Desert Storm - Day 4

👉 Full Playlist https://rumble.com/playlists/UMVLarRxEEQ 👈👈👈👈👈 ********************* Pentagon Briefing with: - Pete Williams (Pentagon Spokesman) - Lt.General Thomas Kelly (US Army) - Rear Adm. John McConnell (US Navy) ******************************************* Overview 👉 Jan 16-91 CENTCOM announces 425,000 US troops in theater, supported by ground forces of 19 nations and naval efforts of 14 nations. First elements of USAFE Joint Task Force Headquarters deploy from Ramstein AB, Germany, to Incirlik AB, Turkey, and prepare to establish USAF’s first wartime composite wing. Seven B-52Gs, launching from Barksdale AFB, La., become first aircraft to take off on Desert Storm combat mission; BUFFs of 596th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, carry supersecret, never-before-used AGM-86C Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles. 👉 Jan 17-91 Coalition air forces launch Desert Storm at about 3 a.m. local time (7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Jan. 16). Barksdale B-52Gs arrive over Saudi Arabia, launch 35 CALCMs against high-value Iraqi targets, return to Barksdale, completing 14,000-mile, 35-hour nonstop mission-longest strike mission in history of aerial warfare. Coalition seeks to gain air superiority, destroy Iraq’s special weapons capability, disrupt command and control. USAF Capt. Jon Kelk of 33rd TFW (Eglin AFB) shoots down Iraqi MiG-29 at 3:10 a.m. in first air-to-air victory. Coalition forces fly more than 750 attack sorties from land bases during early morning and day. US Navy launches 228 combat sorties from six carriers in Red Sea and Arabian Gulf. Turkey approves USAF use of Incirlik and Turkish airspace to open northern front against Iraq. USAFE immediately deploys aircraft to Turkey. 👉 Jan 18-91 Iraq launches Scud missiles against Israel, Saudi Arabia. Cheney activates CRAF Stage 2, raising total draw from airlines to 79 passenger aircraft and 108 civilian cargo aircraft. Navy Lt. Jeffrey Zaun captured after his A-6E is shot down. 👉 Jan 19-91 Two F-16Cs from 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Torrejon AB) shot down by surface-to-air missiles; pilots taken prisoner. Three more Scuds hit Israel, injuring 10. Iraq parades seven coalition airmen on television. US delivers to Israel two batteries of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles and US Army personnel to operate them. Bush signs Executive Order 12743, allowing him to call to active duty Ready Reservists and to extend tour of duty from six months up to two years for 160,000 reservists already activated. 👉 Feb. 23 B-52s pound Iraqi positions. Iraqis set 100 more Kuwaiti oil wells on fire. Total of coalition attack sorties flown during air war reaches 94,000. Schwarzkopf determines attrition of Iraqi combat effectiveness is sufficient for successful ground offensive with few casualties. 👉 Feb. 24 G-Day. Coalition ground forces embark on what turns out to be 100-hour campaign. Tanks fitted with bulldozer blades punch holes in Iraqi defenses. Air war enters final phase—support for coalition ground forces. Schwarzkopf throws 100,000 troops into assault on Iraqi forces, which surrender in large numbers. Coalition attack sorties total 97,000. 👉 Feb. 25 Scud hits Dhahran barracks used by US Army Reservists, killing 28, wounding more than 100. Baghdad Radio airs Saddam order for Iraqi forces to withdraw from Kuwait. At least 517 oil wells in Kuwait on fire. US and French forces secure coalition western flank inside Iraq. US Army 101st Division moves north to An Nasiriyah on Euphrates River. US 24th Mechanized Infantry Division turns east to cut off possible Iraqi avenues of retreat north from Basra. US and British armored units move eastward toward Iraqi Republican Guards armored divisions along Kuwait­Iraq border. 👉 Feb. 26 “Mother of all retreats” features Iraqi soldiers attempting to escape envelopment of Kuwait. Thousands of military, civilian vehicles, loaded with looted goods, clog four-lane highway out of Kuwait City. Repeated air attacks destroy much of panicked army’s equipment. Coalition forces engage Republican Guards between Kuwait-­Iraq border and Basra. Other coalition forces seize Kuwait City and Al Jahrah. 👉 Feb. 27 Coalition liberates Kuwait City, envelops Iraqi forces. Coalition, Iraqi units fight largest tank battle since World War II Battle of Kursk between Germans and Soviets: Two Army divisions decimate two Republican Guard divisions. Two specially made 4,700-pound GBU-28 bombs destroy “impregnable” Iraqi command bunker at Al Taji. Coalition attack sorties reach one-day record of 3,500. Bush announces that coalition forces would suspend offensive operations the next day at 8 a.m. local time. Bush says Iraq must end military action, free all POWs, third country nationals, and Kuwaiti hostages, release remains of coalition forces killed in action, agree to comply with all UN resolutions, and reveal location of land and sea mines. 👉 Feb. 28 Fighting stops. Iraq agrees to observe cease-fire, attend military-to-military talks on cessation of hostilities. Coalition air forces fly 3,500 sorties, for total of 110,000. Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz notifies UN Security Council that Iraq accepts 12 UN resolutions dealing with invasion of Kuwait. DOD says coalition forces destroyed or rendered ineffective 42 Iraqi divisions, captured more than 50,000 Iraqi prisoners, destroyed or captured 3,000 of 4,030 tanks in southern Iraq and Kuwait, and destroyed or captured 962 of 2,870 armored vehicles, 1,005 of 3,110 artillery pieces, 103 of 639 aircraft (with another 100 or so in quarantine in Iran). Coalition forces continue to destroy captured and abandoned Iraqi armor and artillery. Coalition airplanes flew 110,000 sorties over Iraq and Kuwait, one-half of which were combat and one-half support (reconnaissance, air refueling, search and rescue, etc.) US casualties are reported as 79 killed in action, 212 wounded in action, 45 missing in action, nine POWs. (Casualties later revised to 613.) **************************************************************** I ripped this segment from an old VHS tape that I recorded from the live cable TV broadcast 30yrs ago. I left the commercials to retain the nostalgia. **************************************************************** 👉 Operation Desert Storm - The Beginning of the Gulf War. On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm —a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. For weeks, a U.S.-led coalition of two dozen nations had positioned more than 900,000 troops in the region, most stationed on the Saudi-Iraq border. A U.N.