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

the Iraqi oil field of Rumaila and otherwise conspired to red

protection. It was also the interest of the USA to stop any further

Overall, Hussein's forces launched 93 Scuds. The United States

them was. While I was doing that, another air attack began. 2

it is to be killed by someone you don't know, you've never seen

France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Honduras, Italy, Kuwait, Morocco,

100 hours. This phase featured a massively successful outflanking

Other powers were more directly concerned as consumers of Persian Gulf

north in a major use of helicopters, attacking the Iraqis from their

their youth in battle and to pay for the costs of the war. Critics of

Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United

military coalition consisted of Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia,

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

truce on March 3 and a permanent cease-fire on April 6. Iraq agreed to

than $53 billion was pledged and received.

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Approximate Word count = 1991
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)