Safwan

Safwan

Safwan ( _ar. صفوان) is a sunni town in southeast Iraq on the border with Kuwait. It was the site of an Iraqi Air Force base.

Persian Gulf War

Safwan is located along the infamous "Highway of Death" from the Persian Gulf War of 1991. The cease-fire negotiations between Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and the Iraqi delegation led by Lt Gen Sultan Hashim Ahmad took place in Safwan. Schwarzkopf's demand to hold the formal cease-fire negotiations in Iraqi territory led to the encounter between the Col. Anthony Moreno's 2nd Brigade of the US 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) and the Iraqi Republican Guard, known in military circles as The Ultimatum.


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