"The mother of all battles": in the 1991 Persian Gulf war, a U.S.-led coalition ousted Iraq from Kuwait. But the conflict didn't end there. (times past).

From: New York Times Upfront | Date: March 28, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The U.S. Marines entering Kuwait City on February 27, 1991, didn't know what to expect. Kuwait had been overrun seven months earlier by Iraqi troops. Saddam Hussein's soldiers, some of whom had a formidable reputation, had looted and destroyed the capital, one of the Middle East's richest cities.

Now an American-led coalition had arrived, determined to free Kuwait. Out of the nation's wreckage, throngs of Kuwaitis sprang up to greet U.S. soldiers as liberators. Marine Gen. Walt Boomer recalled:

They came down to the side of the road by the thousands and they had Kuwaiti ...

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