Iraqi No-Fly Zone Enforcement Operations (1 März 1991 Jahr – 1 Mai 2003 Jahr)
Beschreibung:
Geography: North Iraq and South Iraq by the Security Council
Warring Factions: The Iraqi Military and air force against Coalition enforcement force (USA, UK, France)
Duration:1991 - 2003 (Gulf war until 2003 invasion)
Weapons Supplier: CEF used weapons supplied from NATO / US / UK whilst Iraq had weapon making plants “Chemical weapons agents and thousands more tons of the chemicals used to make them; a major biological weapons production facility; machines for separating out radioactive isotopes that could be used to fuel a nuclear bomb; and dozens of missiles, launching pads, and missile warheads for both conventional and chemical munitions.” UNSCOM inspection 1998
Description: Air exclusion zones were created and patrolled to halt the Iraqi air force from flying or any air operations and was enforced by the coalition during the Gulf War against both kurdish and shia minorities to limit casualties and war activities allegedly.
Zugefügt zum Band der Zeit:
Datum:
1 März 1991 Jahr
1 Mai 2003 Jahr
~ 12 years