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THE CANADIAN FORCES IN THE GULF WAR
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who started it?
Canada’s role
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990. Alarmed by these actions, fellow Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene.
Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm. After 42 days of relentless attacks by the allied coalition in the air and on the ground, U.S.
President George H.W. Bush declared a cease-fire on February 28; by that time, most Iraqi forces in Kuwait had either surrendered or fled. Though the Persian Gulf War was initially considered an unqualified success for the international coalition, simmering conflict in the troubled region led to a second Gulf War–known as the Iraq War–that began in 2003.
During Canada’s Operation FRICTION, about 4,000 service personnel participated in the intervention, with a peak of 2,700 personnel at one time in the Persian Gulf region. These service men and women were primarily attached to four Canadian units in the Gulf: the Canadian Task Group at sea; the Canadian Air Task Group in Doha, Quatar; the joint Headquarters, Canadian Forces Middle East, in Manamah, Bahrain; and First Canadian Field Hospital at Al-Qaysumah.
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Operation Friction
Some Background
Operation Friction was a Canadian military operation that saw the contribution of 4,500 Canadian Forces personnel to the 1991 Gulf War. The larger US components were Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.
Canada suffered no casualties during the conflict but since its end many veterans have complained of suffering from Gulf War syndrome
http://www.history.com/topics/persian-gulf-war
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/452778/Persian-Gulf-War
After Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990, the United Nations (UN) approved a series of 12 UN Security Council Resolutions. Between August 2, 1990, and November 29th, 1990, the resolutions guided "like-minded nations" to unite in a coalition to exercise their influence over Iraq.
With UN Security Council Resolution 678, the last of the 12, the UN authorized the coalition countries to take all appropriate actions, including military force, to push Iraq out of Kuwait.
Sponsored by the UN, the United States and Saudi Arabia took the lead to orchestrate the actions of the coalition countries involved in military operations. Canada was one of 35 nations involved in the effort.
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/canadian-armed-forces/persian-gulf