The SWL QSL Museum England Europe British Forces Broadcasting Service - BFBS - 1990, 2003 - Persian Gulf Support - Station Overview  QSL Contributed by Hashimoto Kenji (Japan) British Forces Broadcasting Service - BFBS 2003 QSL Contributed by Hashimoto Kenji (Japan) The 1990 QSL was for a broadcast directed at British forces deployed in the Persian Gulf during the Gulf War, which began with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, while the 2003 QSL is for a broadcast directed at British troops deployed  in Iraq during the Iraq War, which was launched amid claims that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.