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The Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
An Iraqi tank sets fire to Kuwait’s oil fields.
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In two sentences, what happened?
1. The President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion of Kuwait.
2. About 32 countries, including the US, pushed Saddam’s army out of Kuwait.
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The war was over as soon as it started
• America and the Coalition’s forces totaled 880,000 soldiers– Iraq killed about 400 of them.
• Iraq’s forces totaled 360,000 soldier– The coalition killed about 25,000 of them
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So what happened when Iraq lost the Persian Gulf war?
• Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq, agreed to obey certain rules.
• Saddam said he would let weapons inspectors from the United Nations make sure he would not ever build certain weapons.
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But Saddam did NOT stick to the agreement.
• From 1991 - 2003, Iraq built whatever weapons they wanted to!!
• Saddam refused to let UN weapons inspectors into Iraq.
• After 9-11-2001, the UN was sick and tired of Saddam’s behavior. They told Saddam to cut it out, or suffer “grave consequences.”
• So guess what happened next.
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2003 - We invade Iraq
…and the Iraqis put Saddam on
trial… and found him guilty.
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Bye, bye Saddam…
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Iraqis convicted Saddam of several crimes… and sentence him to death
6 years later, we’re still helping Iraq rebuild its own government