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Which middle eastern country invaded its neighbor Kuwait in 1990 starting the persian Gulf War?
Kuwait
Iraq, under the dictator Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait in 1990
Which gulf war? There were at least 3 of them.
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.
Iraq
The war started when Iraq invaded Kuwait (kew-ate) for Kuwait's oil. Iraq thought that Kuwait was illegally tapping into Iraq oil fields. That's when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990.
Iraq invaded Kuwait for the oil in 1990, not the other way around :P
IRAN did not invade Kuwait, Saddam Hussein in Iraq did.
Saddam Hussein caused the first Persian Gulf War, 1990 to 1991, when he invaded Kuwait.
Iraq
Iraq invaded Kuwait and Suadi Arabi