Iraq WarOperation: Desert Storm

By: Brandon Farah

The road to war

• Iran Iraq war.• Kuwait over-stepping oil quota• Iraq planned invasion for oil fields• Captured oil fields

SCUD missiles

• Originally a Soviet SRM• Modified and renamed• Scud B in various places

in Iraq

Reactions

• Americans immediately chose to protect Kuwait

• UN resolution imposing trade embargo• Peacekeeping force sent out to back U.S.• “Defend Saudi Arabia and any friendly states”

Building a Coalition

• Saudi Arabian and U.S. Forces

Problems

• Had to end the conflict by Ramadan• Unable to understand the natives

Desert Shield

• First half of Desert Storm• Air assault on SCUD missile sites• Elite agents perform recon• SAS 101st Airborne destroy some SCUDs

Operation Desert Saber

• Ground assault of the war

After affects of the War

• “We have finally shaken off Vietnam Curse.”

• “Iraq staved off invasion and maintained its Pol. System”

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Sources

• Pictures from google.com• Quote 1 • Quote 2• Quote 3 from

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/desert_storm.htm