Word: pullbacks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...face of a rapid deployment of American force in the Persian Gulf, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered a retreat of the well-equipped Republican Guard divisions that had been menacing the Kuwaiti border. The pullback was not complete, however, and the U.S. announced it would deploy a total of 36,000 ground troops to the Gulf and began to search for a permanent solution to Iraqi aggression against Kuwait...
Israel completes its pullback from Jericho and the Gaza Strip...
...Pullback over Sarajevo...
After stern warnings from the U.S. and nato to end the "strangulation" of Sarajevo, Bosnian Serb leaders announced a pullback from two mountain peaks over-looking the city. By Saturday, the withdrawal was almost complete and peacekeepers were patrolling the area. Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic said he would rejoin negotiations in Geneva this week -- if the Serbs stick to their agreement...
...before the alliance's strategy became clear, however. "Driving Saddam from our country is only good if we also make sure he can never come back," a Kuwaiti minister said last week. "If the Iraqis in Kuwait had been hit without mercy early on, it might have forced a pullback, and Saddam could have kept his war abilities intact. It's slower this way -- going after his capacities in Iraq before turning to the occupation forces -- but it is the best way to meet the ultimate objective...