U.S. planes attack 300 Iraqi vehicles 60 miles into Kuwait, destroying 28 tanks. U.S. officials want Iraq to announce specific timetable for withdrawing from Kuwait as condition for peace settlement. Thursday, Feb. 21 Soviet spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko announces Iraq, Soviet Union have agreed on plan that could lead to Iraqi withdrawal. Saddam Hussein declares Iraq remains ready to fight ground war. He demands Iraq begin withdrawal from Kuwait by noon Feb. 23 to avoid ground war.
Soviet Union announces eight-point withdrawal plan.
Iraq sets ablaze one-sixth of Kuwait's 950 oil wells. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney halts news briefings on war. U.S. officials say Iraqi soldiers are rounding up Kuwaitis to torture, execute. At least 200 oil wells and facilities are ablaze in Kuwait. More than 300 attack and supply helicopters strike more than 50 miles into Iraq, largest such assault in military history.