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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.
So President Bush began organizing a coalition of Arab and Western forces to liberate Kuwait. Eventually a deadline of January 16, 1991 was issued to Saddam to remove his army from Kuwait. When that deadline passed, Operation Desert Storm began. Kuwait was liberated in late February. Saddam Hussein, dictator of Iraq, invaded Iraq's southern neighbor, Kuwait, on August 2, 1990. He claimed it was not an independent nation but rather a rebellious province of Iraq.