Operation Desert Storm Research Paper

Jaber al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-sabah had taken a stand in order to defend his country ,Kuwait, from the wrath of Saddam Hussein. On August 2, 1990 the country of Kuwait was invaded by Iran causing the start of the Gulf War. A massive attack was led by the dictator of Iran ,Saddam Hussein. The raid killed thousands and led to the destruction of over 700 thriving Kuwaiti oil refineries. Saddam’s actions had later constructed the beginning of the gulf war, an international conflict that had recrudescence during the the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Soon after Saddam’s attack on January 16th 1991 the U.S and several other allied contingents launched a counter attack on Iran. The counter attack named Operation Desert Storm consisted of an aerial bombardment that demolished Iran communication networks, weapon plants, government buildings, roads, and bridges. U.S, British, French, Egyptian, Saudi, and Syrian soldiers eventually chased Iran out of Kuwait ending the Gulf War resulting in the capture and death of Saddam Hussein on December 30th 2006.
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Though Kuwait makes a very large amount of money they have a very small population of 3.369 million causing Kuwait to ultimately have a very small and weak military. Kuwait’s lack of military and high income introduces Iran as a direct threat. Prior to the attack on Kuwait Iran owed Kuwait an extremely large sum of money. Iran had no way to pay off their debt which led to a contributing factor toward the start of the gulf war. Iran’s debt with Kuwait hadn’t started the war on its own, several years before the raid Kuwait had seceded from Iran and become its own country. Many different things had led Saddam to the brink of war whether it was Iran’s enormous debt, Kuwait’s succession or Kuwait's lack of