-declared deadline for withdrawal passed on January 15, with no action from Iraq, so coalition forces began a five-week bombardment of Iraqi command and control targets from air and sea. Despite widespread fears that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might order the use of chemical weapons, a ground invasion followed in February. Coalition forces swiftly drove Iraq from Kuwait, advancing into Iraq, and reaching a cease-fire within 100 hours—controversially leaving Saddam Hussein in power. While coalition casualties were in the hundreds, Iraqi losses numbered in the tens of thousands. Weapons of Mass Destruction? Chemical Weapons? **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from the Geneva Peace Conference that took place on Jab 09, 1991. __________________________ Geneva Peace Conference - George Bush - Jan 09 1991 https://rumble.com/v2iljf4 Geneva Peace Conference - Tariq Aziz - Jan 09 1991 https://rumble.com/v2ilds4 **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 2 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 17, 1991. It covers the Presidential and Pentagon Press Briefings that took place on the second day of Desert Storm. __________________________ Iraq War Day 2 - Pentagon Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991 (4:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2iltlu Iraq War Day 2 - George Bush Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991 (5:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2ilo9c Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 1/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3p9vis Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 2/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3pbpv4 Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 3/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3pbyuv Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (9:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k5gpi Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (10:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k5nn6 Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Israeli Ambassador to the US - Jan17-91 (10:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k65is Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Chemical Weapons "Expert" - Jan17-91 (11:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sf9z5 Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Israeli Ambassador to UN - Jan17-91 (11:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sf3kq Vintage CNN - War in the Gulf - Weapons of Mass Destruction - Jan 17 1991 https://rumble.com/v2hkkvq **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 3 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 18, 1991. __________________________ Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 Netanyahu - Jan18-91 (12:00AM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sggit Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (6:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e8h6u Iraq War Day 3 - Crossfire - Jan18-91 (7:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e5vjv Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 CNN Reporters "Escape" Iraq (Pt1) -Jan18-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e83yg Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 CNN Reporters "Escape" Iraq (Pt2) -Jan18-91 (8:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e8acz Iraq War Day 3 - Larry King Live - Jan18-91 (9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2vc1kd Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2uvrmn Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2uvtcv **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 4 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 19, 1991. __________________________ Iraq War Day 4 - Patriot Missiles Arrive in Israel (4:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3glpbw Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (5:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3gm51q Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (6:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3i2ysa Iraq War Day 4 - Newsmaker Saturday - Live 👉 Netanyahu - Jan19-91 (6:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3gnrq6 Iraq War Day 4 - The Capital Gang - Jan19-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3i3ar6 **************************************************************************** 👉🆕 CNN footage from Day 41 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Feb 26, 1991. Day three of the ground assault into Kuwait. __________________________ Iraq War Day 41 - Crossfire - Feb26-91 (7:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5alr31 Iraq War Day 41 - News Hour - Feb26-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5bg2vx Iraq War Day 41 - News Hour - Feb26-91 (8:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5c2ehx Iraq War Day 41 - Larry King Live - Feb26-91 (9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5bb8s9 **************************************************************************** Vintage CNN, Desert Storm, Gulf War, Saddam Hussein, Chemical Weapons, WMD, Scud Missiles, Hezbollah, Hamas

👉 Full Playlist https://rumble.com/playlists/UMVLarRxEEQ 👈👈👈👈👈 Overview 👉 Jan 16-91 CENTCOM announces 425,000 US troops in theater, supported by ground forces of 19 nations and naval efforts of 14 nations. First elements of USAFE Joint Task Force Headquarters deploy from Ramstein AB, Germany, to Incirlik AB, Turkey, and prepare to establish USAF’s first wartime composite wing. Seven B-52Gs, launching from Barksdale AFB, La., become first aircraft to take off on Desert Storm combat mission; BUFFs of 596th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, carry supersecret, never-before-used AGM-86C Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles. 👉 Jan 17-91 Coalition air forces launch Desert Storm at about 3 a.m. local time (7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Jan. 16). Barksdale B-52Gs arrive over Saudi Arabia, launch 35 CALCMs against high-value Iraqi targets, return to Barksdale, completing 14,000-mile, 35-hour nonstop mission-longest strike mission in history of aerial warfare. Coalition seeks to gain air superiority, destroy Iraq’s special weapons capability, disrupt command and control. USAF Capt. Jon Kelk of 33rd TFW (Eglin AFB) shoots down Iraqi MiG-29 at 3:10 a.m. in first air-to-air victory. Coalition forces fly more than 750 attack sorties from land bases during early morning and day. US Navy launches 228 combat sorties from six carriers in Red Sea and Arabian Gulf. Turkey approves USAF use of Incirlik and Turkish airspace to open northern front against Iraq. USAFE immediately deploys aircraft to Turkey. 👉 Jan 18-91 Iraq launches Scud missiles against Israel, Saudi Arabia. Cheney activates CRAF Stage 2, raising total draw from airlines to 79 passenger aircraft and 108 civilian cargo aircraft. Navy Lt. Jeffrey Zaun captured after his A-6E is shot down. 👉 Jan 19-91 Two F-16Cs from 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Torrejon AB) shot down by surface-to-air missiles; pilots taken prisoner. Three more Scuds hit Israel, injuring 10. Iraq parades seven coalition airmen on television. US delivers to Israel two batteries of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles and US Army personnel to operate them. Bush signs Executive Order 12743, allowing him to call to active duty Ready Reservists and to extend tour of duty from six months up to two years for 160,000 reservists already activated. 👉 Feb. 23 B-52s pound Iraqi positions. Iraqis set 100 more Kuwaiti oil wells on fire. Total of coalition attack sorties flown during air war reaches 94,000. Schwarzkopf determines attrition of Iraqi combat effectiveness is sufficient for successful ground offensive with few casualties. 👉 Feb. 24 G-Day. Coalition ground forces embark on what turns out to be 100-hour campaign. Tanks fitted with bulldozer blades punch holes in Iraqi defenses. Air war enters final phase—support for coalition ground forces. Schwarzkopf throws 100,000 troops into assault on Iraqi forces, which surrender in large numbers. Coalition attack sorties total 97,000. 