On August 2, 1990, “the very day of the [Iraqi] invasion [of Kuwait], the U.N. Security Council approved a resolution condemning the aggression and demanding ‘that Iraq withdraw immediately and unconditionally.’ Over the following days, the Security Council would vote unanimously to ban trade with Iraq; Arab leaders would agree to dispatch a pan-Arab force […]
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8/2/1990
“The invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, by Iraq’s Saddam Hussein caught the U.S. intelligence community by surprise once again. In a familiar but worrisome pattern, intelligence indicating the possibility of the invasion was not properly analyzed or was discounted by senior [H.W.] Bush administration officials, including then-secretary of defense Dick Cheney, who did […]
8/2/1990
“…eager to pull Kuwait back into Iraq (the two had been separated by Great Britain in 1913), desiring of its vast oil reserves, and perhaps itching to demonstrate his own immense military power, Saddam Hussein launched the invasion at 2:00 a.m. on August 2, 1990. More than 120,000 Iraqi forces participated in the operation, including […]
8/2/1990
UN Security Council “Resolution 660, which demanded that Iraq ‘withdraw immediately and unconditionally’ from Kuwait, was passed 14-0-1 on August 2 [1990] with no real opposition (only Yemen, then occupying the rotating ‘Arab seat’ on the Security Council, abstained) and little delay.” – Richard N. Haass, War of Necessity, War of Choice, Pages 60-61 […]
8/2/1990
“Intelligence sources believe it is ‘likely’ [future World Trade Center bomber Ramzi] Yousef was in Kuwait when Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces invaded the Emirate in August [2] 1990. Angry at the corrupt and racist Kuwaiti government, which treated guest-workers as second-class citizens, Yousef–like many Palestinians in the country–is believed to have aided the Iraqi invaders.” […]
8/2/1990
“On August 2 [1990], Iraq invades Kuwait. ‘This will not stand,’ says President George H.W. Bush. As the United States and Saudi Arabia prepare for war against Iraq, Osama bin Laden warns the House of Saud not to invite American troops into Saudi Arabia and offers his Afghan Arab warriors instead. He is rebuffed.” – […]
8/2/1990
“In reality, U.S. support for Iraq lasted only until August 2, 1990, when Hussein’s forces invaded Kuwait. America not only went to war with Saddam, but out of concern that he might go on to invade Saudi Arabia, the United States stationed troops in the desert kingdom.” – Eugene Jarecki, The American Way of War, […]
8/1/1990
“At 9:00 P.M. On August 1, 1990, Iraqi forces crossed into Kuwait.” – Antonia Juhasz, The Bush Agenda, Page 172 […]
8/1/1990
“After Hussein’s forces did invade the small oil-rich state [of Kuwait] on August 1, 1990, and threaten the security of Saudi Arabia, bin Laden immediately volunteered his services and those of his holy warriors. The Saudi army and his own men would be enough to defend the Kingdom. …The Saudis did not take this offer […]
7/31/1990
In The Iraq War Reader, Murray Waas wrote: “Only two days before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait [on Aug. 2, 1990], a Pennsylvania firm, Homestead Engineering, obtained a Commerce Department license to export forges and computer equipment that can be used in the manufacture of 16-inch gun barrels. Such guns could deliver huge payloads to […]