Teletext Recovery - 28/02/1991

P139 CEEFAX 139 Thu 28 Feb 22:20/12   16-25 JANUARY  SUMMARY 1/9 16 JANUARY Operation Desert Storm launched with a massive air attack. 18 JANUARY Scud missiles hit Israel. 19 JANUARY Israel deploys US Patriot anti-missile system. 21 JANUARY Iraq says it has moved PoWs to "strategic sites". 22 JANUARY Three die in Iraqi missile attack on Israel. 25 JANUARY US accuses Iraq of pumping oil into Gulf. Iraq blames it on US bombing of tankers. 101 War Headlines 130 Gulf War News Plus GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P139 CEEFAX 139 Thu 28 Feb 22:1:/07   26 JAN-1 FEB  SUMMARY 2/9 26 JANUARY First Iraqi planes reported to have flown to Iran. 27 JANUARY US planes destroy source of Gulf oil leak. 29 JANUARY Iraq says PoW killed during Allied air raid on government building. 29 JANUARY Allied planes destroy 24 armoured vehicles in open near border. 30 JANUARY Iraqi troops capture Saudi town of Khafji. 1 FEBRUARY Saudi and Omani troops recapture Khafji with US air support. 101 War Headlines 130 Gulf War News Plus GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P139 CEEFAX 139 Thu 28 Feb 22:20/45   4-11 FEBRUARY  SUMMARY 3/9 4 FEBRUARY Iran's President Rafsanjani puts forward a "peace idea" to Iraq. 7 FEBRUARY Baghdad announces severance of diplomatic relations with Allies. 8 FEBRUARY US defence chiefs arrive in Saudi Arabia to evaluate air attacks. 9 FEBRUARY Kuwait announces £660m aid to Britain for war costs. 9 FEBRUARY US B-52 bombers make first sorties against Iraq from Britain. 11 FEBRUARY President Bush says air war will continue for a while. 101 War Headlines 130 Gulf War News Plus GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P139 CEEFAX 139 Thu 28 Feb 22:14/19   12-18 FEBRUARY  SUMMARY 4/9 13 FEBRUARY Iraq says hundreds killed in Allied raid on air shelter. 13 FEBRUARY US says Baghdad shelter was a military command and control bunker. 15 FEBRUARY Iraq offers to withdraw from Kuwait but attaches conditions. 15 FEBRUARY President Bush dismisses Iraqi offer as a "cruel hoax". 17 FEBRUARY RAF confirms that a bomb veered off and hit town of Fallujah. 18 FEBRUARY Gorbachev puts peace plan to Iraqis; US says war goes on. 101 War Headlines 130 Gulf War News Plus GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P139 CEEFAX 139 Thu 28 Feb 22:19/14   19-23 FEBRUARY  SUMMARY 5/9 19 FEBRUARY Bush says Gorbachev plan "falls well short" of US requirements. 21 FEBRUARY President Saddam tells Iraq "the mother of battles will be our victory and martyrdom". 22 FEBRUARY Iraqis agree to Soviet peace plan. 22 FEBRUARY President Bush issues ultimatum to Iraq to start pulling out of Kuwait by 1700 GMT on 23 February. 23 FEBRUARY Deadline for Iraq to begin to withdraw unconditionally from Kuwait passes with no sign of Iraqi pull-out. 101 War Headlines 130 Gulf War News Plus GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P139 CEEFAX 139 Thu 28 Feb 22:19/24   24 FEBRUARY  SUMMARY 6/9 0100 GMT Gulf War land offensive starts 0457 Allied troops in eastern Kuwaiti town of Wafra, according to Saudi TV. 0509 French troops enter Iraq. 0937 Allied paratroopers land in Kuwait City according to unconfirmed reports. 1400 Gen Schwarzkopf says first day of land offensive was a success; US had 5,500 Iraqi prisoners of war. 1925 French say they have 1,000 Iraqi prisoners of war; Saudi Arabia has a further 2,000 Iraqi PoWs. 101 War Headlines 130 Gulf War News Plus GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P139 CEEFAX 139 Thu 28 Feb 22:13/13   25 FEBRUARY  SUMMARY 7/9 25 FEBRUARY US forces say ground war proceeds with "tremendous success" and more than 270 Iraqi tanks destroyed. 25 FEBRUARY President Bush says "Kuwait will soon be free". 25 FEBRUARY Allies say about 20,000 Iraqi prisoners taken since the start of the land offensive. 25 FEBRUARY Iraqi Scud missile fired at barracks near Dhahran kills 27 American soldiers; 98 others injured. 25 FEBRUARY Baghdad Radio says Iraqi troops to be withdrawn from Kuwait. 101 War Headlines 130 Gulf War News Plus GulfIndex Headlines News¼eel

P139 CEEFAX 139 Thu 28 Feb 22:15/43   26 FEBRUARY  SUMMARY 8/9 26 FEBRUARY President Saddam says his forces will leave Kuwait by the end of the day. 26 FEBRUARY Allies say Iraqis in full retreat. Twenty-one Iraqi divisions  rendered ineffective for combat. 26 FEBRUARY President Bush says war will continue to be prosecuted with "undiminished intensity". 26 FEBRUARY US television reporter says US Marines take American embassy in Kuwait City, which is now "liberated". 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military News Plus GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P139 CEEFAX 139 Thu 28 Feb 22:21/17   27-28 FEBRUARY  SUMMARY 9/9 27 FEBRUARY Classic tank battle fought between Allies and Republican Guard. 27 FEBRUARY Nine British troops killed when US aircraft inadvertently fires on their vehicles. 27 FEBRUARY US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney says Allies' goal is to destroy Iraq's offensive military capability. 27 FEBRUARY Allied Gulf commander says Iraq is "finished" in military terms. 0200 GMT 28 FEBRUARY President Bush announces suspension of hostilities at 0500 GMT. Iraq defeated by the Allies. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military News Plus GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

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