offensive operations against Iraq in Kuwait Defense Secretary Cheney said offensive action against Iraq should be on the table CIA said sanctions wouldn’t work
Oct 30 Bush decided to double number of US troops in Saudi Arabia Secretly approved air
war against Iraq to start Jan 90 followed by ground invasion Feb 90
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Nov 1 Bush authorized offensive planning and preparations for Gulf War
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
Nov 6 Secretary of State Baker convinced China to abstain in UN vote on resolution to
allow use of force against Iraq for Kuwait invasion
Nov 8 Bush ordered 150,000 troops to the Persian Gulf Would increase US presence to over
380,000
Nov 8 Bush asked if he would use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait Wouldn’t answer
the question Did say there would be enough US forces for offensive action
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Nov 8 Sec State Baker met Gorbachev to win support for UN use of force resolution against
Iraq Gorbachev believed only threat of force would make Iraq withdraw
Nov 23 Bush said Saudis Egypt Syria agreed on UN resolution to allow use of force vs
Iraq for invasion of Kuwait
Nov 27 Gorbachev gave up on diplomatic effort to defuse Kuwait crisis and backed use of
force against Iraq
Nov 29 UN Resolution 678 gave Iraq until 1/15/91 to withdraw from Kuwait
Dec 1 Saddam ordered deployment of Iraq’s biological weapons
Dec 6 Iraq began issuing passports for Iranians to visit Shiites shrines in Iraq
Dec 6 Iraq announced it would release foreign nationals it held since Kuwait invasion
Dec 15 Saddam told officials that US started war against Iraq in 1986 when it sold
weapons to Iran in Iran-Contra Affair
Dec 27 100 congressmen asked Bush to give Iraq sanctions chance to work
Dec 29 Joint Chief head Gen Powell told CENTCOM commander Gen Schwarzkopf to be
ready to start Gulf War by 1/17/91
1991
Jan 5 Bush letter to Saddam said that if Iraq used WMD there would be frightful
consequences
Jan 9 Secretary of State Baker met with Iraq Foreign Min Aziz and failed to end Kuwait
crisis Baker warned Aziz not to use WMD in upcoming Gulf War Baker thought Iraq didn’t believe US threats because believed US still stuck on Vietnam Bush sent Baker to Baghdad to convince people he was trying all options to end Kuwait crisis
Jan 9 Iraq said that if it was attacked it would strike Israel Iraq began dumping Kuwaiti oil
into Persian Gulf to emphasize what a disaster Gulf War would be
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq in Wartime, Soldiering, Martyrdom, and Remembrance)
Jan 9 Bush sent request to Congress to use force against Iraq in Kuwait
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
Jan 10 Congress began debate on Bush’s request to use force against Iraq in Kuwait
Jan 12 Bush administration authorized by Congress to use force to make Iraq
withdraw from Kuwait
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
Jan 13 UN Sec Gen deCuellar went to Baghdad to try to avert Gulf War
Jan 14 Saddam called on Iraqis to fight to the death to hold Kuwait
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
Jan 14 Intel chief Gen Samarrie told Saddam Iraq would be hard pressed in war Had bad
defensive positions and forces exposed Saddam said Iraq could take casualties and U.S. could not
Jan 15 UN deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait ended
Jan 15 Bush issued NSD 54 saying US wanted immediate withdrawal of Iraq from Kuwait
restore Kuwait govt protect Americans security in Persian Gulf Included defending Saudi Arabia stop Iraq from firing missiles destroy Iraq’s WMD and command and control destroy Republican Guard drive Iraq from Kuwait break will of Iraqi forces encourage defection of Iraqi forces weaken Iraqi public support for Saddam Said that if Iraq used WMD, supported terrorism against U.S. or destroyed Kuwait’s oil fields Saddam should be removed
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
