The Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)

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The Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)

• An Iraqi tank sets fire to Kuwaits oil fields.

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In two sentences, what happened?

1. The President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, ordered
   the invasion of Kuwait.
2. About 32 countries, including the US, pushed
   Saddams army out of Kuwait.

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The war was over as soon as it started

• America and the Coalitions forces totaled
  880,000 soldiers
• Iraq killed about 400 of them.
• Iraqs forces totaled 360,000 soldier
• The coalition killed about 25,000 of them

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So what happened when Iraq lost the Persian Gulf
war?

• Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq, agreed to obey
  certain rules.
• Saddam said he would let weapons inspectors from
  the United Nations make sure he would not ever
  build certain weapons.

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But Saddam did NOT stick to the agreement.

• From 1991 - 2003, Iraq built whatever weapons
  they wanted to!!
• Saddam refused to let UN weapons inspectors into
  Iraq.
• After 9-11-2001, the UN was sick and tired of
  Saddams behavior. They told Saddam to cut it
  out, or suffer grave consequences.
• So guess what happened next.

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2003 - We invade Iraq
and the Iraqis put Saddam on trial and found
him guilty.
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Bye, bye Saddam
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Iraqis convicted Saddam of several crimes and
sentence him to death
6 years later, were still helping Iraq rebuild
its own government