Kuwait and the Gulf War, 1991
-Aug 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait
-"No more Munichs" proclaimed by George Bush sr. and place sanctions on Iraq to pull out
-30 countries join in coalition against Iraq (including some Arab countries)
-USA made sure Israel wouldn't join for fear of loosing the Arab support
-Kuwait liberated after 4 days (90000 Iraqi casualties)
-Bush did not invade Iraq or remove Saddam in fear of loosing the Arab support
-Threat of poison and gas is high
-Saddam tried to get Israelis involved by firing SCUD missiles at them
-"No more Munichs" proclaimed by George Bush sr. and place sanctions on Iraq to pull out
-30 countries join in coalition against Iraq (including some Arab countries)
-USA made sure Israel wouldn't join for fear of loosing the Arab support
-Kuwait liberated after 4 days (90000 Iraqi casualties)
-Bush did not invade Iraq or remove Saddam in fear of loosing the Arab support
-Threat of poison and gas is high
-Saddam tried to get Israelis involved by firing SCUD missiles at them
summary
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait in early August 1990. Alarmed by these actions, fellow Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene. Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive. After 42 days of relentless attacks by the allied coalition in the air and on the ground, U.S. President George H.W. Bush declared a cease-fire on February 28; by that time, most Iraqi forces in Kuwait had either surrendered or fled. Though the Persian Gulf War was initially considered an unqualified success