Jan 15 Saddam added Allah Akbar to Iraqi flag
Jan 15 UK PM Major said Saddam might become a target of his own people
Jan 15 Gen Schwarzkopf briefed on latest air campaign against Iraq Was still focused upon
destroying Iraq’s infrastructure Schwarzkopf wanted it focused upon destroying Iraq’s ground forces
(Musings On Iraq review Crusade, The Untold Story Of The Persian Gulf War)
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 2: Operation Desert Storm and the Coalition Liberation of Kuwait 1991)
Jan 15 Saddam met Palestinians Told them he would lose upcoming war
Jan 15 15 Iraqi Sukhoi-24 fighter bombers armed with chemical bombs to attack Israel Never
given order for attack
Jan 16 Operation Desert Storm-Gulf War started to expel Iraq from Kuwait Coalition began
air campaign and missile strikes against Iraq Hit 45 targets in Baghdad Then SCUD missile sites in Anbar
(Musings On Iraq How The Gulf War Destroyed Iraq’s Electricity Network)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 2: Operation Desert Storm and the Coalition Liberation of Kuwait 1991)
Jan 16 Iraqi air force ordered to protect its planes and carry out limited offensive actions
Plans destroyed by Coalition bombing that controlled air
Jan 16 Iraqi air force told to cancel plan to attack Israel with chemical bombs
Jan 16 45 SCUD missiles and 3 shorter range rockets fired at Saudi Arabia
Jan 17 Saddam told advisers time to fire missiles at Israel to see whether it would fight
Iraq would then alternate between hitting Israel and Saudis 31 SCUDs and shorter range missiles fired at Saudi Arabia
Jan 17 US hit command bunkers in Baghdad hoping to kill Saddam
Jan 17 Iraq sabotaged 2 Kuwait oil fields Released oil into Gulf
Jan 17 Bush said US would destroy Iraq’s nuclear capabilities
Jan 18 13 SCUDs and shorter range missiles fired at Saudi Arabia 2 Al-Hussein missiles fired
at Tel Aviv where 22 injured
Jan 18 Iraqi terrorist tried to blow up US ambassador’s house in Indonesia in retaliation
for Gulf War
Jan 19 4 Al-Hussein missiles fired at Tel Aviv
Jan 19 Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim said that Supreme Council was against U.S.
aggression against Iraq over its Kuwait invasion
Jan 19 US 5th Special Forces Group entered Iraq to carry out covert ops behind Iraqi
Lines
Jan 19 Iraqi terrorist tried to bomb US Information Service HQ in Philippines in
retaliation for Gulf War
Jan 20 Saddam said Iraq’s army hadn’t started fighting but when it did Coalition would
suffer heavy casualties and leave
Jan 20 Iraq put 3 US 2 UK 1 Italian 1 Kuwait pilot on TV Talked about how tough Iraqi air
defense was Said they were against war
Jan 20 60 Minutes interviewed man said he was former Saddam bodyguard Said he planted
bomb on Def Min Khairallah’s helicopter that killed him in May 1989
Jan 20 2 Al-Hussein missiles fired at Saudi Arabia
Jan 20 State’s Eagleburger and Defen’se Wolfowitz went to Israel to assure it during start
of Gulf War
Jan 21 5 Al-Hussein missiles fired at Saudi Arabia
Jan 22 6 Al-Hussein missiles fired at Saudi Arabia 1 at Tel Aviv
Jan 22 Iraqi forces set fire to 700 Kuwaiti oil wells Coalition air strike destroyed pump that
was pumping Kuwaiti oil into Persian Gulf
Jan 23 Iraq dumped 400 mil gallons of oil into Persian Gulf to try to prevent
US retaking Kuwait
Jan 23 Bush said air strikes would destroy Iraq’s nuclear program
Jan 23 Coalition decided air campaign had to focus on Iraqi air shelters and destroy Iraqi air
force
Jan 23 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Israel 4 at Saudi Arabia
Jan 24 Iraq tried to bomb Saudi oil refinery but planes shot down by Saudis Only offensive
airstrike during war by Iraq
Jan 24 Mubarak said Saddam watched US debate on war on CNN Believed arguments meant
US would never go to war Mubarak warned Saddam US was going to war Saddam didn’t listen
Jun 24 CIA Dir Webster told US defense and national security officials Iraq’s WMD had to
be taken seriously