👉 Feb. 25 Scud hits Dhahran barracks used by US Army Reservists, killing 28, wounding more than 100. Baghdad Radio airs Saddam order for Iraqi forces to withdraw from Kuwait. At least 517 oil wells in Kuwait on fire. US and French forces secure coalition western flank inside Iraq. US Army 101st Division moves north to An Nasiriyah on Euphrates River. US 24th Mechanized Infantry Division turns east to cut off possible Iraqi avenues of retreat north from Basra. US and British armored units move eastward toward Iraqi Republican Guards armored divisions along Kuwait­Iraq border. 👉 Feb. 26 “Mother of all retreats” features Iraqi soldiers attempting to escape envelopment of Kuwait. Thousands of military, civilian vehicles, loaded with looted goods, clog four-lane highway out of Kuwait City. Repeated air attacks destroy much of panicked army’s equipment. Coalition forces engage Republican Guards between Kuwait-­Iraq border and Basra. Other coalition forces seize Kuwait City and Al Jahrah. 👉 Feb. 27 Coalition liberates Kuwait City, envelops Iraqi forces. Coalition, Iraqi units fight largest tank battle since World War II Battle of Kursk between Germans and Soviets: Two Army divisions decimate two Republican Guard divisions. Two specially made 4,700-pound GBU-28 bombs destroy “impregnable” Iraqi command bunker at Al Taji. Coalition attack sorties reach one-day record of 3,500. Bush announces that coalition forces would suspend offensive operations the next day at 8 a.m. local time. Bush says Iraq must end military action, free all POWs, third country nationals, and Kuwaiti hostages, release remains of coalition forces killed in action, agree to comply with all UN resolutions, and reveal location of land and sea mines. 👉 Feb. 28 Fighting stops. Iraq agrees to observe cease-fire, attend military-to-military talks on cessation of hostilities. Coalition air forces fly 3,500 sorties, for total of 110,000. Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz notifies UN Security Council that Iraq accepts 12 UN resolutions dealing with invasion of Kuwait. DOD says coalition forces destroyed or rendered ineffective 42 Iraqi divisions, captured more than 50,000 Iraqi prisoners, destroyed or captured 3,000 of 4,030 tanks in southern Iraq and Kuwait, and destroyed or captured 962 of 2,870 armored vehicles, 1,005 of 3,110 artillery pieces, 103 of 639 aircraft (with another 100 or so in quarantine in Iran). Coalition forces continue to destroy captured and abandoned Iraqi armor and artillery. Coalition airplanes flew 110,000 sorties over Iraq and Kuwait, one-half of which were combat and one-half support (reconnaissance, air refueling, search and rescue, etc.) US casualties are reported as 79 killed in action, 212 wounded in action, 45 missing in action, nine POWs. (Casualties later revised to 613.) **************************************************************** I ripped this segment from an old VHS tape that I recorded from the live cable TV broadcast 30yrs ago. I left the commercials to retain the nostalgia. **************************************************************** 👉 Operation Desert Storm - The Beginning of the Gulf War. On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm —a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. For weeks, a U.S.-led coalition of two dozen nations had positioned more than 900,000 troops in the region, most stationed on the Saudi-Iraq border. A U.N.-declared deadline for withdrawal passed on January 15, with no action from Iraq, so coalition forces began a five-week bombardment of Iraqi command and control targets from air and sea. Despite widespread fears that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might order the use of chemical weapons, a ground invasion followed in February. Coalition forces swiftly drove Iraq from Kuwait, advancing into Iraq, and reaching a cease-fire within 100 hours—controversially leaving Saddam Hussein in power. While coalition casualties were in the hundreds, Iraqi losses numbered in the tens of thousands. Weapons of Mass Destruction? Chemical Weapons? **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from the Geneva Peace Conference that took place on Jab 09, 1991. __________________________ Geneva Peace Conference - George Bush - Jan 09 1991 https://rumble.com/v2iljf4 Geneva Peace Conference - Tariq Aziz - Jan 09 1991 https://rumble.com/v2ilds4 **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 2 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 17, 1991. It covers the Presidential and Pentagon Press Briefings that took place on the second day of Desert Storm. __________________________ Iraq War Day 2 - Pentagon Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991 (4:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2iltlu Iraq War Day 2 - George Bush Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991 (5:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2ilo9c Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 1/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3p9vis Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 2/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3pbpv4 Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 3/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3pbyuv Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (9:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k5gpi Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (10:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k5nn6 Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Israeli Ambassador to the US - Jan17-91 (10:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k65is Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Chemical Weapons "Expert" - Jan17-91 (11:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sf9z5 Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Israeli Ambassador to UN - Jan17-91 (11:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sf3kq Vintage CNN - War in the Gulf - Weapons of Mass Destruction - Jan 17 1991 https://rumble.com/v2hkkvq **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 3 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 18, 1991. __________________________ Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 Netanyahu - Jan18-91 (12:00AM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sggit Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (6:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e8h6u Iraq War Day 3 - Crossfire - Jan18-91 (7:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e5vjv Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 CNN Reporters "Escape" Iraq (Pt1) -Jan18-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e83yg Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 CNN Reporters "Escape" Iraq (Pt2) -Jan18-91 (8:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e8acz Iraq War Day 3 - Larry King Live - Jan18-91 (9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2vc1kd Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2uvrmn Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2uvtcv **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 4 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 19, 1991. __________________________ Iraq War Day 4 - Patriot Missiles Arrive in Israel (4:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3glpbw Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (5:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3gm51q Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (6:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3i2ysa Iraq War Day 4 - Newsmaker Saturday - Live 👉 Netanyahu - Jan19-91 (6:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3gnrq6 Iraq War Day 4 - The Capital Gang - Jan19-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3i3ar6 **************************************************************************** 👉🆕 CNN footage from Day 41 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Feb 26, 1991. Day three of the ground assault into Kuwait. __________________________ Iraq War Day 41 - Crossfire - Feb26-91 (7:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5alr31 Iraq War Day 41 - News Hour - Feb26-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5bg2vx Iraq War Day 41 - News Hour - Feb26-91 (8:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5c2ehx Iraq War Day 41 - Larry King Live - Feb26-91 (9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5bb8s9 **************************************************************************** Vintage CNN, Desert Storm, Gulf War, Saddam Hussein, Chemical Weapons, WMD, Scud Missiles, Hezbollah, Hamas

👉 Full Playlist https://rumble.com/playlists/UMVLarRxEEQ 👈👈👈👈👈 Overview 👉 Jan 16-91 CENTCOM announces 425,000 US troops in theater, supported by ground forces of 19 nations and naval efforts of 14 nations. First elements of USAFE Joint Task Force Headquarters deploy from Ramstein AB, Germany, to Incirlik AB, Turkey, and prepare to establish USAF’s first wartime composite wing. Seven B-52Gs, launching from Barksdale AFB, La., become first aircraft to take off on Desert Storm combat mission; BUFFs of 596th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, carry supersecret, never-before-used AGM-86C Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles. 👉 Jan 17-91 Coalition air forces launch Desert Storm at about 3 a.m. local time (7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Jan. 16). Barksdale B-52Gs arrive over Saudi Arabia, launch 35 CALCMs against high-value Iraqi targets, return to Barksdale, completing 14,000-mile, 35-hour nonstop mission-longest strike mission in history of aerial warfare. Coalition seeks to gain air superiority, destroy Iraq’s special weapons capability, disrupt command and control. USAF Capt. Jon Kelk of 33rd TFW (Eglin AFB) shoots down Iraqi MiG-29 at 3:10 a.m. in first air-to-air victory. Coalition forces fly more than 750 attack sorties from land bases during early morning and day. US Navy launches 228 combat sorties from six carriers in Red Sea and Arabian Gulf. Turkey approves USAF use of Incirlik and Turkish airspace to open northern front against Iraq. USAFE immediately deploys aircraft to Turkey. 👉 Jan 18-91 Iraq launches Scud missiles against Israel, Saudi Arabia. Cheney activates CRAF Stage 2, raising total draw from airlines to 79 passenger aircraft and 108 civilian cargo aircraft. Navy Lt. Jeffrey Zaun captured after his A-6E is shot down. 👉 Jan 19-91 Two F-16Cs from 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Torrejon AB) shot down by surface-to-air missiles; pilots taken prisoner. Three more Scuds hit Israel, injuring 10. Iraq parades seven coalition airmen on television. US delivers to Israel two batteries of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles and US Army personnel to operate them. Bush signs Executive Order 12743, allowing him to call to active duty Ready Reservists and to extend tour of duty from six months up to two years for 160,000 reservists already activated. 👉 Feb. 23 B-52s pound Iraqi positions. Iraqis set 100 more Kuwaiti oil wells on fire. Total of coalition attack sorties flown during air war reaches 94,000. Schwarzkopf determines attrition of Iraqi combat effectiveness is sufficient for successful ground offensive with few casualties. 👉 Feb. 24 G-Day. Coalition ground forces embark on what turns out to be 100-hour campaign. Tanks fitted with bulldozer blades punch holes in Iraqi defenses. Air war enters final phase—support for coalition ground forces. Schwarzkopf throws 100,000 troops into assault on Iraqi forces, which surrender in large numbers. Coalition attack sorties total 97,000. 👉 Feb. 25 Scud hits Dhahran barracks used by US Army Reservists, killing 28, wounding more than 100. Baghdad Radio airs Saddam order for Iraqi forces to withdraw from Kuwait. At least 517 oil wells in Kuwait on fire. US and French forces secure coalition western flank inside Iraq. US Army 101st Division moves north to An Nasiriyah on Euphrates River. US 24th Mechanized Infantry Division turns east to cut off possible Iraqi avenues of retreat north from Basra. US and British armored units move eastward toward Iraqi Republican Guards armored divisions along Kuwait­Iraq border. 👉 Feb. 26 “Mother of all retreats” features Iraqi soldiers attempting to escape envelopment of Kuwait. Thousands of military, civilian vehicles, loaded with looted goods, clog four-lane highway out of Kuwait City. Repeated air attacks destroy much of panicked army’s equipment. Coalition forces engage Republican Guards between Kuwait-­Iraq border and Basra. Other coalition forces seize Kuwait City and Al Jahrah. 👉 Feb. 27 Coalition liberates Kuwait City, envelops Iraqi forces. Coalition, Iraqi units fight largest tank battle since World War II Battle of Kursk between Germans and Soviets: Two Army divisions decimate two Republican Guard divisions. Two specially made 4,700-pound GBU-28 bombs destroy “impregnable” Iraqi command bunker at Al Taji. Coalition attack sorties reach one-day record of 3,500. Bush announces that coalition forces would suspend offensive operations the next day at 8 a.m. local time. Bush says Iraq must end military action, free all POWs, third country nationals, and Kuwaiti hostages, release remains of coalition forces killed in action, agree to comply with all UN resolutions, and reveal location of land and sea mines. 👉 Feb. 28 Fighting stops. Iraq agrees to observe cease-fire, attend military-to-military talks on cessation of hostilities. Coalition air forces fly 3,500 sorties, for total of 110,000. Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz notifies UN Security Council that Iraq accepts 12 UN resolutions dealing with invasion of Kuwait. DOD says coalition forces destroyed or rendered ineffective 42 Iraqi divisions, captured more than 50,000 Iraqi prisoners, destroyed or captured 3,000 of 4,030 tanks in southern Iraq and Kuwait, and destroyed or captured 962 of 2,870 armored vehicles, 1,005 of 3,110 artillery pieces, 103 of 639 aircraft (with another 100 or so in quarantine in Iran). Coalition forces continue to destroy captured and abandoned Iraqi armor and artillery. Coalition airplanes flew 110,000 sorties over Iraq and Kuwait, one-half of which were combat and one-half support (reconnaissance, air refueling, search and rescue, etc.) US casualties are reported as 79 killed in action, 212 wounded in action, 45 missing in action, nine POWs. (Casualties later revised to 613.) **************************************************************** I ripped this segment from an old VHS tape that I recorded from the live cable TV broadcast 30yrs ago. I left the commercials to retain the nostalgia. **************************************************************** 👉 Operation Desert Storm - The Beginning of the Gulf War. On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm —a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. For weeks, a U.S.