“…the ceasefire negotiated between General [Norman] Schwarzkopf, overall commander of the allied forces, and an Iraqi military team led by General Sultan Hashim, in the border town of Safwan [Iraq] on 3 March, 1991… basically allowed the unhindered retreat of elite Republican Guard forces into Iraq, with no control over their redeployment, and the unrestricted use of helicopters, including helicopter gunships, over Iraqi territory that was not controlled directly by allied forces.”
– Ali A. Allawi, The Occupation of Iraq, Page 48