Pictured: SAS special forces who joined Delta Force in the coalition mission to track down Iraq's hidden SCUD launchers. As the military coalition aligned against Saddam Hussein’s forces launched airstrikes to begin the first Gulf War, Iraq responded with a sequence of SCUD missile attacks on Israel. While they achieved little in military terms, the old and inaccurate missiles provoked a political crisis and panic in Israel. The country was eager to retaliate against Hussein. Still, such an acti

108K views · 806 reactions | On this day in 1991, a Scud missile fired by Iraq hit a US military barracks in Saudi Arabia, killing 28 Army reservists. | We Are The Mighty | Facebook