“As a condition for ending hostilities in the [first] Gulf War, UN Resolution 687 [adopted by the Security Council on April 3, 1991] required Saddam to destroy his weapons of mass destruction and missiles with a range of more than ninety miles. The resolution banned Iraq from possessing biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons or the […]
4/3/1991
“The [First Gulf] war ended with a cease-fire, which was confirmed by [UN] Security Council Resolution 687, adopted on April 3, 1991. The resolution established an inspection regime under which Iraq was to declare all its holdings of weapons of mass destruction as well as facilities and programs for their manufacture. The declarations were to […]
4/3/1991
“U.N. Security Council Resolution 687, passed on April 3, 1991… called for the elimination of all of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and most of its missile programs, intrusive international inspections, a ban on military imports, a secure and recognized border between Iraq and Kuwait, and compensation for Kuwait and others. It seemed to take […]
3/15/1991
In The Iraq War Reader, Faleh A. Jabar wrote: “In March 1991, following Iraq’s defeat in the Gulf War, the Kurds of northern Iraq and Arabs of the south rose up against the Baath regime. For two brief weeks, the uprisings were phenomenally successful. Government administration in the towns was overthrown and local army garrisons […]
3/15/1991
“The Shaaban Intifada (Uprising) started in March 1991 as defeated Iraqi troops fled back to southern Iraq after US-led forces took control of Kuwait. Galvanised by a message by US President George [H.W.] Bush to ‘take matters into their own hands,’ the Shia strongholds of Najaf and Karbala rose in revolt in an attempt to […]
3/15/1991
“By March 1991 his [Saddam Hussein’s] regime was so worried about losing its grip [on power due to the post-Gulf War Shiite uprising in the south of Iraq] that it ordered helicopters to drop bombs full of Sarin nerve gas on Shiite rebels in Karbala and Najaf. It was a rash step given that the […]
3/7/1991
“…during the closing days of Operation Desert Storm, the Shiites of southern Iraq took a cue from the first President [George H.W.] Bush and rose up against Saddam’s rule. ‘By March 7 [1991], a little over a week after the rebellion had exploded,’ [author] Sandra Mackey recounts in The Reckoning, ‘Basra, Najaf, and Karbala as […]
3/6/1991
” ‘Tonight in Iraq, Saddam walks amidst ruin,’ President George H. W. Bush was able to boast on March 6 [1991]. ‘His war machine is crushed. His ability to threaten mass destruction is itself destroyed.’ ” – Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower, Page 182 […]
3/5/1991
“Soon after the March [1, 1991] ceasefire [for Operation Desert Storm], Shiites in southern Iraq rebelled against the Baathist government that had repressed them for decades. And Kurdish tribes in the north followed suit. But as the Coalition forces withdrew, Saddam’s military savagely crushed these revolts, massacring thousands and creating tens of thousands of refugees.” […]
3/3/1991
"A lot has been said and written about why the United States did not do more to stop Saddam's crackdowns [on Kurdish and Shia rebellions] in the north and south of Iraq [in March 1991]. Many point to [General Norman] Schwarzkopf's decision at Safwan [Iraq, on March 3, 1991] to allow the Iraqis to resume […]