The UN Operation Desert Storm proceeded to liberate Kuwait and invade Iraq from Saudi and Kuwaiti territory in early 1991.
Kuwait (along with the U.S., Britain, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia) invaded Iraq in 1991.
Kuwait
The first Iraq war was one of the shortest conflicts the US was ever involved in. It began on January 17, 1991.
Iraq was invaded to begin the Gulf War in 1991. The invasion was led by a coalition of forces led by the United States with the goal of liberating Kuwait, which had been invaded and occupied by Iraq. The war lasted for six weeks and resulted in the expulsion of Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
Iraq had invaded Kuwait.
Kuwait, to Iraq's southwest, was conquered by Iraq in 1990. It was considered the 19th province of Iraq since during the Ottoman Period, Kuwait was part of the Mesopotamian region dominated by Iraq. However, the separation of Kuwait by the British early on made it independent to all but the Iraqis.
No country invaded Iraq in 1991 for oil resources. The UN Coalition that invaded Iraq in 1991 did so to liberate Kuwait, an Emirate that Iraq had invaded in 1990 for their oil resources.
Kuwait
The first Iraq war was one of the shortest conflicts the US was ever involved in. It began on January 17, 1991.
Iraq was invaded to begin the Gulf War in 1991. The invasion was led by a coalition of forces led by the United States with the goal of liberating Kuwait, which had been invaded and occupied by Iraq. The war lasted for six weeks and resulted in the expulsion of Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
Kuwait was invaded in 1990 by Iraq. The US/Coalition removed Iraq during a 45 day military campaign titled Operation Desert Storm in Jan/Feb 1991.
Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1991
Iraq had invaded Kuwait.
Kuwait, to Iraq's southwest, was conquered by Iraq in 1990. It was considered the 19th province of Iraq since during the Ottoman Period, Kuwait was part of the Mesopotamian region dominated by Iraq. However, the separation of Kuwait by the British early on made it independent to all but the Iraqis.
Iraq invaded Kuwait for the oil in 1990, not the other way around :P
Iraq, in response to its invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
Iraq (or governments based in what is now Iraq) has been by invaded several countries during the region's long history of habitation. Please be more specific about when Iraq was invaded in order to find out which country was responsible for the invasion.
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.