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OPERATION DESERT STORM
Jan. 17-Feb. 28,1991
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OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
Began March 19
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| STATE OBJECTIVE: |
Push invading Iraqis out of Kuwait
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Remove Saddam Hussein and disarm Iraq of any weapons of mass destruction.
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| TOTAL PERSONNEL: |
Iraq: 545,000
Coalition: 690,000
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Iraq: 350,000
Coalition: 299,000 (100,000 in Iraq)
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| COUNTRIES IN COALITION: |
31 (eventually 34)
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49, but this time it does not include key allies such as France, Germany, Canada, and many of the Arab partners from the first Persian Gulf War.
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| SORTIES FLOWN: |
First 10 days: 17,000
Total: More than 116,000
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First 10 days: More than 7,000
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| MISSILES LAUNCHED BY ALLIES: |
First 10 days: N/A
Total: 300 cruise missiles
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First 10 days: 675 cruise missiles; also 6,000 precision guided bombs have been dropped
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| MISSILES LAUNCHED BY IRAQ: |
First 10 days: 36
Total: 88
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First 10 days: 13
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| COALITION AIRCRAFT LOST: |
First 10 days: 23
Total: 75 (U.S.: 63)
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First 10 days: 8 (5 U.S.)
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| COALITION CASUALTIES: |
First 10 days: 7 (1 combat); 27-30 missing or captured
Total: 212 total combat deaths
(U.S.: 147)
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First 10 days: 59 (36 U.S.- 29 in combat; 23 British); 16 missing or captured
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| COALITION PRISONERS OF WAR: |
First 10 days: 14-15
Total: 56 (U.S.:36)
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First 10 days: 7
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| CLAIMS OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES: |
First 10 days: 231 according to Iraqi government
Total: The U.S. estimated 3,000 Iraqi civilians died. The Iraqis claimed 35,000.
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First 10 days: 425 killed, based on claims by the Iraqi government
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| IRAQI MILITARY CASUALTIES: |
First 10 days: 48-90, based on Iraqi reports
Total: 75,000-100,000
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First 10 days: Unknown
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| IRAQI PRISONERS OF WAR: |
First 10 days: More than 100
Total: 71,000
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First 10 days: More than 4,000
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| GROUND WAR: HOW FAR DID U.S. REACH? |
The ground war didn't start until Feb. 24 and lasted only 100 hours. Allied forces drove north toward Nasiriyah and cut off escape routes out of Basra. The other elements pushed into Kuwait from the north and south to drive out the Iraqis.
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Coalition troops have advanced to Karbala, about 50 miles south of Baghdad and are outside the cities of Najaf, Basra and Nasiriyah and have taken the port of Umm Qasr in the south. They have taken strategic airfields in the west and in the north, which is controlled by the Kurds.
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