Iraq Unpacked PLUS-Saddam Hussein’s Water War

In 1991, the United States led coalition forces from dozens of countries against Iraq in a 43-day war that changed the Middle East and the world. After the U.S. accomplished its mission, President George Bush Senior encouraged the people of Iraq to take things into their own hands and overthrow Saddam Hussein. When they failed, Hussein took things into his own hands and waged a water war of revenge against people of the marshlands.