Saddam Hussein Invasion of Kuwait

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Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1900. Kuwait had been an ally during the Iran– Iraq war to Iraq. Kuwait became a main port when. Saddam Hussein main disagreements about Kuwait were from the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. He had argued that he had fought the war against Iran in order to protect the Arab world from Islamic fundamentalists who had taken over Iran. Some can say he was justified yet, most would say he was not justified.
The reason why people would think he wasn’t justified was that he had thought he owned Kuwait. “Iraq had claimed that it had a right to Kuwait. “The ottoman empire was defeated during world war 1 and the British made their “own lines in the sand”, dividing up the land according to their own strategic needs and in the process recklessly dividing up ancient communities and boundaries that had been recognized for decades.” (World Book, vol. 10, p.354). “Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein uses border disputes and rows over oil production rates as an excuse to send troops across the border of neighboring Kuwait. The United Nations Security Council condemns the invasion of the sovereign country, but Hussein refuses to back down (Klaus Dahmann, The First Iraq War (1990-1991)).” “Saddam Hussein claimed the Iraqi invasion was in support of a planned uprising against the Emir, but murders and abuses of Kuwaitis who resisted the occupation were common.(BBC, Kuwait Invasion 2 August 1990).” Another reason is that Saddam had actually did a surprised attack proved by Kennedy Hickman,
The main reason Saddam Hussein felt justified in invading Kuwait was because Kuwait’s effects on oil prices were impacting the economy of his country. This was unacceptable to Hussein and his people. From Laurie Collier we learn that “They p...

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...ssein, Saddam." Encyclopedia.com. HighBeam Research, 2 Sept. 1990. Web. 11 Feb. 2014. http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3436300071/hussein-saddam.html Dahmann, Klaus. "The First Iraq War (1990-1991)." DW.DE. Ed. Kristin Zeier. Deutsche Welle, 22 Apr. 2013. Web. 13 Feb. 2014. http://www.dw.de/the-first-iraq-war-1990-1991/a-16763334 "Kuwait Invasion 2 August 1990." BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2014. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/02/iraq_events/html/kuwait_invasion.stm Piro, George L. "Saddam States Reasons for Kuwait Invasion." Newsletter. Gulf News, 21 July 2009. Web. 13 Feb. 2014. http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/saddam-states-reasons-for-kuwait-invasion-1.502105

Hillstrom, Laurie Collier, and Julie Carnagie. War in the Persian Gulf Almanac: From Operation Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Detroit: UXL, 2004. Print

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