More than 2 million Kurds fled their homes out of fear of death and retribution at the hands of that tyrant. Having once trained poison gas on the Kurds. Saddam Hussein now trained the remnants of his army on them. using their weapons. and the weapons of fear. starvation. and destruction to put an entire people in jeopardy. The United States took the lead in extending our protective umbrella under difficult circumstances in a remote part of the world. The United States did not wait for congressional action to put resources into helping the refugees. as. indeed. it could not. Estimates put the U.S. contribution to date at $207 million. There are 29 nations participating in this effort.
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