Pre-Invasion
Invasion
International Reaction
100
Why was Iraq in debt?
Had been in a war with Iran
100
When did the invasion occur?
2nd August 1990
100
What did the Arab League want to avoid?
Foreign intervention
200
What international organization had laws that Kuwait invaded?
OPEC
200
To which country did the Kuwaiti royal family escape to?
Saudi Arabia
200
What were one of the international agreements that the UN decided to impose on Iraq to force them out of Kuwait?
Economic sanctions
300
Why were there oil production quotas?
Oil Prices do not drop
300
How much (in percentage) of the world's oil reserves did Iraq own at this point?
20%
300
Who were Iraq using as "human shields"?
Third-state foreigners
400
Why did Iraq invade Kuwait?
Kuwait violated OPEC quotas dropping oil prices. Iraq was dependent on oil to get out of debt and was angered about Kuwait's overproduction
400
When did the coalition forces enter Iraq
15th of January 1991
400
What are the short-term issues we are trying to solve?
Humanitarian and International intervention controversy
500
What were the names of the oil fields that Iraq owned and claimed Kuwait was extracting from?
Rumaila oil field
500
When did the war end?
28th of February 1991
500
What are the long term issues?
Oil regulation Iraq's government Relationship between countries
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