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unusual facts about Persian Gulf War



Ambrose I. Lane Sr.

He used his vast knowledge of law and people to co-anchored gavel-to-gavel coverage of U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings and Pacifica’s daily national six weeks live coverage of the Persian Gulf War.

American Terrorist

American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & The Oklahoma City Bombing (2001) is a book by Buffalo, New York journalists Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck that chronicles the life of Timothy McVeigh from his childhood in Pendleton, New York, to his military experiences in the Persian Gulf War, to his preparations for and carrying out of the Oklahoma City bombing, to his trial and death row experience.

Bahrain Defence Force

Bahrain, in conjunction with its GCC partners has moved to upgrade its defenses in response to the threat posed by the Iran-Iraq and Persian Gulf wars.

Battle of Medina

:For the decisive tank battle fought on 27 February 1991 during the Persian Gulf War see the Battle of Medina Ridge

Brian Christie

He was also in the anchor seat for the analysis and reporting of many significant breaking news stories including Hurricane Andrew, the O.J. Simpson Trial, the Persian Gulf War, and many other live national and international news events.

CFB Kingston

On September 1, 1988, the 1st Canadian Division Headquarters was established to serve as a staging base for the deployment of troops and materiel on active operations; in this role it supported Operation Friction which was Canada's support to the United Nations for the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

Charles Sheehan-Miles

He served in the United States Army in the 1991 Persian Gulf War as a tank crewman in the 24th Infantry Division and was decorated for valor for helping rescue fellow tank crewmen from a burning tank during the Battle of Rumaila.

Eric Crafton

He served as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy for four-and-a-half years and is a veteran of the Persian Gulf War.

John Muller

Shooting and editing his own stories in most cases, Muller got an immediate and intense education on military coverage as he reported on troop mobilizations from Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield during the raids in Panama and the Persian Gulf War.

Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar

During the Persian Gulf War it managed to score a few positive publicity notes for detecting early launches of Iraqi Scud missile attacks; years later, a USAF assessment would emerge revealing that oversights at the base were partly responsible for one of the worst disasters for Coalition forces during the war, on 26 February 1991 when an Iraqi Scud missile broke up above Dhahran and fell into a warehouse housing U.S. soldiers, killing 28 and injuring more than 100.

Leon Harris

In that position, he oversaw and negotiated international and domestic satellite services used to cover new events, including the Persian Gulf War and President Ronald Reagan and President George H.W. Bush's international trips and summits.

Marianna Hill

Hill is a cousin of the late American General H. Norman Schwarzkopf (retired), who served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in the Persian Gulf War in 1991, and of minimalist painter Heather Hutchison.

Najeen

Najeen is a loose collective of Iraqi actors, artists and filmmakers that formed in 1991 in the wake of the Persian Gulf War.

Nic Robertson

He first came to public attention when he stayed in Baghdad with Peter Arnett at the start of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

Ron Claiborne

He covered a wide variety of stories for ABC News, topics includes the legalization of gay marriages in Massachusetts; the Boston Catholic Church scandal in 2002; the Elian Gonzales custody battle; the Yugosalavia conflict in Belgrade; the Persian Gulf War and the both the 1992 and 2008 U.S. Presidential campaigns where he covered Senator John McCain's campaign.

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Further educational assistance acts were passed for the benefit of veterans of the Korean War, the Vietnam Era, the introduction of an "all-volunteer force" in the 1970s (following the end of conscription in the United States in 1973), the Persian Gulf War, and those who served following the attacks of September 11, 2001.


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21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force

In addition, it controlled the Operation Provide Comfort airlift missions to the Kurds following the Persian Gulf War, the Operation Provide Hope airlift in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and participated in Operation Restore Hope, the humanitarian airlift of food and supplies into Somalia.

Amiriyah shelter bombing

Charles E. Allen, the CIA's National Intelligence Officer for Warning supported the selection of bomb targets during the Persian Gulf War.

Authorization for Use of Military Force

Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 1991 authorizing the Persian Gulf War, also known as Operation Desert Storm: H.R.J. Res. 77

Battle of Phase Line Bullet

Atkinson, Rick: Crusade, The untold story of the Persian Gulf War. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.

Kuwaiti Navy

The signing of the KAA Protocols by the then respective heads of the Kuwaiti Naval Force and the Iraqi Navy was the first formal and successful maritime bilateral military agreement for the co-ordinated and de-conflicted use of the Khawr Abd Allah waterway since before the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

West Point Cemetery

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., commander of coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War.

ZSU-57-2

On 16 January 1991, during the First Persian Gulf War, Iraqi ZSU-57-2s shot down a Tornado GR1 strike aircraft during an attack by four British aircraft on the Iraqi Shaibah air base.