Several major US leaders met with Saddam Hussein including Donald Rumsfeld and Rachel Glaspie. However, these contacts ended in 1991 because of the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991.
Saddam Hussein
THE PERSIAN GULF WAR OF 1990-1991 began after Saddam Hussein led an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
IRAN did not invade Kuwait, Saddam Hussein in Iraq did.
Saddam Hussein.
Saddam Hussein caused the first Persian Gulf War, 1990 to 1991, when he invaded Kuwait.
He led the US entrée into the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991.
February of 1991.
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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He did this towards the end of January and beginning of February 1991.
1990 - 1991