| Apr 5 |
President Bush
announces U.S. relief supply airdrops to Kurdish refugees in Turkey and northern Iraq |
| Apr 6 |
Iraq officially
accepts cease-fire terms |
| Apr 6 |
Task Force Provide
Comfort forms and deploys |
| Apr 7 |
U.S. transports
deliver 72,000 pounds of supplies in first six Operation Provide Comfort missions |
| Apr 11 |
Cease-fire takes
effect |
| Apr 20 |
Construction of first
Provide Comfort tent city begins near Zakhu, Iraq |
| Jun 7 |
U.N. commission
assumes responsibility for Kurdish refugees |
| Jul 11 |
Fire in Camp Doha’s North Compound motor
pool
|
| Aug 5 |
First report of container with unknown liquid
content leaking at facility known as Kuwaiti Girls School
|
| Sep 12 |
Explosive ordinance disposal personnel
identified the contents of some small metal cans in a building at Camp Monterey, Kuwait,
as o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile, a riot control agent generally known as tear gas
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