On August 2, 1990 Iraqi military forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. The order was given by Iraqi dictatorial president Saddam Hussein. His aim was apparently to take control of Kuwait’s oil reserves ( despite its small size Kuwait is a huge oil producer ; it has about ten per cent of the world’s oil reserves). Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates, of breaking agreements that limit oil productions in …showed first 75 words of 1774 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1774 total…Baghdad government was frustrating their attempts to moitor Iraaqi compliance, and UN sanctions against Iraaq were kept in place. The following chart shows total equipment and casualties of the Gulf War. In addition, 300,000 Iraqi soldiers were wounded, 150,000 were deserted, and 60,000 wwere taken prisoner ( an estimated of U.S. Defense Intelligence Agancy). The Untied States suffered 148 killed in action, 458 wounded, and 11 female combat deaths. 121 were killed in nonhostile actions; they were mostly victoms of friendly fire.