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Secret/Noforn, 1 p. On December 2, 1990, six weeks before the United States and its allies initiated Operation Desert Storm, Iraq test launched three Scud missiles from sites in eastern Iraq, which impacted in western Iraq.
The outpost on the island passed the first day of Operation Desert Storm without an incident. However, its fortune ended at 4:45 on the morning of the 17th, as the small island outpost incurred the wrath of the enemy's attacks. Coalition planes pounded the island in three subsequent waves of attack.