STRIKE ON IRAQ



-HIDDEN AGENDA'S
There are different opinions about the reasons behind this operation. It is impossible to ignore the fact that the attack took place two months before the U.S.A. Presidential elections.
President Clinton made some extra points against Republican candidate Bob Dole Himself a WWII hero, particulary since Mr. is himself what in America is described a Draft Dodger.
But the Aftermath is an entirely different story. The KDP, the guerrilla faction supported by Iraq, came out as the absolute victors in this confrontation with thousands of PUK refugees fleeing into Iran. Experts insist that Saddam Hussein is the one that has come out in victory out this entire episode.
On September 19th. CNN reported that American officials recognized that "Recent events may have strenghtened the Iraqi leader with his Arab neighbours and in the rest of the world.
Defence Secretary W. Perry and his counter part Secretary of State Warren Christopher were forced into shuttle diplomacy trying to "mend the cracks with in the 1991 aliance."
On September 16 th. U.S.A. Ambassador to the United Nations Albright appeared disappointed after the USA long time allied the Great Britain, joined Russia,France and China in the U.N. Security Council blocking a condemnation resolution against Iraq.
In the following days, the rethoric calmed down in both sides and the U.S. reinforcements that were prepared to be deployed in the area remained in their American basis. Kurdish refugees working with American releive agencies and the CIA were evacuated to Guam in what the the American media described as a "New Life" and the entire episode became forgoten history.


Prologue./ Day One./ What is the "No - Fly Zone./ The Commander in Chief./ The Strike./ Britsh Support to the U.S. Offensive./ Expanding the No-Fly Zone./ What is the "No-Fly Zone" any way?/ Iraqi Response./ Day Two./ American - Kuwati Military Exercises./ Back in Bahgdah./ Hidden Agendas./