The Gulf War, also called The Persian War, was in the frontlines of America’s news from the beginning of the war until the very end. This war took place 2 August 1990-28 February 1991. This war was fought between Iraq and 39 other nations including The United States, Great Britain, Egypt, France, and Saudi Arabia. This war lasted 6 months, 3 weeks, and 5 days. The Gulf War was fought in multiple different countries including Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. This war was fought to completely wipe out the whole country of Iraq and to also reclaim the Kuwait people’s independence. This war was a devastating blow to the areas it was fought in. The areas lost many civilians and destroyed the land. Several countries committed
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It was not the turn-out they had anticipated though. They were left with very heavy damaged. Their country had been destroyed. Kuwait was left with a large loss of civilians. They however, obviously did not wipe out the country of Iraq. Iraq withdrew from the country and was not under their authority. The cost of the war was calculated by the U.S. congress to be $61.1 billion. About $52 billion of the money was given to other countries besides the United States. Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and other Arab states of the Persian Gulf walked away from the war with $36 billion. Germany and Japan had received $16 billion. Around 25% of Saudi Arabia’s donation was paid in the form of food and transportation. Men and women returning from war had some questionable symptoms doctors were linking together. The troopers had a new disease called ‘Gulf War Syndrome’. The men and women that were diagnosed felt symptoms such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and gastrointestinal disorder. There is rumor to what caused the illness and reported birth defects. Research has found that infants born to male troops of 1991 had higher ratios of two types of heart valve defects. Persian War veteran’s babies born after the war had taken place had a certain different defect than in the children that were born before the war. Scientists do not have enough evidence to prove the theory of the Gulf War Illness, however some possible factors
It was not the turn-out they had anticipated though. They were left with very heavy damaged. Their country had been destroyed. Kuwait was left with a large loss of civilians. They however, obviously did not wipe out the country of Iraq. Iraq withdrew from the country and was not under their authority. The cost of the war was calculated by the U.S. congress to be $61.1 billion. About $52 billion of the money was given to other countries besides the United States. Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and other Arab states of the Persian Gulf walked away from the war with $36 billion. Germany and Japan had received $16 billion. Around 25% of Saudi Arabia’s donation was paid in the form of food and transportation. Men and women returning from war had some questionable symptoms doctors were linking together. The troopers had a new disease called ‘Gulf War Syndrome’. The men and women that were diagnosed felt symptoms such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and gastrointestinal disorder. There is rumor to what caused the illness and reported birth defects. Research has found that infants born to male troops of 1991 had higher ratios of two types of heart valve defects. Persian War veteran’s babies born after the war had taken place had a certain different defect than in the children that were born before the war. Scientists do not have enough evidence to prove the theory of the Gulf War Illness, however some possible factors