Operation Provide Comfort
1991–96 Coalition effort to provide food and shelter to Kurdish refugees of the Gulf War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War, and to deliver humanitarian aid to them. The no-fly zone instituted to help bring this about would become one of the main factors allowing the development of the autonomous Kurdistan Region.
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Operation Provide Comfort/Provide Comfort II | |||||||
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Part of the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict | |||||||
Commemorative medallion issued to some participating US soldiers | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States Peshmerga United Kingdom Germany France Australia Netherlands Turkey Italy Spain Portugal |
Iraq Support: Belarus[1][2] | ||||||
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John Shalikashvili | Saddam Hussein | ||||||
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2 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters downed by friendly fire with 26 killed |
90 killed, 85 wounded Many air defense systems destroyed 1 MiG-23 Flogger shot down 1–2 Su-22 Fitters shot down[3] |
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