However, while UVB rays are responsible for the health benefits of sunshine, tanning salons are most concerned with the UVA rays. The reason for this is that overexposure to UVB rays, which affect the surface layers of skin, quickly causes the skin to burn.
This article is about the war that started in 2003 and ended in 2011. For the initial invasion, see 2003 invasion of Iraq. For the ongoing war in Iraq, see Iraqi Civil War (2014âpresent). For previous wars in Iraq, see Iraq War (disambiguation).
The first Persian Gulf War ended on Feb. 28, 1991 â just five days after U.S.-led ground forces first confronted Iraqi troops on Kuwaiti soil, and just over a month after the U.S. had begun bombing Iraq from the air. It was a short war with a long aftermath.