the small Arab state of Kuwait. The order was given by Iraqi

dictatorial president Saddam Hussein. His aim was apparently to take

control Kuwait's oil reserves (despite its small size Kuwait is a huge

oil producer; it has about 10 per cent of the world's oil reserves ).

Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates, of breaking

agreements that limit oil production in the Middle East. According

to Saddam Hussein, this brought down world oil prices severely and

caused financial loss of billions of dollars in Iraq's annual revenue.

Saddam Hussein had the nearly hopeless task of justifying the

invasion. He plead the fact that Kuwait had been part of the Ottoman

province of Basra, a city in the south of Iraq. However, the Ottoman

province collapsed after World War I and today's Iraqi borders were

not created until then. There was also a further and more obvious

blunder in a bid to justify this illegal invasion. Baghdad, the

capital of Iraq, had namely recognized Kuwaiti independence in 1963.

Furthermore, Hussein claimed that Kuwait had illegally pumped oil from

elite 125,000 man Republican Guard in southeastern Iraq and northern

"smart bombs." Its use of brand new aircraft that never before had

Table 01; Total Equipment and Casualties of Gulf War

Iraq on January 17, 1991, at 2.30 am Baghdad time. Bhagdad was bombed

a half months and it involved a massive air- and sea lift. Finally, in

complained that the Baghdad government was frustrating their attempts

"Scudbusters," and commando attacks on Scud launchers.

potential war against Iraq. However, the government found it difficult

away from me. The missiles, machine guns and rockets didn't let up.

start preparing for the worst-the war. President George Bush

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