-led coalition of two dozen nations had positioned more than 900,000 troops in the region, most stationed on the Saudi-Iraq border. A U.N.-declared deadline for withdrawal passed on January 15, with no action from Iraq, so coalition forces began a five-week bombardment of Iraqi command and control targets from air and sea. Despite widespread fears that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might order the use of chemical weapons, a ground invasion followed in February. Coalition forces swiftly drove Iraq from Kuwait, advancing into Iraq, and reaching a cease-fire within 100 hours—controversially leaving Saddam Hussein in power. While coalition casualties were in the hundreds, Iraqi losses numbered in the tens of thousands. Weapons of Mass Destruction? Chemical Weapons? **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from the Geneva Peace Conference that took place on Jab 09, 1991. __________________________ Geneva Peace Conference - George Bush - Jan 09 1991 https://rumble.com/v2iljf4 Geneva Peace Conference - Tariq Aziz - Jan 09 1991 https://rumble.com/v2ilds4 **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 2 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 17, 1991. It covers the Presidential and Pentagon Press Briefings that took place on the second day of Desert Storm. __________________________ Iraq War Day 2 - Pentagon Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991 (4:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2iltlu Iraq War Day 2 - George Bush Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991 (5:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2ilo9c Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 1/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3p9vis Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 2/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3pbpv4 Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 3/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3pbyuv Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (9:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k5gpi Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (10:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k5nn6 Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Israeli Ambassador to the US - Jan17-91 (10:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k65is Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Chemical Weapons "Expert" - Jan17-91 (11:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sf9z5 Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Israeli Ambassador to UN - Jan17-91 (11:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sf3kq Vintage CNN - War in the Gulf - Weapons of Mass Destruction - Jan 17 1991 https://rumble.com/v2hkkvq **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 3 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 18, 1991. __________________________ Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 Netanyahu - Jan18-91 (12:00AM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sggit Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (6:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e8h6u Iraq War Day 3 - Crossfire - Jan18-91 (7:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e5vjv Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 CNN Reporters "Escape" Iraq (Pt1) -Jan18-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e83yg Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 CNN Reporters "Escape" Iraq (Pt2) -Jan18-91 (8:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e8acz Iraq War Day 3 - Larry King Live - Jan18-91 (9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2vc1kd Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2uvrmn Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2uvtcv **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 4 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 19, 1991. __________________________ Iraq War Day 4 - Patriot Missiles Arrive in Israel (4:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3glpbw Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (5:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3gm51q Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (6:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3i2ysa Iraq War Day 4 - Newsmaker Saturday - Live 👉 Netanyahu - Jan19-91 (6:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3gnrq6 Iraq War Day 4 - The Capital Gang - Jan19-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3i3ar6 **************************************************************************** 👉🆕 CNN footage from Day 41 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Feb 26, 1991. Day three of the ground assault into Kuwait. __________________________ Iraq War Day 41 - Crossfire - Feb26-91 (7:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5alr31 Iraq War Day 41 - News Hour - Feb26-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5bg2vx Iraq War Day 41 - News Hour - Feb26-91 (8:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5c2ehx Iraq War Day 41 - Larry King Live - Feb26-91 (9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5bb8s9 **************************************************************************** Vintage CNN, Desert Storm, Gulf War, Saddam Hussein, Chemical Weapons, WMD, Scud Missiles, Hezbollah, Hamas

👉 Full Playlist https://rumble.com/playlists/UMVLarRxEEQ 👈👈👈👈👈 *************************************** Newsmaker Saturday with Charles Bierbauer Guests: Rep. Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Dep. Foreign Minister Rep. Henry Hyde (R) Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Lee Hamilton (D) *************************************** Overview 👉 Jan 16-91 CENTCOM announces 425,000 US troops in theater, supported by ground forces of 19 nations and naval efforts of 14 nations. First elements of USAFE Joint Task Force Headquarters deploy from Ramstein AB, Germany, to Incirlik AB, Turkey, and prepare to establish USAF’s first wartime composite wing. Seven B-52Gs, launching from Barksdale AFB, La., become first aircraft to take off on Desert Storm combat mission; BUFFs of 596th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, carry supersecret, never-before-used AGM-86C Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles. 👉 Jan 17-91 Coalition air forces launch Desert Storm at about 3 a.m. local time (7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Jan. 16). Barksdale B-52Gs arrive over Saudi Arabia, launch 35 CALCMs against high-value Iraqi targets, return to Barksdale, completing 14,000-mile, 35-hour nonstop mission-longest strike mission in history of aerial warfare. Coalition seeks to gain air superiority, destroy Iraq’s special weapons capability, disrupt command and control. USAF Capt. Jon Kelk of 33rd TFW (Eglin AFB) shoots down Iraqi MiG-29 at 3:10 a.m. in first air-to-air victory. Coalition forces fly more than 750 attack sorties from land bases during early morning and day. US Navy launches 228 combat sorties from six carriers in Red Sea and Arabian Gulf. Turkey approves USAF use of Incirlik and Turkish airspace to open northern front against Iraq. USAFE immediately deploys aircraft to Turkey. 