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My mission calls for military actions at 32 degrees north and 43 degrees east. What country am I in?

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Answer:

The Gulf War[b] was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait arising from oil pricing and production disputes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Date 17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991

(1 month, 1 week and 4 days)

Location

Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Persian Gulf

Result

Coalition victory

Iraqi forces expelled from Kuwait

Kuwaiti independence restored

Destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure

Uprisings against the Iraqi government

Saddam Hussein regime of the Iraqi Baathist government retains power in Iraq

UN sanctions against Iraq

Iraqi no-fly zones established

United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 establishes cease-fire terms, beginning of the Iraq disarmament controversies

United Nations Security Council Resolution 689, to establish the United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission to monitor the border between Iraq and Kuwait.

Territorial

changes

State of Kuwait restored

Iraqi Kurdistan obtains autonomy, establishment of the northern Iraq no fly zone by the US.

Establishes demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait, known as the Kuwait–Iraq barrier.

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