HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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economic sanctions and military conflicts
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high oil prices and a lack of foreign investment
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low demand for oil and strong central government
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excessive taxation and a weak democratic government
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Detailed explanation-1: -On August 2, 1990, at about 2 a.m. local time, Iraqi forces invade Kuwait, Iraq’s tiny, oil-rich neighbor. Kuwait’s defense forces were rapidly overwhelmed, and those that were not destroyed retreated to Saudi Arabia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The commission of inquiry of the government of the Netherlands found that the UN resolution of the 1990s provided no authority for the invasion.
Detailed explanation-3: -Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait with the apparent aim of acquiring that nation’s large oil reserves, canceling a large debt Iraq owed Kuwait, and expanding Iraqi power in the region.
Detailed explanation-4: -On 2 August 1990, Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait. On the same day, the Security Council adopted its resolution 660 (1990), condemning the invasion and demanding Iraq’s immediate and unconditional withdrawal its forces to the positions they had occupied the previous day.