Where did Hussein want to invade to steal oil and reduce economic problems in his country?
Where is Kuwait
What was the one of the reasons Hussein attacked Kuwait?
What is he considered Kuwait as a part of Iraq OR he claimed that Kuwait’s oils were illegally tapping into Iraqi oil fields.
What was the name of Saddam's mentor before he took power?
Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr.
What is the name of the Ethnic group who are primarily located in the North of Iraq; that Saddam targeted with gas during the gulf war?
What is the Kurds
Reasons for Going to War Against Saddam
(according to the U. S. and Britain)
Saddam kicked out U.N. weapons
inspectors.
WMDs 🡪 Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Saddam did not obey the No-Fly Zone
limitations.
He was a savage dictator.
Stop Saddam before he can launch
nuclear missiles against Israel, Europe,
or even the United States.
What political position did Saddam Hussein hold in 1979?
What is the president of Iraq
What happened when Iraq refused to withdraw from Kuwait?
What is a world-wide coalition formed to fight against Iraq
In August 1990, formal peace negotiations were made between the two countries when Iraq dropped which part of its demand?
What is the demand for full control of the Shatt al Arab estuary
What was the name of the operation in which the United States and UN ordered coalition forces to invade Kuwait?
What is Operation Desert Storm
What is Shock & Awe
is a tactic based on the use of overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight.