“At a December 1990 White House meeting, according to [then-national security advisor] Brent Scowcroft, the [George H.W.] Bush administration decided not to aim for Saddam’s removal. As the national security advisor recounts in the memoir he co-authored with the president, A World Transformed, ‘We would be committing ourselves–alone–to removing one regime and installing another and […]
12/15/1990
According to The Riegle Report, which was delivered to the Senate on February 9, 1994, regarding the health of Gulf War veterans, in December 1990, “A month before the [first Gulf] war began, then Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director William Webster estimated that Iraq possessed 1,000 tons of poisonous chemical agents, much of it capable […]
11/30/1990
In a speech at the National Defense University on November 30, 1990, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell said: ” ‘I am very supportive of the United Nations… And I think that as a part of moving into this new era, we should align ourselves more and more closely with [its] activities.’ […]
11/29/1990
U.N. Security Council Resolution 678, passed on November 29, 1990, “authorized U.N. member states…to use ‘all necessary means’ to oust Iraqi forces from Kuwait if all Iraqi forces were not withdrawn and Kuwait’s government restored by January 15, 1991.” – Richard N. Haass, War of Necessity, War of Choice, Page 103 […]
11/29/1990
On November 29, 1990, “the United Nations authorized the use of ‘all necessary means’ to drive Iraqi forces from Kuwait if they failed to withdraw by January 15 [1991] and to ‘restore international peace and security in that area.’ Security Council resolution 678 passed by a vote of 12-2, with China abstaining and Cuba and […]
11/29/1990
"…on November 29 [1990], the [UN] Security Council authorized the use of force to eject Saddam's army [from Kuwait]." – Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, The War Over Iraq, 20 […]
11/25/1990
Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney discussed Saddam's weapons programs on CBS's Face The Nation on November 25, 1990. "Asked specifically about the status of Iraq's nuclear program, Cheney shared the assessments he'd gotten, including the one provided by the Israelis: 'There are a lot of estimates. They range through worst-case assumption–a matter of a year […]
11/25/1990
Secretary of Defense Dick "Cheney had discussed Saddam's weapons programs in an appearance on CBS's Face The Nation on November 25, 1990: 'We've known for a long time from public sources that he was trying to acquire nuclear weapons. The British intercepted devices intended to trigger a nuclear weapon in shipments to Iraq just last […]
11/15/1990
“In November 1990, the UN passed a resolution demanding that Iraqi forces withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991. If Saddam refused, the UN would give authority to its members to “use all necessary means” to force the Iraqis out. This would mean war.” [The 15th of the month for date sorting purpose only] – […]
11/15/1990
Former Iraqi general Georges Sada wrote: “In November 1990 I made a frightening discovery: Saddam had ordered the [Iraqi] air force to begin planning for a major aerial assault against Israel. If the Americans were going to attack and force him to give up Kuwait, he said, then our pilots would be ready to attack […]