4/15/1991

“In the north [of Iraq], six weeks after the [first Gulf] war ended [mid-April 1991], the United States joined the British and French in establishing a no-fly zone and creating a secure Kurdish enclave to prevent Saddam from slaughtering the Kurds and to stop the significant flow of Kurdish refugees across the border into Turkey.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]

 – Dick Cheney, In My Time, Page 224