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On August 2nd, 1990 Iraq invaded neighbouring Kuwait. This was immediately condemned by the UN with Resolution 660 and economic sanctions with Resolution 661. Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq at the time, was not deterred so the UN passed Resolution 678 to give Iraq until January 15th, 1991 to pull out of Kuwait. Iraq did not. On January 17th, 1991 coalition forces began bombing Iraqi positions in Kuwait and Iraq. On February 24th, 1991 coalition forces launched a ground invasion of Kuwait to drive out the Iraq army. Within 100 hours the coalition forces had driven into the heart of Iraq and had a sign ceasefire. February 12th, 1991 the Topps trading card company released the first set of the Desert Storm Collector Cards series. It was called "Coalition For Peace." They were followed by a 2nd set called "Series 2: Victory Set" and a 3rd set called "Series 3: Homecoming edition. Here is a news story from February 1991 talking about the release of the set.  Here is what Wikipedia has to say about the cards.  I was able to get a box of Series 1 and Series 3 and will start opening the boosters and posting the contents tomorrow. 
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hope you get a shiny bob *reserved*
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May 6, 2023 04:51
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holding onto my mint condition holographic Highway of Death card this is my retirement savings
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May 6, 2023 04:54
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Strong youtube thumbnail vibe from the thread title, good work op.
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May 6, 2023 06:52
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my step dads dad gave me a pack of these in 2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards
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May 6, 2023 07:01
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JamesKPolk posted:my step dads dad gave me a pack of these in 2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards they still had poo poo like this before we pulled out of afghanistan and iraq but now the cards are all heres a cool historical thing if you blow it up the locals will be pissed
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May 6, 2023 07:03
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JamesKPolk posted:my step dads dad gave me a pack of these in 2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards this was the coolest part of mercenaries, though i kinda wish the missions were a bit more differentiated. not too shabby for a 2005 open world game
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May 6, 2023 13:55
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Archduke Frantz Fanon posted:the coolest part of mercenaries Decorated that one bridge in Fallujah.
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May 6, 2023 14:14
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aw jeez daddy's home AGAIN?! I'm never gonna get that highway of death foil
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May 6, 2023 14:29
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do they have gum? if so chew the gum.
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May 6, 2023 14:33
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as a weary nation moves into the third series of the war, more and more a nation's youth wonders whether daddy should have needed to come home at all *60 minutes clock ticking*
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May 6, 2023 14:34
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please tell me there's a "this..... this is crack co-caine" card
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May 6, 2023 14:36
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Each Box contains 36 packs of 8 cards and 1 sticker. There are 88 cards and 22 stickers in each set. Let's see if we can complete both sets. Let's start!  Card Pack #1  Sticker  Sticker Back.  These appear to be a puzzle maybe? We will after to see when the Box is completed! Card #1 is #91 "Rolling Thunder"   Card #2 is #146 "Allied Forces"   Card #3 is #121 "USS Longbeach"   Card #4 is #152 "Harpoon Launcher"   Card #5 is #100 "LAV-Light Armored Vehicle"   Card #6 is #133 "F-111 Aardvark"   Card #7 is #109 "F-15 Eagle"   And that is it for the first Pack! Apparently I am missing a Card in this pack or Topps counts thr puzzle piece on the back of the sticker as a Card. I have decided to not post pictures of duplicates I get. This is so I can open more packages in coming days! I hit my picture upload limit with this first Pack. Also a correction it seems I have a box of Series 2 and Series 3. Not a box of Series 1. I hope there are dick cheneys in this set! Mr Hootington has issued a correction as of 15:18 on May 6, 2023 |
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May 6, 2023 15:14
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gonna need FF in here to comment on the accuracy of these tank facts
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May 6, 2023 15:16
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Seems a really incomplete series if it only covers one side of the conflict. I want my Hussein Kamel al-Majid card
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May 6, 2023 15:57
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May 6, 2023 17:22
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Buck Wildman posted:as a weary nation moves into the third series of the war, more and more a nation's youth wonders whether daddy should have needed to come home at all *60 minutes clock ticking*
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May 6, 2023 17:29
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lmao f111 aardvark
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May 6, 2023 23:11
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good sign if the tankie forum's first pull is a tank
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May 6, 2023 23:24
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the topps us/china war card set is going to be incredibly rare because only a few thousand boxes will be printed up before america gets absolutely dominated and forced to accept terms of surrender that include destroying anti-prc propaganda
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May 7, 2023 03:03
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had these, they came with agent orange flavored gum
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May 7, 2023 03:20
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jfc my dad bought a box of these, and it was my job to sort the duplicates
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May 7, 2023 03:30
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The Voice of Labor posted:the topps us/china war card set is going to be incredibly rare because only a few thousand boxes will be printed up before america gets absolutely dominated and forced to accept terms of surrender that include destroying anti-prc propaganda They'll be printed in China anyways.
