![]() ![]() but it wouldn't be long until Saudi forces scrambled to action, barreling towards their seized city to drive the occupiers out. Though the warning was passed on, Coalition commanders were far more focused on the aerial campaign, which had seen the virtual annihilation of the Iraqi Air Force. Just days before Khafji fell, American surveillance jets had detected large columns of mechanized Iraqi units pouring through Kuwait's border in a mad dash towards the city. ![]() On January 29, 1991, over 2000 Iraqi troops under the direction of Saddam Hussein streamed into the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji in an attempt to draw American, British, and Saudi forces into a costly urban battle which would tie up Coalition troops until the Iraqi military had time to reorganize and get themselves back in the fight.
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