The Bush administration based its rationale for the war principally on the assertion that Iraq , which had been viewed Perception_active by the U.S. as a rogue state since the 1990–1991 Gulf War , supposedly possessed an active weapons of mass destruction ( WMDs ) program , and that the Iraqi government posed Causation a threat to the United States and its coalition allies .

In the Gulf War of 1990–1991 , when the Coalition intervened Response , they faced the world 's fourth largest air force to combat .

This is a list of all known Know air-to-air engagements that occurred Presence during the Gulf War .

This is Iraq 's only success of the Arab Gulf War using Using MiG-23s .

The Iraqi aircraft , one piloted Motion by Captain Jameel Sayhood , promptly turned Change and engaged the two American fighters , and one of the most dramatic dogfights of the Arab Gulf War ensued .

After very briefly weakening Cause_change_of_strength again to a tropical storm Catastrophe , Katrina emerged Coming_to_be into the Gulf of Mexico on August 26 and began Process_start to rapidly intensify Cause_change_of_strength .

The storm Catastrophe strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico but weakened Cause_change_of_strength before making Creating its second landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Catastrophe on August 29 , over southeast Louisiana and Mississippi .

The arrested Arrest suspects have indicated Statement that the victims were Gulf Cartel members , but the Mexican authorities have not ruled out Legal_rulings the possibility that they were U.S.-bound migrants .

Internationally , the Gulf Cooperation Council Ministers of Foreign Affairs expressed Expressing_publicly their solidarity with government of Bahrain and their support Supporting for the measures taken .

Despite initial predictions for it to track through the eastern Gulf of Mexico as a major hurricane Catastrophe , Ernesto moved Self_motion across eastern Florida as a weak tropical storm Catastrophe .

While moving Self_motion across the Caribbean , it affected Influence several countries , and initially Ernesto posed Causation a threat to the Gulf Coast of the United States around the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina .

Bird 's invasion Attack of Kentucky during the American Revolutionary War Military_operation was one phase of an extensive planned Arranging series of operations Military_operation planned Arranging by the British in 1780 , whereby the entire West , from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico , was to be swept Body_movement clear of both Spanish and colonial resistance .

And while hundreds of chemical weapons were found Know in Iraq after the invasion Attack , they determined Deciding to be produced Manufacturing before the 1991 Gulf War , from years earlier in Saddam Hussein 's rule Control and were unusable .

While special forces launched Process_start an amphibious assault Attack from the Persian Gulf to secure Getting Basra and the surrounding Surrounding petroleum fields , the main invasion army moved Motion into southern Iraq , occupying Control the region and engaging Participation in the Battle Hostile_encounter of Nasiriyah on 23 March .

Operation Praying Mantis was an attack Attack on 18 April 1988 , by U.S. forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War and the subsequent damage Damaging to an American warship .

On 14 April , the guided missile frigate struck Attack a mine while deployed Arranging in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest Will , the 1987–88 convoy missions in which U.S. warships escorted Sending reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers to protect Defending them from Iranian attacks Attack .

When the serial numbers were found Know to match those of mines seized along with the `` Iran Ajr '' the previous September , U.S. military officials planned Arranging a retaliatory operation against Iranian targets in the Persian Gulf .

According to Bradley Peniston , the attack by the U.S. helped Assistance pressure Iran to agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act to a ceasefire with Iraq later that summer , ending Process_end the eight-year conflict between the Persian Gulf neighbors .

This battle was the largest of the five major U.S. surface engagements since the Second World War , which also include Cause_to_be_included the Battle of Chumonchin Chan during the Korean War , the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the Battle of Dong Hoi during the Vietnam War , and the Action in the Gulf of Sidra in 1986 .

This battle was the largest of the five major U.S. surface engagements since the Second World War , which also include Cause_to_be_included the Battle of Chumonchin Chan during the Korean War , the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the Battle of Dong Hoi during the Vietnam War , and the Action in the Gulf of Sidra in 1986 .

Afghan insurgents began Process_start to receive Receiving massive amounts of aid and military training Education_teaching in neighboring Pakistan and China , paid Commerce_pay for primarily by the United States and Arab monarchies in the Persian Gulf .

The second named storm Catastrophe of the season , Bill developed Coming_to_be from a broad area of low pressure over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico on June 16 .

Hurricane Elena was an unpredictable and damaging Damaging tropical cyclone that affected Influence eastern and central portions of the United States Gulf Coast in late August and early September 1985 .

Elena developed Cause_change_of_strength on August 28 near Cuba , and after traveling Traveling lengthwise across the island with little impact Influence , it entered Arriving the Gulf of Mexico and continued to strengthen Cause_change_of_strength .

