Gulf War, the
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishGulf War, thethe Gulf WarˌGulf ˈWar, the a war which began in 1991, after Iraq attacked Kuwait and took control of it. A United Nations force led by the US, and including soldiers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UK, and France, attacked Iraq and forced the Iraqi army out of Kuwait. The Gulf War was watched on television by millions of people. → see also Saddam Hussein