US asked Saudi permission to launch Operation Desert Storm

Title

US asked Saudi permission to launch Operation Desert Storm

Genre

News report

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:30

Description

Nick Peters reports from Washington on how the Saudi Arabian leaders were asked by the US Government to allow the launch of Operation Desert Storm air strikes from their country.

Contributors

Nick Peters

Keywords

USA; Saudi Arabia; Military operations; Gulf War (1990-1991); Operation Desert Storm (1991); Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

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