Persian Gulf War

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Also Known As	Gulf War
Date	January 16, 1991 - February 28, 1991
Location	Iraq • Kuwait
Participants	Egypt • France • Iraq • Kuwait • Saudi Arabia • Syria • United Kingdom • United States

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George H.W. Bush

president of United States

Hosni Mubarak

president of Egypt

Saddam Hussein

president of Iraq

Hafez al-Assad

president of Syria

Colin Powell

United States general and statesman

Paul Wolfowitz

United States government official

Sheikh Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ

emir of Kuwait

Fahd of Saudi Arabia

king of Saudi Arabia

Norman Schwarzkopf

United States general

Sheikh Khalifa ibn Hamad Al Thani

emir of Qatar

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