Gulf War

By IntroBooks Team

The Gulf War was war waged on Iraq which comprised of
coalition forces that had 35 countries and was led by United
Nations. The war was a response to Iraq's step taken to
annex Kuwait. The Gulf War is also known as the Persian Gulf
War. Iraq under the leadership of Saddam Hussein invaded
Kuwait on August 2, 1990 with a purpose of procuring the
large oil reserves of Kuwait to establish their power in the
region and to annul the debt that it owed to Kuwait.
The next day on August 3, 1990 the United Nations Security
Council asked Iraq to withdraw their army from Kuwait and
when they denied obeying the instructions the United Nations
Security Council enforced a worldwide ban trade with Iraq on
August 6 of the same year. The government of Iraq then
responded by formally seizing Kuwait on August 8, 1990.
Iraq's invasion in Kuwait and forced acquiring of the nation
was also an open threat to Saudi Arabia. United States and
European NATO allies rushed their troops to Saudi Arabia to
prevent any attacks from Iraq. These armies were further
joined by Egypt and many other Arab nations. The world
witnessed live broadcast of the war especially by CNN. It was a
decisive battle and the coalition forces had won against the
Iraqi troops.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IntroBooks
• Release date: Nov 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393739746

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Preface

The Gulf War was war waged on Iraq which comprised of coalition forces that had 35 countries and was led by United Nations. The war was a response to Iraq’s step taken to annex Kuwait. The Gulf War is also known as the Persian Gulf War. Iraq under the leadership of Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990 with a purpose of procuring the large oil reserves of Kuwait to establish their power in the region and to annul the debt that it owed to Kuwait.

The next day on August 3, 1990 the United Nations Security Council asked Iraq to withdraw their army from Kuwait and when they denied obeying the instructions the United Nations Security Council enforced a worldwide ban trade with Iraq on August 6 of the same year. The government of Iraq then responded by formally seizing Kuwait on August 8, 1990.

Iraq’s invasion in Kuwait and forced acquiring of the nation was also an open threat to Saudi Arabia. United States and European NATO allies rushed their troops to Saudi Arabia to prevent any attacks from Iraq. These armies were further joined by Egypt and many other Arab nations. The world witnessed live broadcast of the war especially by CNN. It was a decisive battle and the coalition forces had won against the Iraqi troops.

Introduction

Iraq had always sided Soviet Union in the Cold War because of which United States was never quite pleased with it. Besides just being against the position of Iraq in the Israeli-Palestinian politics it also disapproved of the nation supporting many different militant groups such as Abu Nidal and others because of which US included Iraq in the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism on December 29, 1979. The