US general who led Operation Desert Storm dies

December 28, 2012 09:22

A retired American general, who led US forces during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, has died.

General (Retired) H Norman Schwarzkopf, 78, died in Tampa near Florida where he was living after retirement.

"General Schwarzkopf's skilled leadership of that campaign liberated the Kuwaiti people and produced a decisive victory for the allied coalition. In the aftermath of that war, General Schwarzkopf was justly recognised as a brilliant strategist and inspiring leader," US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.

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