Hours after Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded Kuwait, the UN Security Council, partially motivated by a desire to protect Saudi Arabia and its valuable oil fields, passed Resolution 660, condemning the invasion and demanding a withdrawal of Iraqi troops. A few months later, UN Resolution 678 set a January 15, 1991, deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces, but Hussein did not meet it. How many days after the deadline did the US attack?

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