Iraq+Invades+Kuwait


 * 1990 Iraq Invades Kuwait**

By: Ida Cavkusic

Early  in the morning on August second 1990. 700 tanks with 1000 Iraqi soldiers backed up the Gulf state of Kuwait. Saddam Hussein the Iraqi government leader has threatened to turn Kuwait into a graveyard. Forces have landed and jets had bombed. The cities down with heavy gunfire and 200 people dead. Delivery of military equipment to Iraq had been suspended by the Soviet Union. 

Kuwait has been accused. As Iraq claims Kuwait is flooding the world market with oil. Iraq wants a distribute of oil between the two countries. Since then the price of oil has grown dramatically the stock markets around the world have dropped. Kuwait reaches out for aid but there is no military action.

Citation:
 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/2/newsid_2526000/2526937.stm **