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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (21874)	3/16/2003 8:07:43 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Bulloney the History Guy????? More than 100,000 Iraqi troops died in the last war. I'm surprised your source admits anyone from Iraq died. Assorted Gulf War Quotes The United States suffered 148 killed in action, 458 wounded, 121 killed in nonhostile actions and 11 female combat deaths In June 1991 the U.S. estimated that more than 100,000 Iraqi soldiers died, 300,000 were wounded, 150,000 deserted, and 60,000 were taken prisoner. Many human rights groups claimed a much higher numbers of Iraqi killed in action. More about War Casualties -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Reaction "Iraq went from the fourth-largest army in the world to the second-largest army in Iraq in 100 hours" Lieutenant General Tom Kelly On Aug. 2, 1990, Iraqi military forces, on orders from President Saddam Hussein, invaded and occupied the small country of Kuwait. The Persian Gulf War of 1991--from January 16 to February 28--was fought to expel Iraq and restore Kuwaiti independence. The war introduced several technologically advanced weapon systems. As well,the United States forged a broad-based international coalition that confronted Iraq militarily strategy. The military coalition consisted of: [See the Contribution list] cryan.com