HISTORY 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gulf War Syndrome, Army Of The Guardians Of The Islamic Revolution, Peshmerga
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1st time reporters were embedded within us military squadrons (provided great coverage) The goal was to deny command & control and communications. Electrical infrastructure was targeted, bombed telephone exchanges. Telephone exchanges were all done by people, people died in the rubble. Plunged baghdad into darkness to prevent iraqi military to function efficiently. Civilian bombing lasted for months, even years. Us put a chlorine ban on iraq. As it could be made into poisonous gas. But it was vital for water purification. Us air force doesn"t think it needs the army. Convinced bush sr. that they could take out saddam from the air. They never did, could never find him. Iraq begins firing scud missiles at israel and then at saudi arabia. Iraq was punishing saudi arabia for letting the us use it as a standing ground. Us controlled iraqi air space at this point. Saddam seemed to put his money in tanks.
