Iraq invaded Kuwait in August of 1990, this occupation precipitated the Persian Gulf War.
If the first Persian Gulf War is the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988, the answer is Iran.
If the first Persian Gulf War is the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991, the answer is Kuwait.
Kuwait
Kuwait.
Iraq.
Iraq did not invade Turkey. Iraq invaded Kuwait which caused the Gulf War.
iraq.
In the Gulf Wars of 1980-1988 (the Iran-Iraq War) and the Persian Gulf of 1990-1991 (the Persian Gulf War), Iraq was the aggressor. In the Gulf War of 2003-2011 (the Iraq War), the United States was arguably the aggressor.
The country in question is IRAQ.
Until Operation Desert Storm (Jan-Feb 1991), the eight year war between Iran and Iraq was called the Persian Gulf War, and the US was also involved. Therefore, which Persian Gulf War are you referring to?
Iraq did not invade Turkey. Iraq invaded Kuwait which caused the Gulf War.
Kuwait
iraq.
In the Gulf Wars of 1980-1988 (the Iran-Iraq War) and the Persian Gulf of 1990-1991 (the Persian Gulf War), Iraq was the aggressor. In the Gulf War of 2003-2011 (the Iraq War), the United States was arguably the aggressor.
The Gulf War was fought against Iraq to liberate Kuwait from Iraq's occupation.
The country in question is IRAQ.
Iraq and its allies to the west attacked Iran and ended up in a stalemate. They thought why did we attack a huge country and not a tiny small one. They decided to invade Kuwait.
Kuwait
Until Operation Desert Storm (Jan-Feb 1991), the eight year war between Iran and Iraq was called the Persian Gulf War, and the US was also involved. Therefore, which Persian Gulf War are you referring to?
Kuwait. Upon his retreat, Saddam Hussein set the oil wells on fire... they burned for years.
Kuwait, to Iraq's southwest, was conquered by Iraq in 1990. Kuwait was invaded in 1990 by Iraq who claimed they had been stealing oil by drilling diagonally under the ground and also probably because Iraq did not want to repay the large amount of money they had borrowed from the Kuwaitis during the Iran-Iraq war. The US and a coalition of other nations then retaliated against Iraq in what is commonly referred to as the Gulf War.
1990 to 1991 Kuwait.