As Iraqi troops retreated from Kuwait in February 1991, they engaged in widespread destruction, setting fire to Kuwaiti oil wells and sabotaging infrastructure to hinder coalition forces and create chaos. They also looted and vandalized properties, leaving significant damage in their wake. This retreat was marked by a chaotic exodus, with many soldiers abandoning their vehicles and equipment. The actions of the retreating troops had long-lasting environmental and economic consequences for Kuwait.
They set fire to about 700 oil wells when leaving Kuwait
because they were out numbered
Destroyed the oil wells.
they wanted to go to war with them then bomb the whole city afterwards
After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1991, the US developed a plan to force the Iraqi armies out of this small oil producing country. The Operation Desert Storm was a US led coalition that used US airpower, then ground troops to end the Iraqi occupation. The Iraqi's set many oil wells on fire as they retreated and some of these fires lasted for weeks and weeks. Casualties in this operation were not large and the war ended rather quickly.
The disagreement that eventually turned into the Persian gulf war was the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. When the Iraqi troops would not leave Kuwait, the Persian gulf war began with military force under the Reagan administration.
Coalition aircraft may have when striking ground targets. Ground troops simply ejected Iraqi forces from Kuwait...which was the mission.
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During the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 259 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 361 were wounded. Also, and estimated 39 Iraqi aircraft were shot down, and 120 tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed. In addition, 4 Iraqi ships were sunk. Overall, Iraqi losses were light.
The US was the primary military force in the coalition of forces to repel Iraqi invaders from Kuwait. Of 956,600 troops, 700,000 were US troops.
The immediate result of Operation Desert Storm, the American-led coalition's offensive (in January/February 1991) against Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait, was the liberation of Kuwait and the acquisition of military positions within Iraq itself. Additional skirmishing, air- and missile-attacks, and diplomacy would continue, but "Desert Storm" achieved decisive immediate results in its freeing of Kuwait from the Iraqi presence.
Saddam Hussein