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Hello, this is episode two of a three-part series of Old Newscast on Desert Storm in 1991.
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Welcome to another old newscast on Operation Desert Storm.
On our previous episode, we were talking about the AIR operation,
which began on the 17th of January, 1991.
This was the first air campaign in history to employ precision munitions on a big scale,
and it significantly weakened Iraq's military infrastructure.
But after six weeks, Iraq's ground forces had still not left Kuwait,