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Thirty years ago the United States and coalition allies launched Operation Desert Storm in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.
Initially considered an unqualified success for the international coalition, America’s military intervention in the Middle East has had long-term repercussions.
From the San Diego Tribune, Thursday, January 17, 1991:
Air strike on Baghdad is felt here
Tears and cheers greet news of war
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When the bombs hit Baghdad, San Diego shook.
People across the city and county stopped in their tracks, drawn like magnets to radio speakers and television screens, riveted by news of yesterday’s air assault on Saddam Hussein’s forces in Iraq and Kuwait.