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Operation Desert Storm

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Operation Desert Storm
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(Military) the codename for the US-led UN operation to liberate Kuwait from Iraq (1991)
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Noun1.Operation Desert Storm - the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)
Gulf War, Persian Gulf War - a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
Middle East, Mideast, Near East - the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
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The Pentagon announced Sunday that Speicher's remains had been identified, nearly 19 years after his F/A-18 Hornet was shot down over west-central Iraq on January 17th, 1991 during Operation Desert Storm.
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The Pentagon announced Sunday that Speicher's remains had been identified, nearly 19 years after his F/A-18 Hornet was shot down over west-central Iraq on January 17th, 1991 during Operation Desert Storm.
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