Jan 25 2 Al-Hussein missiles fired at Saudi Arabia 1 killed 30 injured 6 fired at Israel Killed 1
67 injured in Tel Aviv
Jan 26 Saddam lost confidence in Iraqi Air Force Ordered most of the fleet to be flown to
Iran in hopes that it could be saved and recovered later
(Musings On Iraq review F-15C Eagle vs MiG-23/25, Iraq 1991)
Jan 26 2 Al-Hussein missiles fired at Saudi Arabia 4 at Israel
Jan 28 Saddam told CNN Iraq would be admired for its fighting spirit Iraq could use WMD
but hoped it wouldn’t go that far Said Iraq would win war
(Musings On Iraq Origins Of Iraq’s WMD Programs)
Jan 28 Israelis briefed Def Sec Cheney on their plan to start ops in Anbar to find SCUD
missiles
Jan 28 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Saudi Arabia 1 at Tel Aviv
Jan 29 Iraq launched probing attack upon Saudi city of Khafji occupying it Supported by 3
deception attacks into Saudi Arabia Each moved several KM into Saudi Arabia but met no resistance and retreated
Jan 29 Coalition started probing attacks into Khafji Saudi Arabia to test Iraqi defenses
Jan 29 Report more than 100 German and western companies were providing nuclear know
how to Iraq right up to Jan 91 1980s German company built WMD plants Swedish Austrian Italian French companies helped with missile program Iraq worked with Argentina on long range missile with help from German companies
(Musings On Iraq Origins Of Iraq’s WMD Programs)
(Musings On Iraq When The World Remembered It Armed The New Hitler Saddam)
Jan 30 Saddam ordered Op Samarra hit and run air attacks on Coalition air force
Jan 30 400 US Special Forces were sent into western Iraq to try to find SCUD missiles
Jan 31 US and Saudis pushed Iraqi forces out of Saudi city of Khafji after 2 days of
Fighting
Jan 31 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Tel Aviv
Feb 2 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Tel Aviv
Feb 3 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Saudi Arabia 1 at Tel Aviv
Feb 4 Israeli PM Shamir sent letter to Bush Said if Iraqi attack caused large civilian
casualties or used WMD Israel would retaliate
Feb 5 Iraqis got first intelligence that US was moving forces west in Saudi Arabia Didn't
realize was going to be main attack in Gulf War
Feb 6 Jordan’s King Hussein condemned Saudis for letting Arab land be used to attack
Iraq
Feb 7 Sec State Baker told Senate US would not help with any rebuilding in Iraq as long as
Saddam in power
Feb 8 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Saudi Arabia
Feb 9 1st Cavalry Division made reconnaissance mission into Iraq to make sure
mechanized units could operate in Kuwaiti and Iraqi desert
Feb 9 Republican Guard ordered to take up defensive positions along Basra-Kuwait border
Feb 9 Soviet leader Gorbachev statement called for political settlement to Gulf War based
upon UN resolutions
Feb 9 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Tel Aviv 13 injured
Feb 10 Report Protest in Diwaniya against occupation of Kuwait 10 demonstrators killed by
Baath Party
Feb 11 Saddam speech said that Iraqis would be victorious in war and Bush humiliated
himself by attacking
Feb 11 Report Iraq bought $2 bil in weapons after end of Iran-Iraq War US encouraged allies
to sell weapons to Iraq German company sent technicians to help Iraq’s nuke program Germany also provided 90% of chemical weapons capabilities
(Musings On Iraq Origins Of Iraq’s WMD Programs)
(Musings On Iraq When The World Remembered It Armed The New Hitler Saddam)
Feb 11 Israeli Defense Min Arens presented Israel’s plans to Bush to send forces into
western Iraq to destroy SCUD missiles
Feb 11 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Tel Aviv 1 at Saudi Arabia
Feb 12 Russian PM Primakov went to Baghdad to try to arrange withdrawal from
Kuwait Warned that Iraqi forces would be wiped out Saddam demanded end of sanctions in return
Feb 12 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Tel Aviv 9 injured
Feb 13 Amiriya shelter in Baghdad bombed by U.S. during Gulf War 408 killed
