THE 1970S 1969 1979
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Iraq War
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World War I
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Persian Gulf War
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World War II
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Detailed explanation-1: -Persian Gulf War, also called Gulf War, (1990–91), international conflict that was triggered by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Iraq War, also called the Second Persian Gulf War, began on March 20, 2003.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Persian Gulf War, also known as Operation Desert Storm or the First Gulf War, began in 1991 after President Saddam Hussein of Iraq ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990.
Detailed explanation-4: -On August 2, 1990, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein sent 140, 000 Iraqi troops and 18, 000 tanks into Kuwait. Hussein had asked Kuwait to forgive or refinance Iraq’s wartime debts from the almost-eight-year Iran-Iraq War, which had ended in 1988. But Kuwait refused to forgive any of the $8 to $10 billion in loans.
Detailed explanation-5: -Desert Storm is a codename for the Gulf War (1990–1991), a war against Iraq by a U.S.-led coalition, following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.