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Permalink Reply by Sheri Cline on April 4, 2013 at 11:47pm

Iraq is no innocent. Remember Kuwait?

After Kuwait gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1961, the state's oil industry saw unprecedented economic growth. In 1990, Kuwait was invaded and annexed by neighboring Iraq. The seven month-long Iraqi occupation came to an end after a direct military intervention by United States-led forces. Around 773 Kuwaiti oil wells were set ablaze by the retreating Iraqi army, resulting in a major environmental and economic catastrophe. Kuwait's infrastructure was badly damaged during the war and had to be rebuilt. Twelve years later, Kuwait saw another massive foreign military presence as it served as a springboard for the U.S.-led campaign in 2003 to oust Ba'athist Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

The Invasion of Kuwait, also known as the Iraq-Kuwait War, was a major conflict between the Ba'athist Iraq and the State of Kuwait, which resulted in the seven-month long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, and subsequently led to direct military intervention by American-led forces in the Persian Gulf War.

The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized Coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, during the President George HW Bush Administration, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, or the First Iraq War, before the term "Iraq War" became identified instead with the Iraq War (20 March 2003 - 15 December 2011)(also referred to in the U.S. as "Operation Iraqi Freedom") led by the United States, during the President George W Bush Administration. Coincidentally, this war was started only 17 months after 11 September 2001 attacks within the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Kuwait

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait

List of wars involving Iraq (Iraq has been at war since 1920)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Iraq

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Permalink Reply by Benito Turturici on April 7, 2013 at 10:16am

SILLY  GIRL

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