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In early August 1990 Iraq invaded and annexed its small neighbor Kuwait at the order of president Saddam Hussein. This invasion of Kuwait ultimately triggered the Gulf War.
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Iraq, under the dictator Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait in 1990
The Country Saddam Hussein invaded was Kuwait for their resources and because Iraq thought that they would get more power , but the invasion just lead to another war .
Saddam Hussein became leader of Iraq in the early 1970s, so Saddam was leader of Iraq in 1990.
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Saddam Hussein caused the first Persian Gulf War, 1990 to 1991, when he invaded Kuwait.
Iraq invaded Kuwait. This was the first Gulf War with Saddam Hussein.
Bush sr. went to war with iraq when Saddam Hussein and the Iraqis invaded Kuwait in 1990.
He led the US entrée into the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991.
Saddam Hussein, the former President of Iraq, launched invasions and military operations against Iran in 1980, starting the Iran-Iraq War, and he invaded Kuwait in 1990, leading to the Gulf War in 1991.
The start of the Persian Gulf war was when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990. He invaded Kuwait mostly because he wanted the oil. The United Nations put sanctions on Iraq, but Saddam went on until the United States and a few other countries invaded. On February 28, 1991, Iraq retreated.