“…on August 2, 1990, Saddam unleashed the Iraqi Army and Republican Guard divisions that had been mobilized to the Kuwaiti border. Iraqi forces swarmed into Kuwait and quickly occupied the entire country, looting and pillaging whatever they could.” – Charles Duelfer, Hide and Seek, Page 66 […]
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8/2/1990
“In August [2] 1990, Saddam ordered the invasion to Kuwait, proclaiming it as Iraq’s 19th province.” – “Profile: Former Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein,” China Daily, June 30, 2004 […]
8/2/1990
“…Iraq’s army dug in along the Kuwaiti border in late July 1990… Among the reasons offered for Baghdad’s ‘saber-rattling’ was that Saddam meant to pressure OPEC [Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries] into raising oil prices; that he sought to erase $2 billion in debt owed to Kuwait; that he wanted to lease tiny Kuwaiti […]
8/2/1990
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 […]
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 […]
8/1/1990
“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 […]