Activity 13, The Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm
JANUARY 17
U.S. began the air war on targets in Iraq and Kuwait; Iraqi Scud missiles hit Israel.
JANUARY 19
Iraq deliberately created an oil spill in the Persian Gulf that grew to the largest on record.
JANUARY 23
U.S. bombs what Iraqis claimed was a baby-milk factory in Baghdad.
JANUARY 29
Iraqi troops attack Saudi Arabia and take town of Khafji.
JANUARY 31
Coalition forces retake Saudi town of Khafji.
FEBRUARY 13
314 Iraqi civilians die when U.S. Stealth fighters destroyed a Baghdad bomb shelter, believing that it was a command-and-control center.
FEBRUARY 15
Iraq announced it would withdraw from Kuwait if Israel withdraws for occupied Arab territory; Bush called the offer a "cruel hoax."
FEBRUARY 23
Bush's deadline for Iraqi to withdraw from Kuwait.
FEBRUARY 24
Allied ground assault began.
FEBRUARY 25
Debris from an Iraqi Scud missile killed 28 U.S. soldiers in barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
FEBRUARY 26
Hussein announced withdrawal from Kuwait.
FEBRUARY 27
Iraq accepted all U. N. Security Council Resolutions.
FEBRUARY 28
Iraq announced a cease fire and agreed to meet allied military leaders to arrange cease-fire terms.
MARCH 3
U. N. approved resolution backing Bush's insistence that allied troops remain in Iraq until Iraq has complied with cease-fire terms.
MARCH 4
Iraq accepted allied terms, including release of all allied prisoners; civil unrest spreads in Iraq.
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