Operation Desert Storm The war in the Persian Gulf was a war of religious fervor, and cruel dictatorship. Desert Storm was the same type of war that had occurred in this area for many years except for one fact. In Operation Desert Storm, sophisticated technology was used to end the war in a quick and timely manner. In 1979, Saddam Hussein and his army took control of Iraq, and they immediately set the tone for his rule by killing twenty-one his cabinet members. He wanted to make his country whole once again so in 1990 they invaded Kuwait and in less than five hours, they had taken Kuwait and controlled twenty-six percent of the