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

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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