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Title:Saudi Arabia: United States-Led Allied Forces Launch A Ground War Against Iraqi Troops In Occupied Kuwait
Date:24th February 1991
Summary:Allied forces launched a ground war against Iraqi troops in occupied Kuwait on February 24th with armoured advances into both Iraq and Kuwait itself. US Marine Corps tanks broke through Iraqi lines near the Kuwaiti town of Wafra and elsewhere along the Saudi-Kuwaiti border. British and French forces were reported pushing into Iraq itself, to the west of the Emirate.
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Location: KUWAIT / SAUDI ARABIA
Reuters ID:LDL0011SXG66V
Aspect Ratio:4:3
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