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a conflict (Jan.-Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
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Gulf War
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Gulf War — Gulf War, the a war which began in 1991, after Iraq attacked Kuwait and took control of it. A United Nations force led by the US, and including soldiers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UK, and France, attacked Iraq and forced the Iraqi army out of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Gulf War — n. the brief war fought in 1991 between Iraq and United Nations allies to free Kuwait from occupying Iraqi forces … English World dictionary
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Gulf War — This article is about the war in 1990/91. For other wars of that name, see Persian Gulf War (disambiguation). Operation Desert Storm redirects here. For the video game, see Operation: Desert Storm (video game). Gulf War … Wikipedia
Gulf War — by Richard G. Smith In 1981 Baudrillard argued that Francis Ford Coppola s film Apocalypse Now amounted to the extension and prolongation of the Vietnam War by means of media images, and that its success lay in the fact that it completed an… … The Baudrillard dictionary
Gulf War — (1991) The Gulf War in 1991 resulted in a quick victory for the coalition led by the United States against Saddam Hussein s Iraq after he had invaded Kuwait in the summer of 1990. The Iraqi Kurdish refugee exodus following the unsuccessful… … Historical Dictionary of the Kurds
Gulf War — noun 1. a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990 1991 • Syn: ↑Persian Gulf War • Instance Hypernyms: ↑war, ↑warfare • Part Meronyms: ↑Operation Desert Storm 2 … Useful english dictionary
Gulf War — See Persian Gulf War (1991) … Historical Dictionary of Israel
Gulf War syndrome — (GWS) or Gulf War illness (GWI) is an illness reported by combat veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War typified by symptoms including immune system disorders and birth defects. It has not always been clear whether these symptoms were related to… … Wikipedia
Gulf War syndrome — n. a chronic medical condition of unproven origin experienced by some Gulf War (1991) veterans, characterized variously by fatigue, headaches, memory loss, aching joints, etc. * * * n [U] a disease that has affected many of the soldiers who… … Universalium
Gulf War syndrome — gəlf .wȯ(ə)r n a syndrome of uncertain cause including fatigue, joint pain, memory loss, skin rash, and headache that has been reported in veterans of the war fought in the Persian Gulf in 1991 * * * a group of symptoms of unknown cause, seen in … Medical dictionary
