Gulf War - Saddam's solution
Time: Sunday Aug 12, 1990
Place: Kuwait
Details: On 12 August 1990, Saddam "propose that all cases of occupation, and those cases that have been portrayed as occupation, in the region, be resolved simultaneously". Specifically, he called for Israel to withdraw from occupied territories in Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, Syria to withdraw from Lebanon, and "mutual withdrawals by Iraq and Iran and arrangement for the situation in Kuwait".
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United Nations-UN authorized a US-led coalition that repulsed the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
1991 - Kuwait
![Gulf War-Resolution 678](/assets/placeholder.png)
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Gulf War-Resolution 678
Thursday Nov 29, 1990 - Kuwait
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Gulf War-The Army had been stood down
Thursday Jul 19, 1990 - Kuwait
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Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis-Iran's Revolutionary Guard
1983 - Kuwait
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Gulf War-Saddam ordered a retreat from Kuwait
Wednesday Feb 27, 1991 - Kuwait
On This Day - 12 August
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Crusades-Battle of Ascalon
Saturday Aug 12, 1099 - (Present-Day Ashkelon)
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Leonardo da Vinci-Leonardo's remains
Tuesday Aug 12, 1519 - Collegiate Church of Saint Florentin at the Château d'Amboise, Amboise, France
![German revolutions of 1848–1849-Ferdinand returned to Vienna](/assets/placeholder.png)
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German revolutions of 1848–1849-Ferdinand returned to Vienna
Saturday Aug 12, 1848 - Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
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1905 Russian Revolution-Russian artillerymen and military engineers rose in revolt in the fortress of Sveaborg
Sunday Aug 12, 1906 - Helsinki, Finland, Russian Empire (Now Finland)
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Red Summer-Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs asking President Wilson to stop the rioting in Chicago
Tuesday Aug 12, 1919 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
August 1990
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Croatian War of Independence-An Unrecognized mono-ethnic referendum
Aug, 1990 - Croatia
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Gulf War-Invasion
Thursday Aug 2, 1990 - Kuwait
![Gulf War-The Iraqi response](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Demolished vehicles line Highway 80, also known as the "Highway of Death", the route fleeing Iraqi forces took as they retreated fom Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm Image](https://historydraft.com/files/854a6223-90b3-461d-9e74-7efb8d606d8e.160.webp)
Gulf War-The Iraqi response
Thursday Aug 2, 1990 - Kuwait City, Kuwait
![Gulf War-The Arab League own resolution](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Demolished vehicles line Highway 80, also known as the "Highway of Death", the route fleeing Iraqi forces took as they retreated fom Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm Image](https://historydraft.com/files/854a6223-90b3-461d-9e74-7efb8d606d8e.160.webp)
Gulf War-The Arab League own resolution
Friday Aug 3, 1990 - Cairo, Egypt
![Gulf War-Resolution 661](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Demolished vehicles line Highway 80, also known as the "Highway of Death", the route fleeing Iraqi forces took as they retreated fom Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm Image](https://historydraft.com/files/854a6223-90b3-461d-9e74-7efb8d606d8e.160.webp)
Gulf War-Resolution 661
Monday Aug 6, 1990 - Iraq
1990
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Rwandan genocide-The RPF invaded
1990 - Rwanda
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Rwandan genocide-Civil Defense
1990 - Rwanda
![Croatian War of Independence-The League of Communists broke up](/assets/placeholder.png)
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Croatian War of Independence-The League of Communists broke up
Jan, 1990 - Croatia
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Kosovo War-the Yugoslav government announced it would press ahead with the creation of a multi-party system
Jan, 1990 - Serbia (Yugoslavia)
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Rwandan genocide-Large numbers of grenades and munitions
1990 - Rwanda