LC control no. | sh 98007501 |
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Geographic heading | Iraq--Politics and government--1991-2003 |
Found in | Work cat.: 98053879: Cockburn, A. Out of the ashes, 1999. The Middle East and North Africa, 1997: p. 512, etc. (Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990; on Feb. 23-24 1991 the US led multinational force launched an attack designed to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation; on Feb. 28, 1991, President Bush announced that the war to liberate Kuwait had been won; the UN Security Council adopted a resolution (No. 687) on April 3, 1991, which stipulated the terms for a full cease-fire in the Gulf; terms accepted by Iraq's RCC, and the following day by the Natl. Assembly) Ben Hammouda, H. Bagdad année zéro, 2003. CIA World factbook via WWW, July 26, 2004 (Iraq, government type: in transition following April 2003 defeat of Saddam Husayn regime by US-led coalition.) |