THE 1970S 1969 1979
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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They believed he hid knives.
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They believed he hid weapons of mass destruction.
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They believed he hid many hostages.
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They believed he hid only lots of bombs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Combat planning and battlefield intelligence More than 60 US Defense Intelligence Agency officers provided combat planning assistance, and the US also provided battlefield intelligence including satellite pictures to Saddam Hussein’s military.
Detailed explanation-2: -The diplomatic response to the invasion was swift. On August 6 the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 661, which imposed a ban on all trade with Iraq and called on UN member countries to protect the assets of the legitimate government of Kuwait.
Detailed explanation-3: -Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30, 2006, according to the sentence of an Iraqi tribunal.
Detailed explanation-4: -Critics of the invasion claimed that it would lead collateral damage to deaths of thousands of Iraqi civilians and soldiers as well as Coalition soldiers, and that it would moreover damage peace and stability throughout the region and the world.