Initially projected to strike Attack the central Gulf Coast , the hurricane unexpectedly veered Self_motion toward the east on August 30 , then stalled Temporary_stay just 50 mi ( 80 km ) west of Cedar Key , Florida .

Evacuations occurred Coming_to_be in sequence to follow the storm 's forecast positions , and many residents and tourists along portions of the Gulf Coast were forced Hostile_encounter to leave Departing twice in a matter of days .

Overall , nine people died Death as a result of the hurricane Catastrophe : two in Texas due to drownings Bodily_harm in rip currents , three in Florida , two in Louisiana , one in Arkansas , and one in a maritime accident in the Gulf of Mexico .

The storm Catastrophe is estimated to have formed Coming_to_be in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on September 16 .

The storm Catastrophe was the first hurricane Catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico to form Coming_to_be in the month of July since 1959 , and was the fifth tropical cyclone Motion to form Coming_to_be during the annual hurricane season .

Once in the Gulf of Thailand it strengthened Cause_change_of_strength further to minimal typhoon status , but weakened Cause_change_of_strength to tropical storm Catastrophe strength before crossing Motion_directional the Malay Peninsula into the Bay of Bengal , the first storm Catastrophe to do so in five years .

Gustav was severely disrupted Hindering by Hispaniola 's mountains and stalled , disorganized , in the Gulf of Gonâve between August 26 and 27 .

Under the influence of a mid-level ridge that extended Expansion from the Gulf of Mexico to the western Atlantic Ocean , Gustav picked up Choosing a westward motion .

Briefly traveling Traveling over a warm eddy of the Gulf Stream 's loop current it encountered Motion moderate wind shear and cooling sea surface temperatures .

The system was designated Request a tropical depression on July 23 when it was south of Louisiana and meandered Motion westward while it swiftly intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical storm along the Gulf Coast of the United States .

After progressing Self_motion northwestward and crossing Motion_directional western Cuba , Alma reorganized in the Gulf of Mexico , although continued shear prevented Preventing_or_letting strengthening Cause_change_of_strength .

The 1987 Gulf Coast tropical storm Catastrophe caused Causation flooding Catastrophe along the Gulf Coast of the United States .

The 1987 Gulf Coast tropical storm Catastrophe caused Causation flooding Catastrophe along the Gulf Coast of the United States .

The second tropical cyclone Catastrophe and first tropical storm Catastrophe of the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season , it originated Coming_to_be from a tropical wave in the Gulf of Mexico , southeast of Texas , on August 9 .

Briefly reemerging over the Gulf on August 15 , the depression moved Motion onshore a second time in Florida , before dissipating Change over eastern Georgia on August 17 .

Ella reached Arriving the Gulf of Mexico on September 4 and briefly re-strengthened Cause_change_of_strength .

However , it began Process_start to weaken Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale again while approaching Arriving the Gulf Coast of the United States .

Hurricane Catastrophe Bonnie caused Causation moderate damage Damaging along the Gulf Coast of the United States in late June 1986 .

The second named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe and first hurricane Catastrophe of the 1986 Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe season , Bonnie developed Coming_to_be out of an area of low pressure over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 23 .

Starting Process_start in late April , Saleh agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to a Gulf Cooperation Council-brokered deal Resolve_problem , only to back away hours before the scheduled signing three times .

On 23 November , Saleh signed Sign_agreement a power-transfer agreement brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh , under which he would transfer Giving his power to his Vice-President , Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi , within 30 days and leave Departing his post as president by February 2012 , in exchange Exchange for immunity from prosecution Legality .

McVeigh , a veteran of the Gulf War and a U.S. militia movement sympathizer , had detonated Attack a Ryder rental truck full of explosives parked in front of the building .

This storm Catastrophe was a complex combination Cause_to_amalgamate of multiple systems , including an upper air low from the northern Great Plains states , and a surface low from the Gulf Coast states .

Worried about another growing Expansion adversary in the Venetian Gulf , the Republic of Venice tried Change to turn Skanderbeg 's allies against him in order to weaken Alfonso 's influence .

After brushing Damaging the island at peak intensity with sustained winds estimated at 130 km/h ( 80 mph ) , the storm weakened Cause_change_of_strength in the Gulf of Tonkin due to less favorable conditions .

The killers , however , confessed Reveal_secret that they abducted Kidnapping and killed Killing the passengers because they feared their rivals , the Gulf Cartel , were getting Getting reinforcements Cause_change_of_strength from other states .