... January 16 , 1991 President Bush : " We will not fail . " January 17 , 1991 32 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein de- clares : " The great showdown has begun ! The mother of all battles is under way . " 32 January 17 , 1991 Iraqi Scud ...
... The great showdown has begun. The mother of all battles is under way”—President Saddam Hussein, speaking as the United States and its allies launched Operation Desert Storm, January 17, 1991, to throw the Iraqi Army from Kuwait ...
... The great showdown has begun ! The mother of all battles is under way . " 82 1/17/91 [ Conventional ] Iraqi Scud missiles strike Israel . 82 1/17/91 Scud fired at Saudi Arabia is downed by U.S. Patriot missile - first anti - missile ...
... 17 January 1991 Ibarely slept all night. No wonder. We shouldn't have stayed up so late watching CNN: This war ... The great showdown has begun! The mother of all battles is under way!” The only other story on the page not attack ...
... Woods. 17 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 1991 23 Jan 24 Jan Operation Desert Storm begins at 0230 in Baghdad with air and missile attacks . Saddam declares , “ The great showdown has begun ! The Mother of All Battles is under ...
... January 1991 to comply with all previous resolutions . After that date , the ... 17 - US deployment reaches 260,000 troops . 26 - US deployment reaches 300,000 troops ... The great showdown has begun ! The mother of all battles is under way ...
An ordeal which brought both men close to death. In Tornado Down, John Peters and John Nichol tell the incredible story of their part in the war against Saddam Hussein's regime.
The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union examines the strengths, weaknesses, and contradictions of the first Marxist state, and reassesses the role of power, authority and legitimacy in Soviet politics.
Former Tornado Navigator John Nichol tells the incredible story of the RAF Tornado force during the First Gulf War in 1991; the excitement and the danger, the fear and the losses.