...Tel Aviv. Most fall harmlessly, none contain…
January 1991 CE
Most fall harmlessly, none contain the poison gas warheads Hussein had threatened to use, and after the first days many are destroyed in flight by American Patriot antimissile missiles.
Accepting the U.S. air-defense, Israel holds its fire while the coalition devastates the Jewish state's most dangerous Arab opponent.
Hussein's purpose in launching the Scuds at neutral Israel is not achieved.
He had hoped to provoke an Israeli counterstrike and thereby detach the Syrians and Egyptians from the enemy coalition.
The Israelis are understandably furious at the unprovoked attacks against defenseless civilian targets but understand President Bush's appeals to them not to respond.
The Arab-Western coalition hangs together.
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