A Decade in Flames

HUSSEIN, SONS KILLED IN MILITARY COUP

IRAQI GENERAL BAKIR PROMISES ELECTIONS IN 6 MONTHS

Chicago Tribune 4/5/1991

CLINTON EDGES OUT IN SQUEAKER ELECTION; PEROT WINS MAINE

New York Times 11/3/1992

TALIBAN DEFEATED OUTSIDE KABUL; OMAR PRESUMED KILLED

Washington Post 6/4/1996

UPRISING IN BAHRAIN! RADICALS ASK FOR IRAINIAN SUPPORT!

Reuters 7/22/1998

Information from HUMINT is making it clear that the IRGC is preparing to make a move on Bahrain. The 5th Fleet is prepared to stop any such Iranian incursion from the air.
- Memo to President Clinton
 
INVASION! IRAN INVADES BAHRAIN!

New York Times 7/24/1998

UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS IRAN INVASION

Chicago Tribune 7/24/1998

U.S. FIFTH FLEET SMASHES IRANI NAVY OFF BAHRAIN

Le Monde 7/26/1998

IRGC SURRENDERS AFTER SUPPLIES RUN OUT

Washington Post 7/31/1998

PRESIDENT CLINTON OFFERS CEASE-FIRE TO IRAN; IGNORED

AP 8/1/1998

SUICIDE BOMBERS STRIKE SEVERAL WARSHIPS; CASUALTIES MODERATE

New York Post 8/3/1998

OPERATION DESERT FOX: MILITARY TARGETS ALL OVER IRAN HIT! KHARG BOMBED!

Chicago Tribune 8/6/1998

IRAN ACCEPTS UN RESOLUTION 1189; WAR OVER!

L.A. Times 6/8/1998

..in the aftermath of the 2 Week War, the President was riding high. In the 1998 midterms, we actually gained a few seats in the House but nothing to write home about. Looking back, had we known what would happen in the next few years, I would've advised to try and push this to Tehran. That Ahmadinejad guy was a real lunatic. But who would've thought that the hardliners would prevail again after getting such a beating?

-from My Time with the President, an autobiography by Dick Morris.
 

nbcman

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The Iranians couldn't do much more than a raid of Bahrain similar to the OTL Mumbai attack. Bahrain is the home port of the US 5th Fleet in 1998 and the Iranians would have to deal with US forces immediately. Are you implying that the 5th Fleet is not based there after either an attempted or a successful coup?
 
The Iranians couldn't do much more than a raid of Bahrain similar to the OTL Mumbai attack. Bahrain is the home port of the US 5th Fleet in 1998 and the Iranians would have to deal with US forces immediately. Are you implying that the 5th Fleet is not based there after either an attempted or a successful coup?

Well Saddam's not running Iraq anymore so maybe they're somewhere else. ;)
 
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