Feb 14 During funeral for member of Hakim family anti-Saddam slogans chanted in
Najaf
Feb 14 Iraq said it would withdraw from Kuwait if Israel withdrew from Palestine sanctions
ended and Iraq’s foreign debt forgiven
Feb 15 Pres Bush called on Iraqi military and people to overthrow Saddam twice
(Musings On Iraq When The US Helped Start A Rebellion In Iraq That It Didn’t Want)
(Musings On Iraq interview with National Univ of Singapore’s Fanar Haddad on the impact of the 1991 uprising)
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
(Musings On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
Feb 15 US Task Force 1-41 first Coalition troops to cross into Iraq to carry out
reconnaissance and combat missions US 1st Cav Div launched probing attack into Iraq US Task Force 1-32 breached Iraqi defensive berm and entered Kuwait in deception attack to convince Iraq that invasion would come through Wadi Al-Batin
Feb 15 Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council said it was willing to discuss UN Resolution
660 including withdrawal from Kuwait
Feb 15 Radio Baghdad suggested Iraq willing to withdraw from Kuwait Bush called it a hoax
Feb 15 US pilot bombed Tarmiya nuclear facility by accident
Feb 16 US troops destroyed Iraqi radar facility while Apache helicopters conducted raid
in depth behind Iraqi lines in Iraq
Feb 16 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Saudi Arabia 4 at Israel including targeting nuclear facility
Feb 18 Foreign Min Tariq Aziz went to Moscow Gorbachev presented plan of ending threat to
Iraq ending sanctions dealing with Palestine if Iraq withdrew from Kuwait Plan not welcomed by Coalition Aziz accepted Soviets plan Iraq later said it would withdraw 2 days after ceasefire declared Demanded once 2/3 of Iraqi forces out of Kuwait sanctions would end and when all out all UN resolutions would end
Feb 18 Report 1986-91 US sold $1.5 bil in goods to Iraq Some went to WMD program
Pentagon stopped some dual use equipment from being sold US intel reported on German companies helping Iraq with WMD Reagan admin kept info quiet to support Iraq in Iran-Iraq War Fmr US amb to Iraq Wilsey created US-Iraq Business Forum in 1985 Lobbied Congress not to impose sanctions on Iraq for Halabja
(Musings On Iraq Origins Of Iraq’s WMD Programs)
(Musings On Iraq review Spider’s Web, The secret history of how the White House illegally armed Iraq)
Feb 19 US 1st Cav division launched probing attack into Kuwait to fool Iraq about where
real offensive would begin
Feb 19 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Tel Aviv
Feb 20 US 1st Cav Div launched large attack into Iraq Engaged 7 Iraqi divisions
to deceive Iraqis on where invasion would come from Then withdrew
Feb 20 Bush Admin Dep Press Sec said US never targeted Saddam Said supported integrity of
Iraq and did not want to see Iraq destroyed
Feb 21 Bush set deadline of 2/23/91 for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait
Feb 21 Foreign Minister Aziz went to Moscow Told Gorbachev Iraq wouldn't accept UN
resolution to recognize Kuwait independence and pay reparations
Feb 21 Russia announced proposal for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait in return for lifting of
sanctions US rejected offer
Feb 21 3 Al-Hussein missiles fired at Saudi Arabia
Feb 22 Iraq set Kuwait oil fields on fire Bush called Gorbachev Said his withdrawal plan for
Iraq was dead Said Saddam had plenty of time beforehand to comply with UN resolutions to leave Kuwait
Feb 22 Report Saudis tried to organize Iraqi exiles for post-Saddam Iraq US didn’t believe it
would work
Feb 22 Iraq fired missiles at Bahrain air base used by Coalition Missed
Feb 22 Marines began infiltrating into Kuwait
Feb 23 Iraq said it agreed to Soviet peace plan and would withdraw from Kuwait
unconditionally
Feb 23 UN Security Council met Western countries said they weren’t interested in Soviet
peace plan
Feb 23 Bush told Gen Schwarzkopf to expel Iraq from Kuwait
Feb 23 2 Al-Hussein missiles fired at Saudi Arabia 1 at Tel Aviv
