Thirty-two countries formed a coalition to drive Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces ... Iraq released millions of barrels of oil into the Persian Gulf. The spill covered an area 100 miles by 40 miles ...

When the Gulf War ended, the United States government believed the Iraqis would quickly overthrow Saddam Hussein. But nine years later, he still rules Iraq. FRONTLINE investigates Saddam's ...

Students will understand the decisionmaking process and policy choices made by both the Coalition and by the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein in going to war in the Gulf to secure their perceived ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: As with any counterfactual, it’s difficult to grapple with the full implications of the death of Saddam Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War. A successful..

While the Coalition side of the 1990-1991 Gulf War ... the "100 Hour War." This is particularly valuable when the Iraqi slant on some of the events and operations is compared to the American and ...

A decade later, the U.S. initiated the first Gulf War ... an unchecked Saddam Hussein would be able to “cause a worldwide economic crisis.” Yet the advocates of war for oil have never ...

And the Iraqi variant of the Scud, the Al-Hussein ... these attacks by Saddam that brought the Scud missile system into the American public’s attention. During the Gulf War, Iraq fired around ...

a reminder of the 700 Kuwaiti oil wells set ablaze by retreating Iraqi forces during the Gulf War, causing significant ...

Gulf 1990 Gulf 1990 describes the initial assault of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi troops against Kuwait, and the following options that follow. Irak may play for time, or else invade immediately after ...

The rigor he displays in it wouldn’t have mattered, nor his analytical modesty, nor his unambiguous and appropriate distaste for Saddam ... the Gulf War in January 1991, Coll concludes, Hussein ...

When former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone visited Iraq during the Persian Gulf crisis in 1990, he spoke frankly with Iraqi President Saddam ... Hussein, “The possibility of the outbreak of ...