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Invasion of Saudi Arabia

Name: Invasion of Saudi Arabia – United States factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States · Warfare / Gulf War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1990

George Herbert Walker Bush7 August 1990

Warfare / Gulf War, 1st

Sends US forces to Saudi Arabia to prevent an Iraqi invasion

Names involved

George Herbert Walker Bush

Provenance

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