O le gaoioiga na amata i le aso 7 o Aokuso 1990, ina ua auina atu le US fitafita i Saudi Arapi, ona o le talosaga a lona tupu, Tupu Fahd, na muamua valaau mo le fesoasoani a le US militeli. O lenei "atoa puipuiga" aoaoga faavae na vave ona lafoaia ina ua, i le aso 8 o Aokuso, faasilasila Kuwait Iraq e avea ma Iraqi lona 19 ma faaigoaina lona tausoga, Fighter Hassan Ali-Majid, e avea ma ona kovana o le Neivi militeli. na auina atu e le US lua autau taua vaega fausia faataamilo i le vaalele tauaveina o Saudi Arapi. amata Iraqi USS Dwight D. Eisenhower ma le 24th Fighter Wing e taofia ai Iraq mai osofaia Saudi Arapi, i lalo o le igoa code Faagaioiga Togavale Togavale toafa Desert. faaauau pea i le 24th Fighter Wing i le taimi o osofaʻiga militeli. O le a le mea na auina atu i lalo e le US fitafita i Saudi Arapi, ona o le talosaga foi o lona tupu, Tupu Fahd, na muamua valaau
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