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Section sizes Section size for Gulf War (63 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 18,917 18,917 Names 2,976 5,644 Operational names 2,162 2,162 Campaign names 506 506 Background 18,420 18,420 Invasion of Kuwait 7,561 9,401 Kuwaiti resistance movement 1,840 1,840 Run-up to the war 22 39,597 Diplomatic means 16,050 16,050 Military means 5,668 5,668 Creating a coalition 9,733 17,857 Justification for intervention 3,427 3,427 Public relations campaign targeting the public 4,697 4,697 Early battles 19 18,766 Air campaign 3,973 3,973 Iraqi Scud missile strikes on Israel and Saudi Arabia 11,757 11,757 Iraqi invasion of Saudi Arabia (Battle of Khafji) 3,017 3,017 Counter reconnaissance 3,763 3,763 Breach 7,303 7,303 Ground campaign 17,561 30,605 Liberation of Kuwait 3,893 3,893 Initial moves into Iraq 3,825 3,825 Coalition forces enter Iraq 5,326 5,326 End of active hostilities 7,033 7,033 Coalition involvement 2,842 13,018 Australia 1,346 1,346 Argentina 1,540 1,540 Canada 2,113 2,113 France 1,014 1,014 Italy 1,629 1,629 United Kingdom 2,534 2,534 Casualties 16 16,282 Civilian 5,670 5,670 Iraqi 2,484 2,484 Coalition 7,405 8,112 Friendly fire 707 707 Aftermath 50 31,994 Gulf War illness 4,882 4,882 Effects of depleted uranium 4,385 4,385 Highway of Death 2,232 2,232 Bulldozer assault 3,061 3,061 Palestinian exodus from Kuwait 2,560 2,560 Coalition bombing of Iraq's civilian infrastructure 2,256 2,256 Abuse of Coalition POWs 2,418 2,418 Operation Southern Watch 2,425 2,425 Sanctions 2,192 2,192 Draining of the Qurna Marshes 2,021 2,021 Oil spill 1,824 1,824 Kuwaiti oil fires 1,688 1,688 Cost 1,317 3,859 Effect on developing countries 2,542 2,542 Media coverage 5,631 5,631 Technology 2,961 5,108 Scud and Patriot missiles 2,147 2,147 Popular culture 665 665 See also 490 490 Notes 959 959 References 160 2,122 Works cited 1,962 1,962 Bibliography 10,743 12,600 Films 951 951 Novels 906 906 External links 5,817 5,817 Total 257,994 257,994

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Why there is no mention about involvement of italy in the conflict? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.48.73.118 (talk) 21:07, 29 November 2016

The site states "For 42 consecutive days and nights, the coalition forces subjected Iraq to the most intensive air bombardment in military history. The coalition flew over 100,000 sorties dropping 88,500 tons of bombs…" The data may be true, but the claim of "most intensive air bombardment in military history" is debatable and entirely subjective depending on what they are basing that claim on. Intensive means concentrated, but how are they determining that, by number/tonnage/area/sorties/time?

Until there is something to corroborate the claim, “the most” should either be changed to “one of the most” or “an” (with "in military history" removed). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.45.115.4 (talk) 09:53, 4 September 2017‎ (UTC)Reply[reply]

If its name is Gulf, why does it say Persian Gulf here? مصطفی کوهستانی (talk) 11:13, 7 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@مصطفی کوهستانی The article title is based on Wikipedia:Article titles policy — DaxServer (t · m · c) 11:18, 7 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There are many "Gulf", as there are many seas. Can you name a sea that has no suffix? and just call it "Sea".

So how do you say the Persian Gulf, Gulf?

"Gulf War" is as ridiculous as saying "Sea War". مصطفی کوهستانی (talk) 12:09, 7 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

مصطفی کوهستانی (talk) 14:00, 7 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Desert Strike is most likely the first video game ever made about the Gulf War. It should be included in the Popular culture section, thanks! BlazeFielding BlazeFielding (talk) 08:03, 23 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. This needs secondary sources to demonstrate that it is WP:DUE. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:42, 23 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Add India to Diplomatic Support for Iraq

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^[4] 131.217.255.210 (talk) 18:21, 3 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Not done: I cannot evaluate the pages of the book submitted here, as there is no viewable text at the provided links and I do not have it. However, the second link to the archived ISSI page has this text about the Gulf War: "During the 1991 Gulf War, the Indian government under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar took a pro-US stand." This does not support the requested edit. -- Pinchme123 (talk) 02:37, 5 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]