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Desert storm preplanned { August 2 1990 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/Dillard.html http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/Dillard.html Prelude to Operation DESERT STORM The events that led to creation of a new joint air campaign target planning organization began in July 1990, when General Schwarzkopf conducted the large joint command post exercise, "Internal Look," at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The exercise tested aspects of the plan for the defense of the Arabian peninsula. General Schwarzkopf quickly determined that neither the CENTCOM nor the CENTAF staff was fully capable of planning large joint air operations for an Iraqi invasion scenario. Concurrent with the "Internal Look" exercise, the Persian Gulf crisis escalated, and on 2 August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. General Schwarzkopf’s immediate requirements were to develop a military strategy and courses of action to stop the potential Iraqi invasion of Saudi Arabia. To meet the invasion threat, General Schwarzkopf requested the Air Staff’s assistance in developing an air campaign plan against Iraq.

1991 lied incubators { February 7 2003 } Desert storm preplanned { August 2 1990 } Iraq glaspie { May 27 1999 } Iraqgate Kuwait baby incubator story { December 5 2002 } Lies propaganda No saudi threat Files Listed: 7

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