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  • Bush: Iraq Won't Decide Timing of Ground War
  • 2/1/91
    JANUARY | FEBRUARY
      2/2/91


     
  • U.S. Allies Press Bombing Against Forces in Kuwait

  • U.S. Confirms 'Friendly Fire' Killed 7 Marines
  • 2/3/91
     
      2/4/91


     
  • U.S.: Iraq Exploiting Civilians
  • General Describes Emotions of War

  • Air Assault on Iraqis Seen as Pivotal Phase of War
  • Bush 'Skeptical' Air Power Alone Can Prevail
  • Can Saddam Still Win The Other War?
  • 2/5/91
     
      2/6/91


     
  • Iraq Charges High Civilian Toll in Air Raids
  • Gulf Ground War Seen Not Imminent

  • Allies to Intensify Bombing to Prepare for Ground War
  • Iraqi Factory's Product Germ Warfare or Milk?
  • 2/7/91
     
      2/8/91


     
  • Land Probes May Be Bait to Goad Iraqis Into Open
  • 600 Iraqi Tanks Ruined, Allies Say

  • Operation Highlights Weakness of U.S. Forces
  • 2/9/91
     
      2/10/91


     
  • Iraq Rebuffs Iran on Peace Initiative
  • Cheney Says Iraqis Still Strong, Sees 'Limit' to Air War

  • 'Warthogs' Pursue an Elusive Prey
  • Bush: No Immediate Plans to Start Ground War
  • 2/11/91
     
      2/12/91


     
  • Allied Bombs Hit 2 Iraqi Ministries

  • Bomb Kills Civilians in Building Called Military Bunker by U.S.
  • Bombs Killed Victims as They Slept
  • Air War's Political Risks Dramatized
  • 2/13/91
     
      2/14/91


     
  • U.S. Raises Estimate of Iraqi Armor Destroyed
  • Iraqis Called Vulnerable to Land Attack

  • Iraq Offers Conditional Withdrawal
  • Baghdad's Offer Has 'No Effect' on Pace of War
  • 2/15/91
     
      2/16/91


     
  • Soviets Join U.S. Against Iraqi Offer
  • Tackling Problems from 'Friendly Fire' to Sandbags

  • Iraqi in Moscow for Talks
  • 2/17/91
     
      2/18/91


     
  • Gorbechev Offers Peace Plan to Iraq

  • Schwarzkopf Says Iraq's Army on Verge of Collapse
  • Bush Said to Fear Concessions, Delays
  • 2/19/91
     
      2/20/91


     
  • U.S. Raids in Kuwait Intensify
  • Battle Plan Envisions 'High-Tempo' Assault

  • Allies Say Artillery Fire on Iraqis Is Heaviest Yet
  • 2/21/91
     
      2/22/91


     
  • Bush Gives Iraq Until Noon to Begin Withdrawal From Kuwait
  • Officials See Signs Iraq Is 'Crying Uncle'
  • Aggressive Patrolling Continues

  • U.S., Allies Launch Ground Invasion of Kuwait
  • Multinational Forces Roll Into Iraq, Occupied Kuwait
  • President on Inexorable Course
  • 2/23/91
     
      2/24/91


     
  • U.S. Aims To Destroy Core Of Iraq's Military
  • Allies Meet Little Resistance, Captured Thousands of POWs
  • From Early On, Bush Committed To Ground Assault

  • Iraq Says Retreat Is Ordered
  • 2/25/91
     
      2/26/91


     
  • Allies Surround Republican Guard, Say Crippled Iraqis Are Near Defeat
  • No Martyrdom for Saddam
  • Scud Kills 27 GIs At Dhahran Billet

  • Battered Baghdad Struggles On
  • 2/27/91
     
      2/28/91

     
  • Bush Orders Cease-Fire

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