👉 Jan 18-91 Iraq launches Scud missiles against Israel, Saudi Arabia. Cheney activates CRAF Stage 2, raising total draw from airlines to 79 passenger aircraft and 108 civilian cargo aircraft. Navy Lt. Jeffrey Zaun captured after his A-6E is shot down. 👉 Jan 19-91 Two F-16Cs from 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Torrejon AB) shot down by surface-to-air missiles; pilots taken prisoner. Three more Scuds hit Israel, injuring 10. Iraq parades seven coalition airmen on television. US delivers to Israel two batteries of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles and US Army personnel to operate them. Bush signs Executive Order 12743, allowing him to call to active duty Ready Reservists and to extend tour of duty from six months up to two years for 160,000 reservists already activated. 👉 Feb. 23 B-52s pound Iraqi positions. Iraqis set 100 more Kuwaiti oil wells on fire. Total of coalition attack sorties flown during air war reaches 94,000. Schwarzkopf determines attrition of Iraqi combat effectiveness is sufficient for successful ground offensive with few casualties. 👉 Feb. 24 G-Day. Coalition ground forces embark on what turns out to be 100-hour campaign. Tanks fitted with bulldozer blades punch holes in Iraqi defenses. Air war enters final phase—support for coalition ground forces. Schwarzkopf throws 100,000 troops into assault on Iraqi forces, which surrender in large numbers. Coalition attack sorties total 97,000. 👉 Feb. 25 Scud hits Dhahran barracks used by US Army Reservists, killing 28, wounding more than 100. Baghdad Radio airs Saddam order for Iraqi forces to withdraw from Kuwait. At least 517 oil wells in Kuwait on fire. US and French forces secure coalition western flank inside Iraq. US Army 101st Division moves north to An Nasiriyah on Euphrates River. US 24th Mechanized Infantry Division turns east to cut off possible Iraqi avenues of retreat north from Basra. US and British armored units move eastward toward Iraqi Republican Guards armored divisions along Kuwait­Iraq border. 👉 Feb. 26 “Mother of all retreats” features Iraqi soldiers attempting to escape envelopment of Kuwait. Thousands of military, civilian vehicles, loaded with looted goods, clog four-lane highway out of Kuwait City. Repeated air attacks destroy much of panicked army’s equipment. Coalition forces engage Republican Guards between Kuwait-­Iraq border and Basra. Other coalition forces seize Kuwait City and Al Jahrah. 👉 Feb. 27 Coalition liberates Kuwait City, envelops Iraqi forces. Coalition, Iraqi units fight largest tank battle since World War II Battle of Kursk between Germans and Soviets: Two Army divisions decimate two Republican Guard divisions. Two specially made 4,700-pound GBU-28 bombs destroy “impregnable” Iraqi command bunker at Al Taji. Coalition attack sorties reach one-day record of 3,500. Bush announces that coalition forces would suspend offensive operations the next day at 8 a.m. local time. Bush says Iraq must end military action, free all POWs, third country nationals, and Kuwaiti hostages, release remains of coalition forces killed in action, agree to comply with all UN resolutions, and reveal location of land and sea mines. 👉 Feb. 28 Fighting stops. Iraq agrees to observe cease-fire, attend military-to-military talks on cessation of hostilities. Coalition air forces fly 3,500 sorties, for total of 110,000. Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz notifies UN Security Council that Iraq accepts 12 UN resolutions dealing with invasion of Kuwait. DOD says coalition forces destroyed or rendered ineffective 42 Iraqi divisions, captured more than 50,000 Iraqi prisoners, destroyed or captured 3,000 of 4,030 tanks in southern Iraq and Kuwait, and destroyed or captured 962 of 2,870 armored vehicles, 1,005 of 3,110 artillery pieces, 103 of 639 aircraft (with another 100 or so in quarantine in Iran). Coalition forces continue to destroy captured and abandoned Iraqi armor and artillery. Coalition airplanes flew 110,000 sorties over Iraq and Kuwait, one-half of which were combat and one-half support (reconnaissance, air refueling, search and rescue, etc.) US casualties are reported as 79 killed in action, 212 wounded in action, 45 missing in action, nine POWs. (Casualties later revised to 613.) **************************************************************** I ripped this segment from an old VHS tape that I recorded from the live cable TV broadcast 30yrs ago. I left the commercials to retain the nostalgia. **************************************************************** 👉 Operation Desert Storm - The Beginning of the Gulf War. On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm —a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. For weeks, a U.S.-led coalition of two dozen nations had positioned more than 900,000 troops in the region, most stationed on the Saudi-Iraq border. A U.N.-declared deadline for withdrawal passed on January 15, with no action from Iraq, so coalition forces began a five-week bombardment of Iraqi command and control targets from air and sea. Despite widespread fears that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might order the use of chemical weapons, a ground invasion followed in February. Coalition forces swiftly drove Iraq from Kuwait, advancing into Iraq, and reaching a cease-fire within 100 hours—controversially leaving Saddam Hussein in power. While coalition casualties were in the hundreds, Iraqi losses numbered in the tens of thousands. Weapons of Mass Destruction? Chemical Weapons? **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from the Geneva Peace Conference that took place on Jab 09, 1991. __________________________ Geneva Peace Conference - George Bush - Jan 09 1991 https://rumble.com/v2iljf4 Geneva Peace Conference - Tariq Aziz - Jan 09 1991 https://rumble.com/v2ilds4 **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 2 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 17, 1991. It covers the Presidential and Pentagon Press Briefings that took place on the second day of Desert Storm. __________________________ Iraq War Day 2 - Pentagon Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991 (4:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2iltlu Iraq War Day 2 - George Bush Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991 (5:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2ilo9c Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 1/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3p9vis Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 2/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3pbpv4 Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 3/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3pbyuv Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (9:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k5gpi Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (10:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k5nn6 Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Israeli Ambassador to the US - Jan17-91 (10:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k65is Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Chemical Weapons "Expert" - Jan17-91 (11:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sf9z5 Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Israeli Ambassador to UN - Jan17-91 (11:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sf3kq Vintage CNN - War in the Gulf - Weapons of Mass Destruction - Jan 17 1991 https://rumble.com/v2hkkvq **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 3 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 18, 1991. __________________________ Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 Netanyahu - Jan18-91 (12:00AM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sggit Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (6:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e8h6u Iraq War Day 3 - Crossfire - Jan18-91 (7:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e5vjv Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 CNN Reporters "Escape" Iraq (Pt1) -Jan18-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e83yg Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 CNN Reporters "Escape" Iraq (Pt2) -Jan18-91 (8:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e8acz Iraq War Day 3 - Larry King Live - Jan18-91 (9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2vc1kd Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2uvrmn Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2uvtcv **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 4 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 19, 1991. __________________________ Iraq War Day 4 - Patriot Missiles Arrive in Israel (4:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3glpbw Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (5:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3gm51q Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (6:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3i2ysa Iraq War Day 4 - Newsmaker Saturday - Live 👉 Netanyahu - Jan19-91 (6:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3gnrq6 Iraq War Day 4 - The Capital Gang - Jan19-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3i3ar6 **************************************************************************** 👉🆕 CNN footage from Day 41 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Feb 26, 1991. Day three of the ground assault into Kuwait. __________________________ Iraq War Day 41 - Crossfire - Feb26-91 (7:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5alr31 Iraq War Day 41 - News Hour - Feb26-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5bg2vx Iraq War Day 41 - News Hour - Feb26-91 (8:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5c2ehx Iraq War Day 41 - Larry King Live - Feb26-91 (9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5bb8s9 **************************************************************************** Vintage CNN, Desert Storm, Gulf War, Saddam Hussein, Chemical Weapons, WMD, Scud Missiles, Hezbollah, Hamas

👉 Full Playlist https://rumble.com/playlists/UMVLarRxEEQ 👈👈👈👈👈 *************************************** Capital Gang Panel: Pat Buchannon Mark Shields (Washington Post) Robert Novack (Chicago Sun-Times) Al Hunt (Wall Street Journal) Guest: Ret. General Alexander Haig Former Sec of State *************************************** Overview 👉 Jan 16-91 CENTCOM announces 425,000 US troops in theater, supported by ground forces of 19 nations and naval efforts of 14 nations. First elements of USAFE Joint Task Force Headquarters deploy from Ramstein AB, Germany, to Incirlik AB, Turkey, and prepare to establish USAF’s first wartime composite wing. Seven B-52Gs, launching from Barksdale AFB, La., become first aircraft to take off on Desert Storm combat mission; BUFFs of 596th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, carry supersecret, never-before-used AGM-86C Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles. 👉 Jan 17-91 Coalition air forces launch Desert Storm at about 3 a.m. local time (7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Jan. 16). Barksdale B-52Gs arrive over Saudi Arabia, launch 35 CALCMs against high-value Iraqi targets, return to Barksdale, completing 14,000-mile, 35-hour nonstop mission-longest strike mission in history of aerial warfare. Coalition seeks to gain air superiority, destroy Iraq’s special weapons capability, disrupt command and control. USAF Capt. Jon Kelk of 33rd TFW (Eglin AFB) shoots down Iraqi MiG-29 at 3:10 a.m. in first air-to-air victory. Coalition forces fly more than 750 attack sorties from land bases during early morning and day. US Navy launches 228 combat sorties from six carriers in Red Sea and Arabian Gulf. Turkey approves USAF use of Incirlik and Turkish airspace to open northern front against Iraq. USAFE immediately deploys aircraft to Turkey. 👉 Jan 18-91 Iraq launches Scud missiles against Israel, Saudi Arabia. Cheney activates CRAF Stage 2, raising total draw from airlines to 79 passenger aircraft and 108 civilian cargo aircraft. Navy Lt. Jeffrey Zaun captured after his A-6E is shot down. 👉 Jan 19-91 Two F-16Cs from 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Torrejon AB) shot down by surface-to-air missiles; pilots taken prisoner. Three more Scuds hit Israel, injuring 10. Iraq parades seven coalition airmen on television. US delivers to Israel two batteries of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles and US Army personnel to operate them. Bush signs Executive Order 12743, allowing him to call to active duty Ready Reservists and to extend tour of duty from six months up to two years for 160,000 reservists already activated. 👉 Feb. 23 B-52s pound Iraqi positions. Iraqis set 100 more Kuwaiti oil wells on fire. Total of coalition attack sorties flown during air war reaches 94,000. Schwarzkopf determines attrition of Iraqi combat effectiveness is sufficient for successful ground offensive with few casualties. 👉 Feb. 24 G-Day. Coalition ground forces embark on what turns out to be 100-hour campaign. Tanks fitted with bulldozer blades punch holes in Iraqi defenses. Air war enters final phase—support for coalition ground forces. Schwarzkopf throws 100,000 troops into assault on Iraqi forces, which surrender in large numbers. Coalition attack sorties total 97,000. 👉 Feb. 25 Scud hits Dhahran barracks used by US Army Reservists, killing 28, wounding more than 100. Baghdad Radio airs Saddam order for Iraqi forces to withdraw from Kuwait. At least 517 oil wells in Kuwait on fire. US and French forces secure coalition western flank inside Iraq. US Army 101st Division moves north to An Nasiriyah on Euphrates River. US 24th Mechanized Infantry Division turns east to cut off possible Iraqi avenues of retreat north from Basra. US and British armored units move eastward toward Iraqi Republican Guards armored divisions along Kuwait­Iraq border. 👉 Feb. 26 “Mother of all retreats” features Iraqi soldiers attempting to escape envelopment of Kuwait. Thousands of military, civilian vehicles, loaded with looted goods, clog four-lane highway out of Kuwait City. Repeated air attacks destroy much of panicked army’s equipment. Coalition forces engage Republican Guards between Kuwait-­Iraq border and Basra. Other coalition forces seize Kuwait City and Al Jahrah. 