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Coalition air forces launch             Senate votes 98-0 to commend            SECDEF declares an airlift
massive at. tacks in Iraq and           and support President Bush and          emergency and orders the
Kuwait. White House Press               United States troops.  Allied           Military Airlift Command
Secretary announces "The                sorties top 1,300 in first day          (MAC) to implement second
liberation of Kuwait has                and second night of air strikes.        phase of the Civil Reserve Air
begun." Stated goal is to               Iraqi missiles, carrying                Fleet program (CRAF II)
enforce U.N. resolutions.               conventional warheads, hit              requiring U.S. airlines to
                                        Haifa and Tel Aviv.                     provide up to 181 aircraft for
Operation Desert Storm                                                          military airlift purposes. Allies
Begins                                                                          mount huge effort to locate and
                                                                                destroy Iraqi Scud missile
                                                                                launchers. President Bush
                                                                                authorizes call-up of up to I
                                                                                million Ready Reserves, for up
                                                                                to 2 years.


               Jan 19                             Jan 20                               Jan 22

United States officials say the         Saddam Hussein seeks to rally           President Gorbachev calls for
allies have air control over            Arab supporters by saying his           increased international efforts
much of fraq and Kuwait.                forces have weaponry to fight           to prevent the Gulf war from
SBCDBF raises maximum                   and win. Army calls up                  widening, reiterates support for
number of military reservists           20,000 members of the                   the United States-led attempt to
that can be ordered to active           Individual Ready Reserve                liberate Kuwait.
duty in the Persian Gulf by             (IRR). This is the first time
172,000, raising the total to           since the Vietnam War that
360,000 Ready Reserves, for             members of the IRR have been
up to 1 year.                           called.


               Jan23                              Jan25                                Jan26

President Bush says the war             United States accuses Iraq of           American intelligence officials
against Iraq is on schedule.   He       releasing millions of gallons of        conclude that air power alone
cautions the nation to expect           oil into the Gulf. President            will not be able to force Iraqi
setbacks and sacrifices, but that       Bush calls this a "sick" act of         troops out of Kuwait, and that
"we will not stop until we have         desperation by Iraq and orders          ground attacks by allied forces
achieved our goals."                    the Pentagon to move to stop            will be needed.  Air campaign
                                        the spill. Pentagon calls the           now shifting to "battlefield
                                        spill an act of "environmental          preparation."
                                        terronsm.


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