HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Saudi Arabia was invaded by Kuwait because Saudi has many oil reserves.
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Kuwait was invaded by Turkey because the Turks wanted more land after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
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Iraq invaded Kuwait because Iraq needed money, additional oil reserves, and access to the Persian Gulf.
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Iran was invaded by Iraq because Iraq wanted to spread Sunni Muslim beliefs to the mostly Shia country.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The invasion and occupation affected every aspect of Kuwaiti life. More than half the population fled during the war. Although most nationals returned during 1991, many nonnationals, notably the Palestinians, were not permitted to do so.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indeed, oil was driving force behind the invasion and would lead to U.S. military involvement. “The fundamental U.S. interest in the security of the Persian Gulf is oil, ‘’ Paul Wolfowitz, under secretary of defense for policy in the George H. W. Bush administration, told Defense Secretary Dick Cheney.
Detailed explanation-3: -By annexing Kuwait, Iraq gained control of 20 percent of the world’s oil reserves and, for the first time, a substantial coastline on the Persian Gulf. The same day, the United Nations Security Council unanimously denounced the invasion and demanded Iraq’s immediate withdrawal from Kuwait.