Scud

...Arrow (Hetz) II. Israel and the US have cooperated in missile defence since the US sent batteries of Patriot missiles to Israel during the first Gulf War, when Saddam Hussein fired dozens of Scud missiles at Israel. Israel's air defences...

In this article: Israel, US, Iran, Hezbollah, Palestinian militants, Saddam Hussein, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

...civilians, against a foreign adversary, and even against his own people. And during the Gulf War, Saddam launched Scuds against Saudi Arabia, Israel and Bahrain. Now, instead of playing by the very rules he agreed to at the end of the Gulf...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Barack Obama, Iraq, George W. Bush, Al-Qaeda, Gulf War, Ovarian cancer, and United Nations

...known for colorful language. In 1991, when Syria was participating on the American side in the Gulf War, Tlass stated that he felt "an overwhelming joy" when Saddam Hussein sent SCUD-missiles towards Israel. In 1999, Tlass caused a minor...

In this article: Mustafa Tlass, Bashar al-Assad, Ba'ath, Matzah, Dog, Yassir Arafat, Gina Lollobrigida, Hafez al-Assad, and Syria

...tremendous criticism." The United States and Israel invested in developing a multibillion-dollar missile defense system after Saddam Hussein fired Scud missiles at Israeli cities in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. But the Arrow-2 system is...

In this article: Hezbollah, Israel, Haifa, Hebrew University, and Martin van Creveld

...of technical experience. Much of its arsenal is based on pre-1990s designs. The Shahab 3 is a update of the ageing North Korean No-dong missile, which is a close relative of the Soviet-era Scuds fired by Saddam Hussein in the 1991 Gulf War.

In this article: Iran, Tehran, Jamejam, 1991 Gulf War, Shahab 3, The Iranian, and Saddam Hussein

...age. The story traces Hussein's ruthless rise to power, and his conflict with the Jews whom he vowed to incinerate with his Scud missiles during the Gulf War, all the while protecting the incredible secret of his true identity. Based on a...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Adolf Hitler, Xlibris, Gulf War, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, George H. Bush, and Iraq

...the issue the Arab and Muslim world wanted addressed. A war on Iraq would open Israel to attack by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who had launched Scud missiles at it during the Gulf War. Hussein was crazy, a menace, a real threat,...

In this article: Colin L. Powell, George W. Bush, United Nations, Dick Cheney, Saddam Hussein, Condoleezza Rice, Iraq, Donald H. Rumsfeld, and United States

...the Iranian nation." 'VERY SCARY' Tel Aviv is an Israeli coastal metropolis hit in 1991 by Scud missiles launched by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein during a U.S.-led war with Baghdad. "I think it is very scary what they are...

In this article: Iran, United States, Tel Aviv, Ali Shirazi, Javier Solana, Tehran, International Atomic Energy Agency, European Union, and Nicolas Sarkozy

...make the fire eat up half of Israel." During the Gulf War he fired Scud missiles into Israel, and during the Palestinian uprising a decade later he paid cash grants to families of suicide bombers. The U.N. sanctions remained in effect...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Baath Party, Iraq, United Nations, United States, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Kuwait, Iran, and Syria