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General Category => Greater Reno Tahoe Area => Topic started by: AngelOfThyNight on February 26, 2016, 05:05:59 PM

Title: Nevada Appeal at 150: Jan. 17, 1991: U.S. at war; Bombs pound Iraq
Post by: AngelOfThyNight on February 26, 2016, 05:05:59 PM

Nevada Appeal at 150: Jan. 17, 1991: U.S. at war; Bombs pound Iraq





















The United States and its allies followed up devastating pre-dawn air strikes with daylight attacks today in a furious bid to drive Saddam Hussein’s armies from Kuwait and break his military might. American military officials said the Iraqis offered minimal resistance, and that U.S. fighter-bombers would keep pounding away to prevent Saddam from marshalling his forces. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said at a morning pentagon briefing that one U.S. and one British aircraft had been lost. The American plane was an F-18 Hornet fighter-bomber, and Cheney said the pilot was the first American combat death in Operation Desert Storm. Cheney  …
Source: Nevada Appeal at 150: Jan. 17, 1991: U.S. at war; Bombs pound Iraq (http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/local/20725555-113/nevada-appeal-at-150-jan-17-1991-us?utm_source=swift_rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss-referrals&utm_section=Local)