HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Iraq was threatening Afghanistan with nuclear weapons
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The United Nations believed Iraq was about to invade Kuwait a second time
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Iraqi troops landed an attack on Saudi Arabia, a close ally of the United States.
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The United States government saw the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, as a threat to peace and United States’ interests in the region.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States based most of its rationale for the invasion on claims that Iraq had a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program and posed a threat to the United States and its allies. Additionally, some US officials accused Saddam of harbouring and supporting al-Qaeda.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reasons for opposition 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gulf War was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations, led by Britain and the U.S., against Iraq. Gulf War operational names included Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Desert Sabre.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The US said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was a threat to international peace, but most countries refused to support military action against it.