The Persian Gulf war took place on August 2nd, 1990. The United States and 34 other countries fought against Iraq because of the invasion into Kuwait by Iraq. Economic sanctions were put on Iraq by members of the United Nations. The war went on for 42 days when president bush stopped firing on February 28th. Iraq bombed Kuwait’s capital. Iraq demanded $10 billion for the lost revenues of Rumaila. Kuwait said they would give Iraq $9 billion and then Iraq invaded Kuwait. Iraq had the 4th largest army in the world and the United States used air strike, as well as ground weapons during the war. During the invasion by Iraq to Kuwait, Iraq brought tanks through the streets of Kuwait. This alarmed most of the people of Kuwait. I think that if i was living in Kuwait and i saw Iraqi tanks i would be really concerned and scared. It would make me wonder what was going to happen next.
One of the reasons for taking Kuwait was so that Iraq could control their oil production. Saddam’s plan was to invade Saudi Arabia also, to control their oil production as well. America, France, and Great Britain all sent troops to Saudi Arabia’s borders. This war led to the 2nd gulf war in 2003.
http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=bleWRYGg6f8
http://www.history.com/topics/persian-gulf-war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War
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