Battle of Khafji
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title:
Battle of Khafji
text:
The Battle of Khafji was the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War. It took place in and around the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji, from 29 January to 1 February 1991. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who had already tried and failed to draw Coalition forces into costly ground engagements by shelling Saudi Arabian positions and oil storage tanks and firing Scud surface-to-surface missiles at Israel, ordered the invasion of Saudi Arabia from southern Kuwait. The 1st and 5th Mechanized Divisions
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1991 battle of the Gulf War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khafji
date created:
2004-12-03T08:12:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T07:58:12Z
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