In the darkness of Thursday, August 2, 1990, about 100,000 Iraqi troops crossed the border into their neighboring country Kuwait. When the soldiers marched across the boarder, it scared the small amounts of Kuwait’s boarder guards. The boarder guards were Kuwait’s only lines of defense against the strong Iraqi army. (Nardo, 28) The soldiers were

Bush did not stop with the pressure to try to get Saddam out of Kuwait. As a warning, he ordered aircraft carrier USS Independence to be sent to the Persian Gulf, followed by 8 other war ships. This made Saddam reply “We swear,” he threatened, “that we will make the Gulf a graveyard for those who think about committing aggression, starting with these cowardly, American navies!” (Nardo 31)

In the United States and in other countries, the people could not sleep. They sat at the TVs waiting to hear that that war was waged. They waited , but nothing had happened. The next day dragged on. Many people thought in was a bluff and nothing was going to happen, but shortly after 7:00 in the evening a news bulletin came. President Bush’s spokesmen, Marlin Fitzwater broke the news. Operation Desert Storm had begun.

When Saddam took over Kuwait he did not expect such a huge international crisis. His invasion made him look bad, especially to countries that supported him like United States, France, And the Soviet Union. In Saddam’s view he thought that leaving Kuwait would only hurt his image with the other Arab people. He said that backing down was cowardly and people would see him as a weak leader. He did not want people to see him as one because they thought him to be strong and would go against the odds. With this in his mind he again refused to leave Kuwait.

There was little resistance because night after night the Iraqis were huddled in little, dusty bunkers, because of the relentless bombing of the B-52s. The bombers would fly low and unleash their huge payload on the bunkers. With that at hand the Iraqi soldiers in the southern part of Kuwait surrendered to the Allied forces. There were more then five thousand Iraqi soldiers eager to surrender because of their little food and water.

The Israelis are known for their swift counterattacks, but they held back at the request of Bush. He thought if they did fight back then the Arabs would be upset and leaves the coalition. Bush convinced the president and said he would hunt down the Scuds and destroy them.

supported by thousands of tanks, armored transports, armored vehicles, and artillery pieces.

In a Radio broadcast on January 17, Saddam responded to the attack, it was not with military force but with a statement to the people. He waged war in words and threats. He called upon the Iraqis to fight back against the invaders. He said “The mother of all battles has begun.” He also branded President Bush “The Satan of the White House.”

While Baghdad was being pounded, the Apache Helicopters hover over the deserts of Kuwait looking for bunkers and troops with advanced lasers. When they found their targets, the Apaches would blow them away with the powerful 30mm cannon or powerful rockets. To the north B-52s rained terror on Saddam’s elite Republican Guards and blew up their underground bunkers.

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