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| General Norman Schwarzkopf dies, aged 78 | General Norman Schwarzkopf dies, aged 78 |
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| General Norman Schwarzkopf who commanded allied forces in the 1991 Gulf War has died at the age of 78 in Tampa, Florida. | |
| Schwarzkopf, who was given the nickname of Stormin' Normin, led the invasion of Iraq and expelled Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1991. | Schwarzkopf, who was given the nickname of Stormin' Normin, led the invasion of Iraq and expelled Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1991. |
| He lived in retirement in Tampa, where he had served in his last military assignment as commander-in-chief of United States Central Command, responsible for American forces from the eastern Mediterranean and Africa to Pakistan. | He lived in retirement in Tampa, where he had served in his last military assignment as commander-in-chief of United States Central Command, responsible for American forces from the eastern Mediterranean and Africa to Pakistan. |
| Schwarzkopf served in Vietnam and was involved in the American invasion of Grenada in 1983 before being given the command in the Gulf war. | Schwarzkopf served in Vietnam and was involved in the American invasion of Grenada in 1983 before being given the command in the Gulf war. |
| George Bush Sr – who served as president during the invasion – meanwhile remained in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital on Thursday, according to a hospital spokesman. | George Bush Sr – who served as president during the invasion – meanwhile remained in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital on Thursday, according to a hospital spokesman. |
| Bush, 88,was admitted to Methodist Hospital on 23 November for bronchitis. He was transferred to intensive care on Sunday after setbacks including a persistent fever, family spokesman Jim McGrath has said. | Bush, 88,was admitted to Methodist Hospital on 23 November for bronchitis. He was transferred to intensive care on Sunday after setbacks including a persistent fever, family spokesman Jim McGrath has said. |
| "I don't have any guidance so far today except to say no news is good news," McGrath said on Thursday. He said on Wednesday that Bush was alert and talking to medical staff. | "I don't have any guidance so far today except to say no news is good news," McGrath said on Thursday. He said on Wednesday that Bush was alert and talking to medical staff. |
| Hospital spokesman George Kovacik said the former president remained in intensive care on Thursday. | Hospital spokesman George Kovacik said the former president remained in intensive care on Thursday. |