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May 7, 2023 04:15
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if hootington doesn't complete the set he should be banned
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Card Pack #2 Sticker #28   Card #1 is #114 "The Agile F-14"   Card #2 is #102 "Battleship Cannons"   Card #3 is #139 "E-3 AWACS"   Card #4 is #159 "Lt. Gen. Horner"   Card #5 is #157 "Gen. Schwarzkopf"   Card #6 is #98 "TOW Missile"   Card #7 is #143 "Military Terms-A"   Card #8 is #150 "LVTP   It looks like the first Pack was short 1 card! This pack had a sticker and 8 cards! Screwed by Topps! On to the next pack. Card Pack #3  Sticker #29   Card #1 is #116 "F/A-18 Hornet"   Card #2 is #167 "Tomahawk Cruise Missile"   Card #3 is #130 "UH-60A"   Card #4 is #171 "Anti-Chemical Gear"   Card #5 is #99 "HMMWV- The Hummer"   Card #6 is #169 "In The Trenches"   Card #7 is #125 "CH-47 Chinook"   Card #8 is #142 "Unit Sizes-B"   Well there we go! The 2 packs for the day. No duplicates yet! We did pull 2 generals and a beautiful Kuwait flag.
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May 7, 2023 16:57
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In 4th grade, my class “adopted” a Desert Storm troop. He sent us a letter describing the weight of some plane compared to Roseanne Barr, and sent us a crudely-drawn Bart Simpson.
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May 7, 2023 17:04
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nice Morocco and Kuwait stickers good score
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May 7, 2023 17:06
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whats up with the puzzle pieces? is that dried salt part of the picture or did whatever they printed those with start sublimating out of the dye?
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May 7, 2023 17:15
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It is wax from the packaging. The stickers do peel from the puzzle piece, but will not stick to anything.
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May 7, 2023 17:20
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Gen. Schwarzkopf, pictured here realizing he really should have hit the head before this morning's briefing
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May 7, 2023 17:48
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the anti-chemical infantryman only has an average lifespan of ten minutes, lacking even a rudimentary digestive system due to only having enough time to secure the deployment zone and mate before heat stroke ends their lives
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May 7, 2023 17:51
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Mr Hootington posted:It is wax from the packaging. The stickers do peel from the puzzle piece, but will not stick to anything. any consideration of sourcing some rubber cement? would really love to see the stickers stuck - as the artist intended
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Pack #4 Sticker is "France"   Card #1 is #164 "AH-64 Apache Helicopter"   Card #2 is #107 "M-109 Howitzer"   Card #3 is #146 "Working Together"   Card #4 is #123 "USS Goldsborough"   Card #5 is #110 "F-14 Fighter"   Card #6 is #136 "AV-8B Harrier"   Card #7 is #162 "Paratroopers Land"   Card #8 is # 95 "Machine Gun"   Now for the surprise! This pack had two extra cards! Card #9 is #170 "Stopping The Oil's Flow"   Card #10 is #108 "F-16 Fighter/Bomber"   Card Pack #6 Sticker is Canda (duplicate) Card #1 is #146 "Allied Forces" (duplicate) Card # 2 is #121 "USS Longbeach" (duplicate) Card #3 is #117 "F-15 Dual-Role Eagle"   Card #4 is #166 "Patriot- The SCUD Intercepter"   Card #5 is #133 "F-111 Aardvark" (duplicate) Card #6 is #109 "F-15 Eagle" (duplicate) Card #7 is #175 "Tent City"   Card #8 is #120 "USS Eisenhower"  
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the hype around patriots at the time was unreal
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croup coughfield posted:the hype around patriots at the time was unreal it destroys the scud
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voting this thread a “5”!
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I hope you pull the George Bush card op
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