👉 Feb. 27 Coalition liberates Kuwait City, envelops Iraqi forces. Coalition, Iraqi units fight largest tank battle since World War II Battle of Kursk between Germans and Soviets: Two Army divisions decimate two Republican Guard divisions. Two specially made 4,700-pound GBU-28 bombs destroy “impregnable” Iraqi command bunker at Al Taji. Coalition attack sorties reach one-day record of 3,500. Bush announces that coalition forces would suspend offensive operations the next day at 8 a.m. local time. Bush says Iraq must end military action, free all POWs, third country nationals, and Kuwaiti hostages, release remains of coalition forces killed in action, agree to comply with all UN resolutions, and reveal location of land and sea mines. 👉 Feb. 28 Fighting stops. Iraq agrees to observe cease-fire, attend military-to-military talks on cessation of hostilities. Coalition air forces fly 3,500 sorties, for total of 110,000. Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz notifies UN Security Council that Iraq accepts 12 UN resolutions dealing with invasion of Kuwait. DOD says coalition forces destroyed or rendered ineffective 42 Iraqi divisions, captured more than 50,000 Iraqi prisoners, destroyed or captured 3,000 of 4,030 tanks in southern Iraq and Kuwait, and destroyed or captured 962 of 2,870 armored vehicles, 1,005 of 3,110 artillery pieces, 103 of 639 aircraft (with another 100 or so in quarantine in Iran). Coalition forces continue to destroy captured and abandoned Iraqi armor and artillery. Coalition airplanes flew 110,000 sorties over Iraq and Kuwait, one-half of which were combat and one-half support (reconnaissance, air refueling, search and rescue, etc.) US casualties are reported as 79 killed in action, 212 wounded in action, 45 missing in action, nine POWs. (Casualties later revised to 613.) **************************************************************** I ripped this segment from an old VHS tape that I recorded from the live cable TV broadcast 30yrs ago. I left the commercials to retain the nostalgia. **************************************************************** 👉 Operation Desert Storm - The Beginning of the Gulf War. On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm —a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. For weeks, a U.S.-led coalition of two dozen nations had positioned more than 900,000 troops in the region, most stationed on the Saudi-Iraq border. A U.N.-declared deadline for withdrawal passed on January 15, with no action from Iraq, so coalition forces began a five-week bombardment of Iraqi command and control targets from air and sea. Despite widespread fears that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might order the use of chemical weapons, a ground invasion followed in February. Coalition forces swiftly drove Iraq from Kuwait, advancing into Iraq, and reaching a cease-fire within 100 hours—controversially leaving Saddam Hussein in power. While coalition casualties were in the hundreds, Iraqi losses numbered in the tens of thousands. Weapons of Mass Destruction? Chemical Weapons? **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from the Geneva Peace Conference that took place on Jab 09, 1991. __________________________ Geneva Peace Conference - George Bush - Jan 09 1991 https://rumble.com/v2iljf4 Geneva Peace Conference - Tariq Aziz - Jan 09 1991 https://rumble.com/v2ilds4 **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 2 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 17, 1991. It covers the Presidential and Pentagon Press Briefings that took place on the second day of Desert Storm. __________________________ Iraq War Day 2 - Pentagon Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991 (4:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2iltlu Iraq War Day 2 - George Bush Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991 (5:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2ilo9c Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 1/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3p9vis Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 2/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3pbpv4 Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Part 3/3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3pbyuv Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (9:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k5gpi Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (10:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k5nn6 Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Israeli Ambassador to the US - Jan17-91 (10:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3k65is Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Chemical Weapons "Expert" - Jan17-91 (11:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sf9z5 Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Live 👉 Israeli Ambassador to UN - Jan17-91 (11:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sf3kq Vintage CNN - War in the Gulf - Weapons of Mass Destruction - Jan 17 1991 https://rumble.com/v2hkkvq **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 3 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 18, 1991. __________________________ Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 Netanyahu - Jan18-91 (12:00AM EST) https://rumble.com/v3sggit Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (6:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e8h6u Iraq War Day 3 - Crossfire - Jan18-91 (7:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e5vjv Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 CNN Reporters "Escape" Iraq (Pt1) -Jan18-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e83yg Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Live 👉 CNN Reporters "Escape" Iraq (Pt2) -Jan18-91 (8:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3e8acz Iraq War Day 3 - Larry King Live - Jan18-91 (9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2vc1kd Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2uvrmn Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v2uvtcv **************************************************************************** 👉 CNN footage from Day 4 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 19, 1991. __________________________ Iraq War Day 4 - Patriot Missiles Arrive in Israel (4:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3glpbw Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (5:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3gm51q Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (6:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3i2ysa Iraq War Day 4 - Newsmaker Saturday - Live 👉 Netanyahu - Jan19-91 (6:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3gnrq6 Iraq War Day 4 - The Capital Gang - Jan19-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v3i3ar6 **************************************************************************** 👉🆕 CNN footage from Day 41 of Operation Desert Storm. It appears to have been broadcast on Feb 26, 1991. Day three of the ground assault into Kuwait. __________________________ Iraq War Day 41 - Crossfire - Feb26-91 (7:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5alr31 Iraq War Day 41 - News Hour - Feb26-91 (8:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5bg2vx Iraq War Day 41 - News Hour - Feb26-91 (8:30PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5c2ehx Iraq War Day 41 - Larry King Live - Feb26-91 (9:00PM EST) https://rumble.com/v5bb8s9 **************************************************************************** Vintage CNN, Desert Storm, Gulf War, Saddam Hussein, Chemical Weapons, WMD, Scud Missiles, Hezbollah, Hamas