Nitrate vs Nitrite. Both nitrate and nitrite are oxy anions of Nitrogen. Although they both seem to look alike, there are differences between them. These differences can be with respect to their structure, bonding, geometrical shape, oxidation state of Nitrogen, chemical reactivity, uses of them and etc.
Operation Desert Storm: 25 Years Since the First Gulf War. On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Stormâa military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier.
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.