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Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) Operation Desert Storm (Jan/Feb 1991) Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003 to present)
The first one was called Desert Storm, and I think this one was called Operation Iraqi Freedom

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Operational names include...

Operation Desert Storm (US)

Operation Desert Sabre (US operations in Kuwait against the Iraqi military)

Operation Granby (UK)

Operation Daguet (France)

Operation FRICTION (Canada)

Operation Locusta (Italy)

Other names include...

Liberation of Kuwait (typically used by Coalition forces, including Arabic participant states)

Mother of Battles (Iraq)

Second Gulf War (used outside the US to distinguish it from the Iran-Iraq War)

1990 Gulf War

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Desert Storm! That was the Military's codename for it.

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