Operation Desert Shield
Authorizes coalition forces to deploy in defense of Saudi Arabia.
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1990 in Saudi Arabia
Explore 8 historical events and records for Saudi Arabia in 1990.
Historical records for Saudi Arabia in 1990
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August
Operation Desert Shield
Coordinates Saudi and coalition forces during Operation Desert Shield.
Coalition Forces Accepted
Approves deployment of coalition forces after Kuwait's invasion.
Saudi Bases Opened
Saudi territory becomes the main base for liberation operations.
Saudi Defence Proposal
Saudi leaders instead accept protection from international coalition forces.
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Al-Qaeda
Bin Laden offers the services of his mujahideen to King Fahd to protect Saudi Arabia from the Iraqi army, the Saudi monarch refuses bin Ladens offer, opting instead to allow US and allied forces to deploy troops into Saudi territory
Exile of Osama bin Laden
After speaking publicly against the Saudi Government for harboring American troops, he was banished and forced to live in exile in Sudan
Mujahideen
Bin Laden offers the services of his mujahideen to King Fahd to protect Saudi Arabia from the Iraqi army, the Saudi monarch refuses bin Ladens offer, opting instead to allow US and allied forces to deploy troops into Saudi territory
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