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    Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and Gulf War, through the pages of Gulf News

    Then, as now, Gulf News brought its readers the latest on important regional developments


    Published:  August 03, 2020 07:00 Omar Shariff, International Editor  and  Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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    august-3-1990
    The Kuwaiti army was no match for the numerically superior, battle-hardened Iraqi forces. Apart from constituting criminal aggression against a fellow Arab state, the military action was a strategic blunder of extreme proportions that cost Iraq, and the region, dearly. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    august-4-1990
    Tensions were sky-high in the Gulf region with people bracing for the worse. Kuwaiti Crown Prince Saad Abdullah Al Sabah, speaking on Kuwaiti TV being broadcast from Saudi Arabia, told Kuwaitis: “Let [the Iraqi occupation forces] taste the chalice of death.” Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    august-8-1990
    Saudi Arabia’s King Fahad Bin Abdul Aziz, along with Kuwait’s government-in-exile, sought the help of the United States and other Nato powers to free Kuwait from the Iraqi occupation. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    august-11-1990
    On August 10, Arab leaders agreed to send Arab troops to defend Saudi Arabia from Iraq. Egypt’s then president Hosni Mubarak, a vociferous critic of the Iraqi invasion, sounded the alarm for the Arabs. “The picture is black and horrifying,” Mubarak said at a press conference in Cairo. “Unless we reverse the situation, war is inevitable." Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    august-15-1990
    US President Bush's stance was clear; in a letter to Saddam Hussein, he wrote: “Unless you withdraw from Kuwait completely and without condition, you will lose more than Kuwait. What is at issue here is not the future of Kuwait - it will be free, its government restored - but rather the future of Iraq. This choice is yours to make.” Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    august-20-1990
    The UAE agreed to the deployment of Arab and multinational forces on its soil in its attempt to help Kuwait gain freedom from Iraqi occupation. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    august-24-1990
    Signs of potential confrontation appeared when different countries refused Iraqi directives to close their embassies inside occupied Kuwait. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    august-26-1990
    By August 25, 1990, a multinational armada with colossal firepower was in the Gulf to enforce the UN-mandated trade embargo against Iraq. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    At this stage, September 3, 1990, the UAE still voiced its hopes for a peaceful solution that involved Iraqi troops pulling out of Kuwait completely. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    september-26-1990
    On September 25, the UN Security Council adopted a stringent air embargo against Iraq and occupied Kuwait, barring all commercial and passenger aircraft except humanitarian flights. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    On November 29, the UN issued a dire warning to Iraq: Withdraw by January 15, 1991 or face a massive attack by multinational forces. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    december-22-1990
    True to form, the regime of Saddam Hussein ignored international opinion. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    january-10-1991
    On January 9, 1991, US Secretary of State James Baker said he had failed to persuade Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait during his meeting in Geneva with Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    january-13-1991
    On January 12, 1991, the US Congress voted to give President Bush the green light to use American troops to force Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    On January 16, UN Secretary General Perez De Cuellar urged Iraq for the last time to withdraw from Kuwait and prevent a devastating war. His appeals fell on deaf ears. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    january-17-1991
    On January 17, war was launched. Thus began the US-led multinational military campaign that eventually flushed Saddam’s troops out of Kuwait after a seven-month occupation. Image Credit: Gulf News archives

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