Word: aerials
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heed , U.S. and allied pleas not to strike back, or was it being goaded beyond endurance? If it did retaliate, could the U.S. hold the anti-Iraq coalition together, or might some of its Arab members bolt? How much longer would Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, despite days of relentless aerial battering, remain capable of unleashing his long-dreaded chemical and bacteriological weapons? How soon might the U.S. start the ground attack that is still thought necessary to push Saddam's armies out of Kuwait, and how bloody will that eventual land war prove...
Even though the Iraqi military had supposedly been on maximum alert for several days and the U.S.-led alliance had made no secret of its intent to open any war with a massive and continuing aerial campaign, the Iraqis nonetheless appear to have been taken by surprise, or at least to have been unprepared for the fury of the assault. How could that be possible...
...news agency said that as of Tuesday, "Only 90" Iraqi troops had been killed by the punishing allied bombing of Iraq and Kuwait. The allies have not released casualty figures from the aerial bombardment...
When news of the U.S.-led aerial assault on Iraq broke last Wednesday night, visiting Kuwaiti student Bader El-Jeaan stayed up all night--praying for inner strength, the safety of his family and friends and an end to the suffering of his country...
Saddam could be very, very wrong. The aerial and naval bombardment of the early stages could prove quickly decisive, not only wreaking immense destruction but also breaking Baghdad's communications with the troops in Kuwait and cutting off those soldiers from food, water, ammunition and / reinforcements. Even in an eventual ground assault on well-entrenched positions, the allied forces would have enormous technical advantages: satellite intelligence pinpointing Iraqi deployments, and devices that make visibility at night almost as great as in the day, to name only two. Even in a drawn-out war, the Iraqi troops -- fighting without allies...