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Iraq War Iraq War
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Gulf War Gulf War
Gulf War (January 16, 1991–February 28, 1991) Military action by a US-led coalition of 32 states to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait (August 2, 1990) and claimed it as an Iraqi province. On August 7, 1990, Operation Desert Shield began a mass deployment of... Read more
gulf gulf
gulf Gulf War the war of January and February 1991 in which an international coalition of forces assembled in Saudi Arabia under the auspices of the United Nations forced the withdrawal of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which they had invaded and occupied in August 1990.Gulf War... Read more
Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein , 1937-2006, Iraqi political leader. A member of the Ba'ath party , he fled Iraq after participating (1959) in an assassination attempt on the country's prime minister; in Egypt he attended law school. Returning to Iraq in 1963 after the Ba'athists briefly came to power, he played a... Read more
Persian Gulf War Persian Gulf War
Persian Gulf War ¦ JUDSON KNIGHT The Persian Gulf War, in which a coalition led by the United States drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait in early 1991, was one of the most successful campaigns in history. At a cost of less than 300 Allied lives, coalition troops, whose... Read more
B-52 B-52
B-52 The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a bomber made for missions of extraordinarily long range. During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, it flew the longest strike mission in history, taking off from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, flying to Iraq and launching its... Read more
conscientious objector conscientious objector
conscientious objector person who, on the grounds of conscience, resists the authority of the state to compel military service. Such resistance, emerging in time of war, may be based on membership in a pacifistic religious sect, such as the Society of Friends (Quakers), the Dukhobors , or ... Read more
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pacifism advocacy of opposition to war through individual or collective action against militarism. Although complete, enduring peace is the goal of all pacifism, the methods of achieving it differ. Some groups oppose international war but advocate revolution for suppressed nationalities; others are... Read more
Ramat Gan Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan , city (1994 pop. 122,200), W central Israel, adjacent to Tel Aviv. Founded in 1921, Ramat Gan is an important industrial center. Food processing is the chief industry; construction materials are also made there. Diamonds are processed on the city's outskirts. Bar Ilan Univ. and a... Read more
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan , 1917-80, Pakistani general and president (1969-71). He fought with the British in World War II, and rose through the Pakistan army following independence, becoming chief of the general staff (1957-62) and helping to bring General Ayub Khan to power. Yahya Khan performed... Read more

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Producing victory: a 2007 postscript for implementation.
Magazine article from: Military Review ...an Operation Iraqi Freedom II product...key principles based on those experiences...portray the problem as insurgency...level civil war, the antidote...force. The Iraqi Government needs...support of the Iraqi ...
Iraq opens doors to foreign investors
Newspaper article from: The Columbian (Vancouver, WA) ...of economic decay under Saddam...ownership of Iraqi firms, except...to "promote Iraqi economic growth and...standards of all Iraqis as soon as...a "strong economic foundation...S.-led war, ...
Iraq to Open Most of Economy to Investors
News Wire article from: AP Online ...of economic decay under Saddam...ownership of Iraqi firms, except...to "promote Iraqi economic growth and...standards of all Iraqis as soon as...a "strong economic foundation...S.-led war, ...
Iraq to open all sectors of economy except oil to foreign investors, finance...
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream ...decades of economic decay under Saddam...promote Iraqi economic growth and...standards of all Iraqis as soon as...strong economic foundation...S.-led war, al-Gailani...source of our problems ...
Rebuilding needs, here and there.(COMMENTARY)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) ...successfully nurtures a new Iraqi democracy to viability...transport even to pre-war levels. To paraphrase...domestic infrastructure problems are a lot more urgent...democratize 25 million Iraqis. For the most part...raised the social, ...

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