Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Arens unveiled a disturbing proposal: an Israeli air and ground operation in Iraq that could take place after the allied ground war had begun. American cooperation would be essential. To keep U.S. and Israeli pilots from accidentally attacking each other, Arens wanted U.S. planes to stay out of western Iraqi skies where Israeli planes were operating...
...coalition's integrated command structure, much as France does in NATO, perhaps even disdaining to fight. During the countdown to hostilities, President Francois Mitterrand had courted British and American anger by launching an eleventh- hour peace proposal that would have handed Saddam Hussein a diplomatic victory by rewarding an Iraqi withdrawal with the convening of a Middle East peace conference...
...first air strikes were launched against Iraqi targets, the French, under General Michel Roquejoffre, closed ranks with the other allies, putting themselves under U.S. operational command. Guided by U.S. AWACS aircraft, French pilots flew their Jaguar fighter-bombers on combat missions deep into Iraqi territory, while French ground forces, including Foreign Legion units, committed themselves wholeheartedly to the battle...
...home and abroad. Once Saddam had rejected France's last-minute peace bid, Mitterrand put everything behind securing an allied victory, telling aides, "We are face-to- face with history." He forced the resignation of his anti-American Defense Minister, Jean-Pierre Chevenement, a co-founder of the Franco-Iraqi Friendship Association who had tried to limit any military action by France strictly to Kuwaiti territory. French forces in the gulf were not only placed under General Norman Schwarzkopf's overall command but were also integrated with other allied contingents. Overflights of France by U.S. B-52 bombers on their...
Frequent telephone contact with President Bush brought the two leaders closer and helped reinforce their resolve. Differences emerged mainly in the kind of language they used. A master of innuendo, Mitterrand never called, as did Bush, for Saddam's "overthrow," but described the Iraqi's "political, moral and military authority" as "seriously weakened"; privately, Mitterrand is known to believe Saddam has little chance to survive as head of state. Nor did Mitterrand reject Mikhail Gorbachev's belated peace plan outright: Foreign Minister Roland Dumas called it a step in the right direction -- and then sliced it to shreds with diplomatic...