Feb 24 US led Coalition attacked Iraqi ground forces to liberate Kuwait in Operation
Desert Saber Iraqi counterattack in Kuwait held Marines for short period but then air and helicopter attacks devastated Iraqi defenders Forced retreat
Feb 24 US 82nd Airborne dropped 100 km into southern Iraq to secure passes for advancing
US forces XVIII Corps began flanking attack into Iraqi forces
Feb 24 US-Saudi Voice of Free Iraq began broadcasting calling on Iraqis to rise up and
overthrow Saddam Allawi and Iraqi National Accord also part of radio station
(Musings On Iraq When The US Helped Start A Rebellion In Iraq That It Didn’t Want)
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
Feb 24 Saddam told aides that Coalition airpower would limit troop movement but Iraqi
soldiers were better because of experience in Iran-Iraq War Saddam and aides believe that U.S. casualties would lead to end of Gulf War
Feb 24 Undersec of State Kimmit said if Saddam still in power after Gulf War US would be
slow to lift sanctions because wanted to block Iraq rearming
Feb 24 3 Al-Hussein missiles fired at Saudi Arabia
Feb 25 Soviets offered another peace plan and Iraq accepted it
Feb 25 3 Al-Hussein missiles fired at Saudi Arabia 1 hit US army barracks in Dhahran killed 28
and wounded over 100
Feb 25 US and UK destroyed Iraqi 26th Inf Div and 52nd Arm Div routing Iraqi 7th Corps on
western flank Iraqi 12th Armored Div counterattacked in Kuwait Suffered heavy losses
Feb 25 3 Republican Guard divisions ordered to west flank to block Coalition VII Corps
(Musings On Iraq review M1 Abrams vs T-72 Ural, Operation Desert Storm 1991)
Feb 25 US Marine helicopters made attack upon Kuwaiti coast to tie down Iraqi forces
there
Feb 25 Iraqis made first counterattacks in Kuwait but were destroyed Ordered forces to retreat
from Kuwait City to Basra Radio Baghdad announced withdrawal from Kuwait and that it would follow UN Resolution 660
Feb 25 Coalition intercepted Iraqi withdrawal order Blocking force not in place to stop fleeing
Iraqis Ordered air strikes to destroy Iraqi forces
Feb 25 Secretary of State Baker National Security Adviser Scowcroft said if Saddam
remained in power UN sanctions would stay in place
(Musings On Iraq review Invisible War, The United States And The Iraq Sanctions)
Feb 26 Saddam said Iraq withdrawing from Kuwait Said was victory because Iraq stood up to
30 countries and Kuwait legally became part of Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 2: Operation Desert Storm and the Coalition Liberation of Kuwait 1991)
(Musings On Iraq Review The Weight of a Mustard Seed, The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny)
Feb 26 1 Al-Hussein missile fired at Qatar
Feb 26 Iraq’s Republican Guard Tawakalna Medina Hammurabi Divs set up blocking line to
Coalition forces coming from left flank US 3rd inf Div attacked 52nd Armored Div 17 Div Adnan and Tawakalna Divs which were overrun Medina Div and battalion from 14th Mechanized Div tried to protect retreating Iraqis but were wiped out
Feb 26 Battle of 73 Easting US 2nd Armored Cav Rgt fought Iraq Tawakalna Div By end of
day Tawakalna destroyed
(Musings On Iraq review Bradley vs BMP, Desert Storm 1991)
(Musings On Iraq review M1 Abrams vs T-72 Ural, Operation Desert Storm 1991)
Feb 26 Battle of Norfolk US 1st Armored Div UK 1st Armored Div destroyed Iraq 25th, 31st,
48th Divisions
Feb 26 US aircraft began attacking retreating Iraqi forces from Kuwait on Highway of Death
Feb 26 Joint Chiefs head Gen Powell told Gen Schwarzkopf political mood shifting on war
Schwarzkopf said he needed more time to achieve his goals which was destroyed Republican Guard
(Musings On Iraq review Crusade, The Untold Story Of The Persian Gulf War)
Feb 26 Iraq said it was willing to end annexation of Kuwait and pay reparations for a
ceasefire in Gulf War and end of sanctions
Feb 26 Bush admin officials said they wanted to keep sanctions on Iraq to provoke a coup
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
