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The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 prompted the Gulf War, but this event was made possible by the end of the Cold War in 1989. The basis for the Iraqi annexation of Kuwait goes back to the end of World War 1, when Kuwait was not included as a part of Iraq.

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The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein and his troops prompted the Persian Gulf War.

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