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. Accordingto

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 reduce Iraq's es

laser-guided bombs, "smart bombs." Its use of brand new aircraft that never before hadbeen engaged in

not withdraw from Kuwait by January 15. Shrugging off this final warning, Saddam Hussein resolutely

voted to support Security Council resolution 660. It authorized using "all necessary means" if Iraq did

Tomahawk cruise missile, advanced infrared targeting that illuminated Iraqi tanks buried in the, sand and

power, the coalition deployed technologically advanced weapon systems, such as the unmanned

designed to disable much of Baghdad's air-defense system.

battle and to pay for the costs of the war. Critics of President Bush continued to maintain that he was

attempts to monitor Iraqi compliance, and UN sanctions against Iraq were kept in place. The following

number of sorties. The British, French, and Saudis made up most of the rest. Besides the tremendous air

President George Bush waited two days after the UN deadline for Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait

across Iraq on January 17, 1991, at 2.30 am Baghdad time. Bhagdad was bombed fiercely by the

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