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
“…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
“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
“…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 […]
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, […]
8/2/1990
“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
“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.” […]
8/1/1990
“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 […]
8/1/1990
“At 9:00 P.M. On August 1, 1990, Iraqi forces crossed into Kuwait.” – Antonia Juhasz, The Bush Agenda, Page 172 […]
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 […]