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level: Level 1 of The First gulf War 1990-91

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait on...	2nd August 1990
As a result of the Iran-Iraq war, Saddam was in debt to the tune of	$80 billion debt
As a result of the Iran-Iraq war there was..	increasing discontent over Saddam's rule (from the military)
Saddam Hussein claimed that...	Kuwait was stealing Iraqi oil.
Iraq reluctantly recognised Kuwait’s independence	in 1963
Kuwait gained its independence from the United Kingdom in...	1961
Westerners were used as	human shields during the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.
By November Saddam had	661 hostages
It was feared that Iraqi forces...	might invade Saudi Arabia and seize oil fields.
In November 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678 which...	gave Iraq until 15 January 1991 to withdraw from Kuwait.
34	countries joined the coalition to rid Kuwait of Iraqi forces.
Coalition forces offensive against Iraq begins [Operation Desert Storm]	January 16th 1991
Huge build up of coalition forces in Saudi Arabia August 1990	Operation Desert Shield
February 24th 1991: Operation Desert Sabre	Coalition forces ground troops enter into Kuwait.
February 28th 1991	War ends with ceasefire declared
Iraqi soldiers killed – estimated at	30,000
Coalition soldiers killed	292