Talk:1998 bombing of Iraq

message: I removed a substantial portion of text that had been copied from one of the external links with little or no modification. This use of copyrighted text is not acceptable. The article left behind is presumably more incomplete as a result, but in addressing that, contributions must always be written in your own words. --Michael Snow 17:23, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal 

message: Title should be renamed as the current is US-POV (WP:Milhist guidelines). See also United States bombing of Libya or NATO campaign against the Army of Republika Srpska --TheFEARgod (Ч) 15:09, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  title renaming 

message: Facts 
U.S.S.R. sent Teams of Spetsnaz 1978 to 1979 into U.S. Ally Iran to Overthrow U.S. Ally Shah of Iran by creating a Civil War.  This was also happening at Afghanistan, except the 5 Million Pro U.S.S.R. Afghans invited the U.S.S.R. into Afghanistan to take care of their problem the 5 Million Pro U.S. Afghans.   The U.S.S.R. backed Ayatollah Khomeini and the U.S.S.R. Spetsnaz started Green Revolution.  After the Green Revolution Ayatollah Khomeini refused Orders from the U.S.S.R. just like the Pro U.S.S.R. Afghan President did with the U.S.S.R. Spetsnaz storming the Afghan Palace and murdering the Pro U.S.S.R. Afghan President.  Ayatollah Khomeini has his Revolutionary Guards Murder All Iranian Military and their Families that were of the Pro U.S. Shah of Iran Military, then starts murdering all Iranians that were suspected of being Collaborators to the Christians, Jews, Unbelievers.  This caused Millions of Iranians to flee to U.S. Ally Iraq.  U.S. Ally Iraq's Military assisted the Iranian Refugees while Ayatollah Khomeini attempted to stop the Millions of Iranians from getting to U.S. Ally Iraq, even going into U.S. Ally Iraq and taking back Iranians from the U.S. Ally Iraqis Refugee Camps.  This then turned into small battles, then larger battles, U.S. Ally President Saddam Hussein then decided to create a DMZ, and the U.S. Ally Iraqis Military go into Iran and forced the Iranian Military away from the Borders, starting the Iran Iraq Wars, as the Longest Conventional War of History.
During the Iran Iraq Wars the Millions of Iranians that fled to U.S. Ally Iraq turned Traitor and fought on the side of U.S.S.R. backed Ayatollah Khomeini's Iran.  To the North the Millions of Kurdistanis fought on the side of U.S.S.R. backed Ayatollah Khomeini Iran.  After the Iran Iraq Wars were declared over with Paris Peace Talks, the Millions of Iranians at U.S. Ally Iraq, as the Shia of Iraq, continued to Fight against U.S. Ally Iraq, the Millions of Kurdistanis continued to fight against U.S. Ally Iraq, U.S. Ally President Saddam Hussein then Used Chemical Weapons from undetermined sources to finally end the fighting, just as the U.S. had Used Nuclear Weapons to Finally End World War 2.
Demonrat President Clinton's False Assumption, Dictator Saddam Hussein Murdering His Own People (in reference to the Traitor Kurdistanis and the Traitor Shia of Iraq) during the Iran Iraq Wars.
Demonrat President Clinton's False Assumption, Everybody living at U.S. Ally Iraq is an Iraqis.  Actual Iraqis Arabs, Arabic, Sunnis.  Shia of Iraq, Iranians, Farsi, Shia, Ally of Iran.  Kurdistanis Indo Europeans, Slang Farsi, Shia, Ally of Iran.
Demonrat President Clinton's 1993 U.S. Airstrikes and U.S. Cruise Missile Attacks, extremely inaccurate without U.S. Military on the ground doing the Target Identifications, Target Adjustments, and Target Damage Assessments.  1993 half of a U.S. Army Special Forces ODA sent to Baghdad Iraq.  Result the 1993 First Obama Bin Laden Attack of the World Trade Center.
Demonrat President Clinton's 1993 U.S. Airstrikes and U.S. Cruise Missile Attacks, extremely inaccurate without U.S. Military on the ground doing the Target Identifications, Target Adjustments, and Target Damage Assessments.  1993 half of a U.S. Army Special Forces ODA sent to Baghdad Iraq. There are no U.S. Ally Iraq Military Targets inside Baghdad Iraq, the Iraqis Military are in a number of rings around Baghdad Iraq, their Air Defenses are also near the Border with U.S. Ally Syria as to where the U.S. Airstrikes were coming from as well as the U.S. Cruise Missile Attacks being launched from U.S. Ally Syrian Sea Ports.  U.S. Attacked Civilians at Baghdad Iraq.
U.S. Congress informed Demonrat President Clinton that he is Violating U.S. Senate Law, 1973 War Powers Resolution, U.S. House of Representatives Law, 1973 War Powers Act, in response Demonrat President Clinton gives his 1998 State of the Union Address Demanding that U.S. Congress Declare War Against U.S. Ally Iraq, justification "Weapons of Mass Destruction".  U.S. Congress Declared War Against U.S. Ally Iraq as part of the Demonrat Party's Policy of "Regime Change" (later Obama did the same "Regime Change" as the Overthrows of U.S. Allies Established Governments), Goals, "Overthrow President Saddam Hussein, Liberate the Iraqis People, Install A Demonratcy.". Demonrat President Clinton then Ordered 1998 U.S. Military Operation Desert Fox.  Half of a U.S. Army Special Forces ODA sent to Baghdad Iraq, there are no U.S. Ally Iraqis Military Forces at Baghdad Iraq, Clinton's belief is that by attacking the Iraqis Civilians that they will Rise Up and Overthrow Dictator Saddam Hussein, the Targets were the Overcrowded Urban Poor Areas of Baghdad Iraq (ironically the Shia of Iraq Overcrowded Areas).  Surviving Shia of Iraq declared the U.S. Is the Great Satan, U.S. Declared War Against Muslims.  Clinton spun this only showing the center of Baghdad Iraq (few U.S. Cruise Missiles that went off course), while Al Jazeera was broadcasting all the damages, deaths and destruction.
In response Obama Bin Laden Declared Revenge for the Murders of the Innocent Poor of Islam and Declared "the U.S. Is the Great Satan" on Video (VHS) Tape sent to Al Jazeera, the Holy Koran Demands that All Muslims Fight Satan.  As the Cause of the Second Obama Bin Laden Attack of the World Trade Center, 9/11 2001.
The Muslim Nation of Iran then Declared to the Arab League of Nations (and OPEC) that the U.S. is The Great Satan. U.S. Ally Arab Nations then got lots of backlash for being U.S. Allies, as just short of Civil War and Muslim Revolution to Overthrow the U.S. Ally Arab Nations Established Governments.
To the North U.S. Army Special Forces, CIA SAD and SOG, linked up with the Millions of Kurdistanis Traitors as Allies of Iran to fight against the Actual Iraqis.  To the South the  U.S. Army Special Forces, CIA SAD and SOG linked up with the Traitorous Shia of Iraq as Allies of Iran to fight against the Actual Iraqis.  Same thing the Muslim Nation of Iran did during the Iran Iraq Wars.  
The Millions (30 Million) of Kurdistanis Allied themselves to Obama Bin Laden, Al Quada, Millions of Afghan Taliban, Millions of Holy Warriors of Islam and became Ansar Al Islam. Nakamuradavid (talk) 15:19, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  So Many Facts Omitted (Censored) 

