page_title: Operation Provide Comfort
hierarchical_section_title: Operation Provide Comfort
caption_attribution_description: English: Scan of personal photo. Taken in N. Iraq in 1991 during Operation Provide Comfort. Lt. Col. John Abizaid (L) speaking with some Kurds.
context_page_description: Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish civilians fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War and deliver humanitarian aid to them.
context_section_description: Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish civilians fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War and deliver humanitarian aid to them.
caption: Then-Lt. Col. John Abizaid speaking with some Kurds in Northern Iraq during Operation Provide Comfort, 1991
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