(Musings On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
(Musings On Iraq review Invisible War, The United States And The Iraq Sanctions)
Feb 27 Battle of Medina, Basra US 1st Armored Div and 3rd Inf Div defeated Iraq’s
Medina and Adnan Divs in largest tank battle of Gulf War
(Musings On Iraq review M1 Abrams vs T-72 Ural, Operation Desert Storm 1991)
Feb 27 Battle of Kuwait Airport US 1st Marine Div took airport
Feb 27 Pres Bush declared Kuwait liberated
Feb 27 Iraq’s Amb to UN Al-Anbari said Iraq would comply with all UN Resolutions and all
Iraqi forces out of Kuwait
Feb 27 Voice of Free Iraq radio station aired broadcast calling on Iraqis to rise up against
Saddam Was financed by US and Saudis
(Musings On Iraq When The US Helped Start A Rebellion In Iraq That It Didn’t Want)
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
(Musings On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
Feb 27 Bush offered ceasefire Iraq accepted it
(Musings On Iraq review Crusade, The Untold Story Of The Persian Gulf War)
Feb 28 Bush announced that Kuwait was liberated and Iraq defeated in Gulf War Started
ceasefire in war
(Musings On Iraq review Crusade, The Untold Story Of The Persian Gulf War)
Feb 28 Saddam said that Iraq had succeeded in defeating the United States
Feb 28 After Gulf War ceasefire Republican Guard Hammurabi Armored Div and other Iraqi
forces were retreating north and fired on US troops US fired back and destroyed 187 Iraqi vehicles and 400 trucks
Feb 28 Jalal Talabani tried to tell State Dept of impending Kurdish revolt but was turned
away
Feb 28 US Attorney Gen Thornburgh announced Op Desert Fraud 10 indicted for mail and
wire fraud involving more than $4 bil in loans to Iraq by Atlanta BNL bank
(Musings On Iraq review Spider’s Web, The secret history of how the White House illegally armed Iraq)
Mar 1 Pres Bush said that the Iraqi people should overthrow Saddam
(Musings On Iraq When The US Helped Start A Rebellion In Iraq That It Didn’t Want)
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
(Musings On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
Mar 2 US 24th Inf Div fought Hammurabi Div after fired upon as it fled north into Basra after
Gulf War ceasefire
Mar 2 UN Resolution 686 required Iraq to accept 12 previous UN resolutions on Kuwait
pay reparations end annexation of Kuwait release POWs return stolen property
Mar 2 Report UNICEF warned of cholera epidemic and malnutrition amongst Iraqi children
because of sanctions
(Musings On Iraq review Invisible War, The United States And The Iraq Sanctions)
Mar 3 Iraq signed ceasefire with US to end Gulf War
Mar 5 Iraq officially renounced annexation of Kuwait agreed to pay reparations and
return stolen property to Kuwait
Mar 10 US troops began withdrawing from Persian Gulf
Apr 2 UN Resolution 687 said Iraq had to agree to border with Kuwait peacekeeping
force along that border destroy its WMD and long range missiles allow international inspectors in to verify their destruction return stolen property pay reparations Until all of those were met sanctions would remain
(Musings On Iraq review Invisible War, The United States And The Iraq Sanctions)
(Musings On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
Apr 11 Cease fire between Iraq and Coalition went into effect
May 1 Saddam said that fighting spirit of Iraqis led Bush to call a cease-fire in Gulf War
1992
Feb 16 Defense Secretary Cheney said that if U.S. had overthrown Saddam would have to
decide what kind of govt to establish Would have been hard to capture Saddam How many casualties willing to take to accomplish that How many troops would have to stay in Iraq to keep govt going
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
Apr 13 Cheney said US didn’t overthrow Saddam in Gulf War because would be too difficult
to occupy Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
Apr 14 US forces started withdrawal from southern Iraq and Saudi Arabia
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