message: The article neglects to mention the US Army Special Forces and US Marine forces directly involved in cooperation with the Kurdish militias during the operation. They invaded from bases in Turkey and held northern Iraq until the bombing campaign was halted. Afterwards, the US forces had to give up all the territory they seized and all American forces had to be withdrawn from their bases in southern Turkey. 
Kurdish refugees were kicked out of camps in Turkey only to be massacred by Saddam's death squads when they were deported. In response, the US-supported Kurdish militias attacked both the Turks (causing them to distrust the US) and the Iraqi forces to try to create a Kurdish homeland. Anti-Hussein networks rose up against their government and were slaughtered when the US left.    
The result was that Turkey, formerly a staunch NATO ally, refused to host Allied and Kurdish forces during the Iraq Invasion, forcing the American stategists to use another base of operations and support. It also made Kurdish and Iraqi opposition leaders more reticent, a problem that haunts support efforts in Iraq now. Desert Fox had some short-term benefit, but in the long run it was an irresponsible campaign that shifted the burden of dealing with the Hussein threat to the next administration in office. 
134.241.58.252 17:19, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Desert Fox Ground War neglected

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Desert fox green.jpg

message: FYI, a list of sources on this subject can be found here:  . Cla68 (talk) 03:51, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of sources 

message: I did a minimal addition in mentioniong OBL's fatwa which clearly states everything which this section tries to deny.  This section has an appropriate title at least. It tries to establish as fact any possible attempt by Osama Bin Laden to take action against the US in retaliation for oppression and deaths against Iraqis by the US and UN as ridiculous, when Osama Bin Lsden himself declares as one of his three main grievances in that 1996 proclaimation. I gave a link. STOP LYING. Batvette (talk) 05:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Propaganda 

message: Given the fact that Iraq's failure to comply with UN resolutions is disputed and the fact that we now know that Iraq abandonded all its WMD programs around 1994-1995, I changed the lead to say "Iraq's alleged failure to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions".  216.239.234.196 (talk) 14:05, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This would be relevant if #1, the requirements of the resolutions allowed Iraq to secretly dispose of its WMD, not furnish documentation of it, and yet retain ambiguity over their status to allude a threat to neighbors, or #2, that we really "now know" that to be the only factual probabilty. Duelfer's report JUDGES that yet allows that he may have also had them and moved them. Batvette (talk) 19:13, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alleged 

message: The criticism part of the article is overly long when compared to the rest. However, the problem is not with the excessive criticism, but the actual attack. Where did the Americans attack, exactly? Iraqi military response in the area? Reading the article, it gives no indication of these things.
99.144.241.215 (talk) 04:40, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: We need someone with knowledge of the campaign to expand the article. Is there any way to list it? Dynablaster (talk) 04:47, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serious construction needed 

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message: Why isn't the name of this article Operation Desert Fox per WP:COMMONNAME? there was a small note on that above, from 14 years ago. Anyone care to revisit? Hydromania (talk) 09:40, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Operation Desert Fox - name 

message: I have removed the list of nations that were listed as supporting Iraq during the 1998 bombing of Iraq. The cited Russian news article discusses possible general weapons violations of the listed countries and the possible training of Iraqi military officers on S-300 anti-air equipment in Belarus in the year 2000. The article does not mention anything about the listed countries supporting Iraq during the three day bombing. ElderZamzam (talk) 10:34, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox - support 

message: I've taken "Queen Elizabeth II" off from the "list of commanders". It's pretty much absurd to suggest and more importantly not at all in the style I've seen on Wikipedia, 146.199.131.82 (talk) 15:24, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of commanders