In the aftermath of the Gulf War in 1991, a no-fly zone, initially proposed by British Prime Minister John Major, did not topple Saddam Hussein, but it did prevent him from carrying out further attacks from the air on Kurds in the north and Shia in the south.
No rescaldo da Guerra do Golfo, em 1991, a zona de exclusão aérea, inicialmente proposta pelo primeiro-ministro britânico, John Major, não derrubou Saddam Hussein, mas impediu-o de realizar novos ataques aéreos sobre os curdos no Norte e os xiitas no Sul.