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The Persian Gulf War

The Persian Gulf War. Chris Wilson D period 4/25/08. Introduction . Persian Gulf War began on August 2,1990 It was a conflict between Iraq and 32 other nation including USA, Britain, Egypt, France, and Saudi Arabia, . Cause of why it happen.

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The Persian Gulf War

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  1. The Persian Gulf War Chris Wilson D period 4/25/08

  2. Introduction • Persian Gulf War began on August 2,1990 • It was a conflict between Iraq and 32 other nation including USA, Britain, Egypt, France, and Saudi Arabia,

  3. Cause of why it happen • Saddam accused Kuwait for drilling on there land so he called for an invasion. • UN security Council called for Iraq to withdraw and stop most trades there • Saddam Hussein refused so we went to war . • It was called Operation Desert Strom

  4. The Invasion • Us invaded shortly after midnight August 2. • US deployed 400,000 troops in Iraq and the other 32 nations sent 200,000 troops. • One of those nations was turkey who let us build air base on their land

  5. The Consequences • Saddam Hussein had second war that was worse then the first one • After the war thousand of American soldiers were infected by a unknown sickness that made them have abdominal

  6. How the war impacted US • It lowered oil • Military and civilians died during the war • Thousand of US troops got Gulf War syndrome (GWS)

  7. Quiz 1 What year did it start? 2 Why did it start? 3 How many US troops was deployed? 4 What day did we invade? 5 What time was when we invaded 6 What does GWS stand for 7 Who called for Iraq to withdraw 8 How many nation were fighting against Iraq 9. 10

  8. Bibliography • Frazer, Guy. Personal interview. 24 Apr. 2008. • “Gulf War.” wikipedia. 25 Apr. 2008 <http://http://en.wikipedia.org/‌wiki/‌Gulf_war>. • MSN encarta. 25 Apr. 2008 <http://encarta.msn.com/‌encnet/‌refpages/‌refarticle.aspx?refid=761551555>. • “The Persian Gulf War (Jan. 16, 1991–April 6, 1991).” info please. 25 Apr. 2008 <http://www.infoplease.com/‌ipa/‌A0001293.html>.

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